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The Cabinet of Dr Caligari Workshop (tbc)
- Run time: tbc
- Genre: Documentary
- Release date: 1st January 2009
- Starring: Theo Travis, Dave Sturt
- Directed by: not known
- Official Website: www.cipher.f9.co.uk
Plot Synopsis
The Cabinet of Dr Caligari Workshop
Friday 15th May 6pm – 7.30pm
Reel Cinema, Loughborough
Tickets: £15 (including free glass of wine or soft drink)
Box Office on 01509 212261
The workshops are designed to raise appreciation and understanding of the skills involved in composing and performing music to support a silent film.
Attendees will be introduced to the methods used by Cipher and will include:
- capturing the mood
- developing themes
- developing a ‘sound world’
- marking ‘cues’
- developing a score
- using improvisation
- performing
The workshops are aimed at people who are 14 or over and have a musical ability or an interest in music for film
The workshop will last for 1½ hours and will involve composing and performing music to a scene from The Cabinet of Dr Caligari.
Cipher are:
Theo Travis – Sax, flutes, keyboards, loops
Dave Sturt – Fretless + Upright bass, loops, soundscapes
Cipher have performed live with silent films since 1996, having written and performed contemporary scores for Hitchcock's The Lodger, Pabst’s Pandora’s Box , The Last Laugh and The Phantom of the Opera.
Cipher have also released three CDssince 1999 which have received excellent reviews in the UK, Italy, the USA and Germany