Commissioned by Mr. Olivier, then president of the ORTF, Schöffer created in 1961, together with Jean Kerchbron, a program for French television.
The first music video in history, VARIATIONS LUMINODYNAMIQUES subjected black-and-white images of a jazz quartet, a singer-songwriter, and a pas de deux to effects of distortion, outlining, and solarization.
Making full use of all the technical and artistic possibilities of his Luminoscope — a video-mixing device of his own invention that operated directly on the cathode-ray tube — Schöffer created a true image laboratory, hoping to open up a new path in television practices.
Broadcast during prime time, this program, with its unusual optical effects, irritated viewers. They thought it was a joke, suspected a faulty television setting, complained of migraines, and feared they had suffered visual disturbances!
Today, the novelty of this creation, which provoked such strong reactions at the time, seems quite restrained.
Henri Langlois gave the Luminoscope a place in his Museum of Cinema.
1 PRINT IN DISTRIBUTION
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distribution format |
Digital file on server (HD) |
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screen |
1,37 (single screen) |
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speed |
24 fps |
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sound |
sound |
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rental fee |
47,00 € |
