(Open scene)
(Digital beta, 4 x 30 min, color, 2003)
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Four-episode series produced by Casa
de Cinema for Globo TV network. Starting with original material from
literature, each episode shows a fictional performance, mixed with a
documentary about its own planning, casting, shooting and
post-production.
Broadcast originally in November and December of 2003. |
General Supervisor: Jorge Furtado
Directors: Jorge Furtado, Guel Arraes e Regina Casé
Written by: Jorge Furtado e Guel Arraes
Hostess: Regina Casé
Cinematographer: Roberto Henkin
Art Director: Fiapo Barth
Assistant Director: Ana Luiza Azevedo
Music: André Moraes
Editors: Giba Assis Brasil e Alfredo Barros
Executive Producer: Nora Goulart e Luciana Tomasi.
A co-production of Globo TV and Casa de Cinema
PoA
Reviews
"Something
is good in the kingdom of television. As much a paradox as it may seem,
in an age when the lowest aspects of life reign over the programming of
most networks, a tendency that could make Brazilian television more
humane is shining through. A new style is developing, focusing on
Brazilians with lower GNP in a more civilized and respectful manner.
(...)CENA ABERTA (Open Scene) starts with a literary work, but it's not
about literature. A great idea from Guel Arraes and Jorge Furtado, the
show uses a story and goes into real life to look for a real person who
is like the character being portrayed".
(Leila Reis, O ESTADO DE SÃO PAULO, 23/11/2003)
"It
could be a variation of the Video Show program – ostentation of the
whole apparatus, archive and memory of one of the world’s biggest
television drama producers – but CENA ABERTA goes beyond. Indirectly,
it lends itself to discussing the TV audience’s mental life. (...)One
of the great virtues of this idea is not only showing the technique,
the resources and the actors’ preparation for the shooting, but also
showing how the audience’s expectations may be beneath what the author
imagined".
(Helio Ponciano, revista BRAVO, janeiro/2004)
http://bravonline.uol.com.br/impressa.php?edit=tv&numEd=76
MORE REVIEWS at the opening episode’s page.
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by Clarice Lispector. 18/Nov/2003 |
by Simoes Lopes Neto. 25/Nov/2003 |
"Opera de Sabao", by Marcos Rey. * 02/Dec/2003 |
by Leon Tolstoi. 09/Dec/2003 |
(*) The episode "Folhetim" was produced only by Globo TV.
More information at http://cenaaberta.globo.com
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