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Wavemakers

2012 1 h 37 min
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This feature documentary takes us on an intriguing human and musical discovery of the most expressive of electronic instruments, the Ondes Martenot. A group of Martenot aficionados pursues the legacy of Maurice Martenot (1898–1980), inventor of an instrument as rare and fragile as it is magical. Musicians, artisans and scientists strive to unravel the mysteries of this “Stradivarius of the electronic age.”

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This feature documentary takes us on an intriguing human and musical discovery of the most expressive of electronic instruments, the Ondes Martenot. A group of Martenot aficionados pursues the legacy of Maurice Martenot (1898–1980), inventor of an instrument as rare and fragile as it is magical. Musicians, artisans and scientists strive to unravel the mysteries of this “Stradivarius of the electronic age.”
  • director
    Caroline Martel
  • production
    Caroline Martel
    Colette Loumède
  • executive producer
    John Christou
    Maryse Chapdelaine
    Mélanie Lasnier
    Jelena Popovic
  • editing
    Annie Jean
  • sound editing
    Clovis Gouaillier
  • original music
    Suzanne Binet-Audet
  • musical effects
    Suzanne Binet-Audet
  • compositing
    Kara Blake
  • camera
    Geoffroy Beauchemin
    Clément Alline
    Yoan Cart
    Jérôme Colin
    Alex Margineanu
    Caroline Martel
  • location sound
    Stéphan Bauer
    Sylvain Bellemare
    Frédéric Cristea
    Mélanie Gauthier
    Greg Lemaître
    Philippe Scultéty
    Sylvain Vary
  • mix
    Jean Paul Vialard
  • featuring
    Suzanne Binet-Audet
    Jeanlloup Dierstein
    Jonny Greenwood
    Jean Laurendeau
    Jean-Louis Martenot
    Michel Risse
    Marie Bernard
    Owen Chapman
    Hugues Genevois
    Geneviève Grenier
    Estelle Lemire
    Stéphane Vaiedelich
    Jean-Marc Fontaine
    Dominique Kim
    Valérie Hartmann-Clavérie
  • research
    Caroline Martel
  • musical research
    Caroline Martel
  • archival research
    Caroline Martel
  • research assistance
    Flavien Bellevue
    Noémie Brassard
    Nathanaël Corre
    Marc-Olivier Dutton-Godard
    Éric Legendre
    Audrey Mantha
    Julie Paradis
    Ariane Pétel-Despots
    Olivier Racine
    Kloé Rahilly
  • production assistance
    Flavien Bellevue
    Noémie Brassard
    Nathanaël Corre
    Marc-Olivier Dutton-Godard
    Éric Legendre
    Audrey Mantha
    Julie Paradis
    Ariane Pétel-Despots
    Olivier Racine
    Kloé Rahilly
  • post-production assistance
    Flavien Bellevue
    Noémie Brassard
    Nathanaël Corre
    Marc-Olivier Dutton-Godard
    Éric Legendre
    Audrey Mantha
    Julie Paradis
    Ariane Pétel-Despots
    Olivier Racine
    Kloé Rahilly
  • overall advice
    Annie Jean
  • additional editing
    Mathieu Bouchard-Malo
    Caroline Martel
    Dominique Sicotte
  • additional sound editing
    Anton Fischlin
    Francine Poirier
  • online editing
    Denis Gathelier
  • technical support
    Pierre Dupont
  • translation
    Paul McRae
    Caroline Martel
    Gilles Roy
  • subtitling
    Paul McRae
    Caroline Martel
    Gilles Roy
  • titles
    Gaspard Gaudreau
  • production support
    Katarina Soukup
    Lucille Veilleux
  • administrative services
    Embryo Services
  • accounting services
    Embryo Services
  • rights clearances
    Lucie Bourgouin
    Michèle Houle
    Caroline Martel
  • legal counsel
    André Denis
    Lussier & Khouzam
  • marketing
    Jenny Thibault
  • marketing assistant
    Karine Sévigny
  • administration
    Johanne Dubuc
  • production coordination
    Hélène Regimbal
    Dominique Brunet
  • administrative assistant
    Lise Lévesque
  • technical coordination
    Richard Cliche
    Daniel Pellerin

Education

Ages 14 to 17
School subjects

This film shows that if we persevere, our dreams can come true. Introduce your students to Martenot’s dream. How did he go about designing and building his instrument? What were his main challenges and achievements? Many artists in the film say they used and loved his instrument, but who are they and how exactly did they use it? What has become of his instrument today? How would your students use it?

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