One dog, one ring, multiple possibilities. I knew of the many difficulties of directing animals, but having worked with dogs for the first time it miraculously turned out great in an instant. Puppies Bella and Lilly as well as their owners made a great effort on yesterday's shoot for a commercial for the upcoming musical »Legally Blonde«. The material of the musical so far comes from UK, we didn't shot it. 

Thanks to my team and our clients at VBW for being patient with the cuties on set.

Client: VBW - Vereinigte Bühnen Wien
Production Company: Farrago
Director, Producer, Editor: David Arno Schwaiger
Idea & Concept: Christina Kaiser, Juia Ufer
Camera: Gregory Glaser
Assistant Camera: Nikolaus Stahl
Motiondesign: hello, we are!

To answer your question: Yes! It was me. I pieced it together - a hell of a reel for Golden Girls. It was a bit of a challenge at first. But in the end it turned out to be the biggest, most amazing showreel I ever worked on. Featuring work of directors Arash T. Riahi, Arman T. Riahi, Verena Soltiz, Raphael Barth and many more. 

The many great songs were interpreted by Two Spirits.
Edited by David Arno Schwaiger.

A few weeks ago my friend Martin told me he is currently working on the transcription of Frank Zappa's »G-Spot Tornado« for guitar. I dig this song, especially the orchestral version, interpreted by Ensemble Modern in 1993. Hearing it, I imagine little fluffies, ants, »squalbs« (such as described by MMW on their amazing album »Let's Go Everywhere«) and other tiny creatures joining forces and marching against an evil power - such as human legs and stuff. Anyway, Martin asked me to film him performing his version of »G-Spot Tornado«, which is essentially a one by one transcription of the original track released on Frank Zappa's visionary studioalbum »Jazz From Hell«. Zappa himself considered the song »to be impossible to play by humans«. Well, Martin did it. I framed it. Here is what it sounds and looks like... »Whip it out!«

»G-Spot Tornado« interpreted by Martin Schlögl on guitar.
Filmed and edited by David Arno Schwaiger.

Links
www.martinschloegl.com

On Setpember 5th 2012 »ELISABETH« - the most successful german-speaking musical of all times - will return home to Vienna after 20 years of travelling around the globe and inspiring millions of fans. For the press conference of the upcoming event we exclusively produced a trailer-like retrospective of the musical's journey.

Press release of the Vereinigten Bühnen Wien in German:

»Am Mittwoch, 25. April 2012 fand die Pressekonferenz des Musicalwelterfolgs ELISABETH statt, der zum 20 jährigen Jubiläum am 5. September 2012 im RAIMUND THEATER Premiere feiern wird. Intendant Christian Struppeck präsentierte gemeinsam mit dem Leading Team die acht Hauptdarsteller: „Auf die internationale Top-Besetzung können die Vereinigten Bühnen Wien stolz sein. Von über 1.200 Bewerbern wurden die besten 39 auserwählt. Ich freue mich in der Besetzung sowohl einzigartige neue Talente als auch arrivierte Publikumslieblinge willkommen zu heißen. Für viele erfüllt sich hiermit der Traum, Teil der Besetzung dieses Welterfolges am Uraufführungsort Wien zu sein.«

You'll find further info via www.musicalvienna.at

Client: VBW - Vereinigte Bühnen Wien
Production Company: Farrago
Producer: Christina Kaiser, David Arno Schwaiger
Idea & Concept: Christina Kaiser, David Arno Schwaiger
Script: Christina Kaiser
Editor & Sound Design: David Arno Schwaiger
2nd Editor: Gregory Glaser
Motiondesign: hello, we are!
Recording: Innenhofstudios GmbH
Narrator: Stefan Rasch