German WICKED television performance — Page 3

Looking at it again, it did seem like it was stock footage of an audience. Had the audience really been there with the performance, the back of the stage would have been about 2 miles from the front row. Also, there was never a shot that showed the stage and audience in the same frame... Usually there is SOMETHING like that in an audience taping... Were they just watching a tape?

Especially since the performance looks like it was more on a soundstage than on a REAL stage.

Also, I don't think the cherry-picker was very fast. It was just VERY far away, and the zoomed in at the same time which seems to add motion.

I probably shouldn't nitpick, but so many people on the board keep saying "why don't the performance shoots in the U.S. look so good?" Well, if they carted the whole show to a soundstage in Brooklyn, if probably would look that good.

(A nice souvenir for fans, nonetheless.)

Just correcting you, the acts in "Wetten dass..." are actually done in the show with the audience.

jp, I do think the performance is stellar, but I had the same questions you did. Does anyone actually know if it was filmed live? I agree that some of the camera angles, especially the one of the Ozians looking up at Elphaba, it would seem, had to have been shot without the audience. Anyone have any documentation of this? Thanks.

The German production just added 3 different TV spots with excellent footage on their website.

http://www.stage-entertainment.de/musicals/wicked-die-hexen-von-oz/multimedia/audio-video.html

Go down to Videoplayer, and they're the first 3 videos.

Answered my own question.

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Updated On: 12/11/07 at 06:09 PM

my God that is fantastic. The translation into German is great, little if anything is lost.
And I think in April I'll have to fly down from Berlin to see this when we are there.

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