To make the experience was even more shocking could also add sound to the characters of the play in real time, but in the case of this drawing, one of the characters is the master himself Vladimir Spivakov and can do two things at once. The director provided the voice of a rooster.
"During work, I asked if there were Spivakov characters 'good' for locutionary. I said that only 'bad'. 'Okay, that is a bad, "said Spivakov. And so he lent his voice to a character 'bad', but he did very well, "says Garri Bardin. The conductor in turn says that for him this was an opportunity to return to childhood.
The very animated, like many of the works of Garri Bardin, is not only aimed at children. The plot of the story philosophical namesake of Danish author Hans Christian Andersen has been changed, "all that remains of Andersen is that ultimately the duckling becomes a beautiful swan." The house where the protagonist is born a conventional world, the characters that appear are easily recognizable stereotypes and history in general reflects the problems of modern society. One of them, nationalist intolerance.
"We live side other people who are not like us. But also, like us, feel cold, hunger, pain, and are worthy of respect, either be yellow, black or white. It is a continuation of the theme developed in my "Adagio," says Bardin.
Sometimes the natives of a nation considered the other as 'ugly ducklings'. If through laughter and tears the viewer of 'The Ugly Duckling' sympathy for the fate of someone else's task will be accomplished director, says the artist whose work goes away, however, and political satiresermon.
The work by hand without the use of computers, is a major feature of the Russian school of animation. In the case of 'The Ugly Duckling', Garri Bardin used a mixed technique to include not only clay figures (the protagonist thin and featherless in starting the work), but also puppets and stuffed with feathers of complicated construction ( winged world with a rich plumage). To make a swan feathers for the animated film makers had to devise a unique technique and unique. They put on a special frame foam and then glued feathers to it. Under each pen is a piece of aluminum foil to set each character's movement.
"If we lift this pen is going to crawl into the air and keep fit. So when the bird fluffs the feathers film are shown as those of real birds, "says the cartoonist.
The purity of the experiment rests also with regard to music. Vladimir Spivakov agreed to participate in the project with his band only on condition that the music of Pyotr Tchaikovsky similar there was modified. Some changes in the fragments of the ballets of 'Nutcracker' and 'Swan Lake' yes they were necessary, but have been very mild, as the teacher. This rhythm, musical accents and implementation of the poetry booklet Yuli Kim for this project unique style.The music is recorded in the International House of Music in Moscow, so it seems logical to project the work with accompanying live under one roof, thus maintaining the natural stereo effect.
Vladimir Spivakov and is another successful experience of the same type: during the last New Year's Eve his orchestra was the transmission of silent film in black and white 'City Lights' starring Charles Chaplin. Although the works of Chaplin had already recorded music, most movies of that time were not sound, so the music was performed live pianist. The accompaniment by a full orchestra added a uniqueness to the whole projection of one of the best romantic comedies in the history of cinema.
