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Single. A Record is Being Produced (2025)

Directed by Harun Farocki
49minruntime
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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

Documentary

Technical details

DetailValue
Original titleSingle. Eine Schallplatte wird produziert
Original languageDeutsch (DE)
Spoken languagesDeutsch
Production countriesGermany
StatusReleased
Production companiesHarun Farocki Filmproduktion, Berlin-West
Official siteharunfarocki.de
Release date29 settembre 2025
EditingGerd Braun, Gerrit Sommer, Helga Kohlmeier, Dorothea Haffner, Brigitte Kurde
CinematographyIngo Kratisch, David Slama, Gerd Braun
Assistant directorsHarun Farocki
Camera operatorsIngo Kratisch, David Slama, Gerd Braun
Additional photographyIngo Kratisch, David Slama, Gerd Braun

Release dates

Premiere

Thailand / Sep 29, 2025 / Bangkok International Film Festival

TV

Germany / Jul 27, 1980 / West 3

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