Thailand / Sep 29, 2025 / Bangkok International Film Festival
Single. A Record is Being Produced (2025)
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
Single is not a theoretical treatise; it just uses clips to show how a single is produced. The song is Time to Love, the singers call themselves Witchcraft. Also involved are the composer, arranger, producer, the studio musicians and later on the strings. At the beginning the off camera narrator points out a scandalous discrepancy. The film crew spent two days in the recording studio observing a three minute piece of music being produced. The film itself condenses the duration of production: 15 minutes into the film, the narrator announces that the producers are satisfied with the basic backing-track, after a four hour test. After 24 minutes we learn that the crew has left the studio after nine hours filming, whilst work on the guitar tracks continued for some hours.
Genres
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Single. Eine Schallplatte wird produziert |
| Original language | Deutsch (DE) |
| Spoken languages | Deutsch |
| Production countries | Germany |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Harun Farocki Filmproduktion, Berlin-West |
| Official site | harunfarocki.de |
| Release date | 29 settembre 2025 |
| Editing | Gerd Braun, Gerrit Sommer, Helga Kohlmeier, Dorothea Haffner, Brigitte Kurde |
| Cinematography | Ingo Kratisch, David Slama, Gerd Braun |
| Assistant directors | Harun Farocki |
| Camera operators | Ingo Kratisch, David Slama, Gerd Braun |
| Additional photography | Ingo Kratisch, David Slama, Gerd Braun |
Release dates
Premiere
TV
Germany / Jul 27, 1980 / West 3
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