In the Picture   ( Au coeur des toiles   II )

Benoit di Sabatino 's broadcast serie (26 x 2'30") 1995

Production : Antefilms, France 3, INA
Musical publisher : Antefilms (Moonscoop)
Distribution : Taffy Entertainment / Moonscoop, TV France International

(several musical formations)

Music pieces list   

From a Benoit, Christophe di Sabatino and Daniel Delamare’s original idea (Antefilms Production & Paris' Daniel Delamare Galery) and Benoit di Sabatino, Philippe Zenatti , Eric Taraud, Nicolas Cuche, Philippe Loffredo and Sabine Amar's original screenplays. The six other musical compositions were entrusted to Jerome Badini. This serie wouldn't have been objectively able to be born without the previous person' synergy, of Reunion of the National Museums, the french INA (Institut National de l’Audiovisuel) and the Production unit Mireille Chalvron - France 3 Jeunesse.

The main thing of the serie is to walk with a video camera in some famous pictures and to animate the scene by imagining the characters' dialogue. Dived into the work of art intimacy, this creative and funny approach aims to introduce the children into the world of art. This first serie obtained the 1994' screenplay Grand Prix from the UNICEF International Festival of Art and Educational Film (FIFAP) and got a flattering press. The music has been composed with the help of original screenplays. It contributed in a very active way to the paintings animation, joined to the voices and to the sound effects. The music treatment had for objective to integrate technical and artistic referents relative to the historic periods (harmony, counterpoint, fugue, orchestration, interpretation, rhythm and diapason). Respecting the historic and dramatic contents of every painting, the musical counterpoint is an original picture soundtrack.

Thanks to Christophe and Benoit di Sabatino who entrusted him this challenge, Francois Serveniere realized there one of the important work of his young career. The principle isn't without reminding Igor Moussorgski's previous work orchestrated splendidly by Maurice Ravel, Pictures at an Exhibition .

All the works were symphonic adapted to invite them in the catalogue of concert works. They could, individually be used as complement to any concert of classical music. Thanks to the variety of subjects and musical atmospheres, they 'll insure an event or a recital complete program.