SFMP (Song for Mrs. Pilarová)
Category
filmGenre
musicTypology
documentarytheatrical distributionshortOriginal title
Čtyři P (Písnička pro paní Pilarovou)Czech title
Čtyři P (Písnička pro paní Pilarovou)English title
SFMP (Song for Mrs. Pilarová)Working title
Zrození písničkySummary
Václav Táborský's short music documentary SFMP (Song for Mrs. Pilarová) follows the birth and recording of Eva Pilarová's popular song. After Bohuslav Ondráček and Jan Schneider have composed the music and lyrics, the filmmaker's attention focuses on the singer herself, her process of learning new songs and the routine of concert tours. Although most of the passages use direct cinema method, the director also included various playful elements and stylized scenes, based on the early Czechoslovak video clip aesthetics.
Synopsis
Composer Bohuslav Ondráček and lyricist Jan Schneider compose a new song for Eva Pilarová. In her home, Eva Pilarová reads the notes for this song and rehearses rhythm and phrasing of the lyrics. First rehearsal of singing together with the piano played by Ondráček. Eva Pilarová leaves for a concert tour. She gets ready in a dressing room and sings on stage to a large audience accompanied by a big beat band. At night she returns home in a taxi, tired. She reunites with Bohuslav Ondráček in the Karlín recording studio. Ondráček and technicians sit in a director's room. Eva Pilarová sings first version of To se stává in front of a microphone. Ondráček, in a director's chair, plays parts of the recording from a tape recorder and points out the weak points. Eva Pilarová returns to the microphone and records a definitive version of the song.
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Crew and creators
Director
Screenstory
Screenplay
Dramaturg
Director of Photography
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Production Manager
Music
Music Composed by
Songs
To se stává
Song Composer Bohuslav Ondráček
Writer of Lyrics Jan Schneider
Singer Eva Pilarová
Production info
Original Title
Čtyři P (Písnička pro paní Pilarovou)
Czech Title
Čtyři P (Písnička pro paní Pilarovou)
English Title
SFMP (Song for Mrs. Pilarová)
Working Title
Zrození písničky
Category
film
Typology
documentarytheatrical distribution
Genre
music
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1967
Production Year
1967
Production specifications
projection approval 24 May 1967
Premiere
premiere 1967 /suitable for youths/
Distribution slogan
no caption
Production
Copyright Holders
Laboratories
Distribution
Technical info
Duration typology
short film
Duration in minutes
13 min
Original length in metres
398 meters
Distribution carrier
16mm, 35mm
Aspect ratio
1:1,37
Colour
black & white
Sound
sound
Sound system/format
mono
Versions
Czech
Dialogue languages
Czech
Subtitles languages
without subtitles
Opening/End credits languages
Czech
