NICOLA HAWKINS short films
from the director...
Scored by time was made in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, an hour's drive from my home. The film is virtually an all Newfoundland production.
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The film throws light on the trauma of the many displaced people that have migrated and migrate still today. My story is about an older woman, late in 19th century Europe, desperate to find refuge from both the cruelty of the social order and her personal demons. At this time, wars were raging across Europe terrifying people by the tens of thousands from their homes. The musical score for the film was completed by Johannes Brahms during this time in 1879.
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The story was conceived with Evelyn Hart in mind. Her renowned ability to embody music is breathtaking and she possesses a ferocious commitment to authenticity of expression. Accompanying Evelyn on film, the highly accomplished Duo Concertante offers a deeply humanistic rendering to the score. The Brahms Sonata no. 1 in G major op 78 (Adagio) was recorded by Duo Concertante especially for the film at the Glenn Gould Studio in Toronto, Canada. Scored by time is the latest of several recent collaborations I have had with Duo Concertante. Director of Photography, Duncan De Young , with his evocative lighting and deft handling of the camera, does full justice to these three world class performers.
The location for the film is a 19th century building, dusty with history, in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, built in 1894 as a Masonic Temple by the political and business elite.
The decaying interior replete with immense port wine barrels, old wooden baskets, crates and trunks, all reminders of the world's 19th century international trading economy, afforded me symbols of migration and mortality. The neglected resident pipe organ and a curious collection of broken pianos served to augment
the tragedy of the Brahms' Adagio.
My partner and neighbours in our rural Newfoundland
fishing outport contributed to the film with their custom
made props: doll, toy piano and violin and young girl's dress.
Ms Hart is a gem.
She has the ineffable image of greatness about her.
Clive Barnes The New York Post
Photo: Aleksandar Antonijevic
Award-winning Ballerina Evelyn Hart is an internationally renowned dancer and one of Canada's most treasured artists. She was principle dancer for the Royal Winnipeg Ballet and enjoyed major associations with the National Ballet of Canada, the Bayerische Staatsballett and Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet. She has performed in over 118 countries around the world and on every continent.
...two packages of musical dynamite that would credit any stage on the planet.
Halifax Chronicle-Herald
Duo Concertante, violinist Nancy Dahn and pianist Timothy Steeves have performed in more than 600 concerts in North America, Europe, Central America and China. Their recordings have set the benchmark for musicians around the world. John Terauds noted of their epic recording of the complete Sonatas for Violin and Piano of Beethoven "these beautiful interpretations are so good right down to the tiniest of details that they deserve to be called a reference....in contemporary performance."
The Team
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DIRECTOR: Nicola Hawkins
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Duncan De Young
WRITERS: Nicola Hawkins, Andrew Perlis
PRODUCTION DESIGN: Nicola Hawkins
SET DESIGN & BUILD: Andrew Perlis
COSTUMES: Nicola Hawkins
SPECIAL FX MAKE UP: Sarah Gerbig
DOLL: Elizabeth Steffan
DRESS: Lil Hawkins
TOY PIANO & VIOLIN: Andrew Perlis
FIRST CAMERAMAN: Herb Gibbons
EDITOR: Nicola Hawkins
COLOURIST: Aaron Elliott
CONSULTING EDITOR: Lyly Fortin
SOUND ENGINEER: Dennis Patterson
PRODUCER: David Jaeger
EDITOR: Leonie Wagner
FOLEY DESIGN: Adam Foran