Line up

• Ollivier Leroy  (Vocals, keyboards, harmonium, sound effects)
• Pierre-Yves Prothais (Minimalist drums, percussion, vocals)

• country:
  France
• region:
  Brittany
• style(s):
  • World
  • Children's music
• label:
  Label Caravan
• type:
  Band
• gender:
  male
• instrumentation:
  instrumental, vocal
• artist submitted by:
  Label Caravan

Live film-concerts for young audience and families

Since 2000, singer-songwriter Ollivier Leroy and percussionist Pierre-Yves Prothais have been composing and performing over short and medium length films made between 1905 and our present days. Skillfully mixing compositions and sound effects, the two accomplice enrich the picture with a contemporary sound atmosphere. Whether they use afro-asian percussion, Indian harmonium, made up instruments, or voices going from lyrical to childlike to tribal, each piece is a genuine creation with shades of world, pop, or classical music, of improvisation and minimalist mood.

5 different film-concerts:

1 - The Puppets Show
This is the new show for 2009/2010. Ollivier and Pierre-Yves have picked seven rare movies made in three different countries between 1925 and 2006. This is a journey through the history of animated features and the various techniques used. A display of characters, puppets, rag dolls, paper, modelling clay or wooden characters.
. Pfffirate
Xavier Andre, Guillaume Herent / 4 min / colour / France / 2003 / 3D
An inflatable pirate finds his peaceful life threatened by a mechanical bird.
On Robinson's Island
Walter Lantz / 7 min / black and white / USA / 1925 / cartoon
. Just like Robinson Crusoe, Walter Lantz and his two characters find themselves on an island inhabited by cannibals.
. Doudka Vessolouchka
Lartchenko.S / 9 min / colour / Russia / 1978 / rag dolls
Doudka is a young farmer who only dreams of becoming a musician, but his family stands firmly against it until the day when...
. Edvard
Piotr Sagepin / 4 min / colour / Russia / 1992 / modelling clay
Edvard is a clay character who lives on the beach. One day, he meets a pretty girl and love transforms his world.
. Something completely different
Alexandre Fedoulov / 3 min / colour / Russia / 1984 / cartoon
How to use a cow and a polluted environment to make a car run.
. Sheep
Simon Blanc, Vivien Cabrol, Arnaud Valette / 6 min / colour / France / 2006 / 3D
What if sheep were born in the foam of sea waves?
. Tulips shall grow
Georges Pal / 7 min / coloured version / USA / 1942 / wooden, metal and glass dolls
Jan is in love with Janette. Days pass by peacefully at the pace of the windmills until an army of bolts arrives and destroys everything along its path. But tulips will grow back...


2 - The Little Mole
A coproduction Les films du preau and Label Caravan
Created in 2007 with the support of the Region Bretagne
35 min / for the youngest audience, age 2 to 7
Four short films by Zdenek Miler / animated films / coloured version / 1965 to 1975
The little mole and the rocket / 9 min / 1965
The little mole and the umbrella / 8 min / 1971
The little mole and music / 6 min / 1974
The little mole and the desert / 6 min / 1975
The little mole lives in the forest, among many other animals. Her curiosity and enthusiasm lead her to live crazy adventures, which she overcomes with the help of her friends.
A great success in 2008/2009, this film-concert has been performed over 200 times throughout Europe since 2007. The show surprises the children as well as their parents with funny, dream-like and poetic pictures, along an appealing modern soundtrack.

3 - Aladdin and the magic lamp
Created in 2003 for the Travelling Junior Festival
35 min / all audiences from the age of 7
A film by S.A. Franklin and C.M. Franklin / 1917
A surprising medium length movie, where the main characters are played by children. Pictures take you to the heart of the medina (old town) of an imaginary Asian city, along an electro-Asian soundtrack of songs and strong rhythms.
A real feast Much more than just a soundtrack, it is a real creation, which mixes Asian, jazz, electronic sounds and percussion. A beautiful performance we would have loved to last longer... Ouest-France, 9th February 2003

4 - The strange symphony
Created in 2002 for the Travelling Junior Festival
35 min / all audiences from the age of 2
Six short films made between 1905 and 1930
. The flower fairy
A film by Gaston Velle / 1905 / France / coloured feature
A light introduction to the show. The story takes place in a beautiful fairy-like landscape made of flowers and sounds.
. The monkey race
Anonymous / 1909 / Italy
A funny movie about the pursuit of a monkey man . A genuine tribal atmosphere.
. Koko on holidays
A Dave and Max Fleischer film / 1924 / USA
As close as you can get to the original cartoons of our childhood.
. The strange symphony
Anonymous / 1909 / France
A crazy atmosphere around an Eastern Europe brass band.
. Felix the cat in China
A Pat Sullivan film / 1930 / USA
The original version of mythical Felix the cat over a soundtrack of asian feel.
. The cello gold prize
Anonymous / produced by Pathe / 1907 / France
The soundtrack goes from classical music to rock, trying to follow the extravagance of this cellist.
6 short films especially chosen for the youngest audience. Cartoons, colourised films using special effects from the early 1900's. Each musical atmosphere is enhanced by sound effects. This brings a playful and dream-like dimension to the films, thus delighting all generations.

5 - Best of
50 min / all audiences age 5 to 99
3 shorts + 1 medium-length feature
The strange symphony
The monkey race
The cello gold prize
Aladdin and the magic lamp
Best suited to appeal to families and adults, this show displays the best film-concerts created by Ollivier and Pierre-Yves between 1999 and 2003.

Links

• Label Caravan