The Wagner Files: Interactive Graphic Novel

The Wagner Files HD - Interactive Graphic Novel
iPad2 App
The Extra-Sensory Wagner Experience

The Wagner Files HD explores exciting ways of storytelling: by the fusion of animations, videos, historical letters, music scores and photographs, Wagner is experienced with all senses.

The story of Wagner’s life is told from Hans von Bülow's point of view, starting with the premiere of Rienzi in 1848 until Wagner’s death in Venice in 1883.

Features
- 41 pages Graphic Novel illustrated by Flavia Scuderi
- 240 animated images
- more than 60 minutes of Wagner’s music
- 23 interactive points that provide access to historical documents such as letters, photographs or scores

Four Modes
- Graphic Novel Mode
- Animation Mode
- Animation Mode with Audio Version
- Auto-Play Mode with Audio version

Special Features

- Music visualization of the overture of “The Flying Dutchman” by US-programmer and composer Stephen Malinowski (who worked on Bjork's Biophela-App).
- Photographs of the most important persons in Wagner’s life (i.e. Cosima Wagner, Franz Liszt, King Ludwig IL, Hermann Levi)
- hand-written historical letters, original scores
- rare gramophone records of Wagner’s operas from the 1920s and 30s
- Interviews with Wagner-experts Eva Rieger, Oliver Hilmes, Simone Young, Katharina Wagner and others
- Interactive map with 33 stages and background information
- Trailer of the film _The Wagner Files”
- Preview of the Graphic Novel (print) Wagner

Languages

- German
- English
- French
- Japanese

Wagner Files - The App is part of the cross-media production “The Culture Files,” consisting of the Graphic Novel ‘Wagner’ (print) and the documentary ‘The Wagner Files’ (90/52mn). The film is also available on iTunes.
Technical Requirements: iPad 2