A Winter's Tale - Promotional Video

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Lastly, the second single from the 'Made In Heaven' album, the breathtaking ballad 'A Winter's Tale', was entrusted to Chris Rodley. The result was 'Outside-In' - a short film which draws an eerie parrallell with the last months of Freddie Mercury - in which a man's last fevered dreams become a wash of colours and textures, bringing a sense of intoxication and delirium before he finally surrenders to his fate. This piece, a highlight of the project, is included on the 'Made In Heaven: The Films' dvd and vhs, but was not used to promote the single released to the lucrative Christmas market in December 1995. Instead, Rudi Dolezal and Hannes Rossacher created a collage of images of Montreux, Switzerland which was used instead in two forms - one with added CGI effects recreating Freddie's handwritten lyrics to the song onscreen, and one without. Oddly, the song was left off 'Greatest Hits III' in 1999 despite it's top five placing in the UK singles charts, so the Torpedo Twins video was not included on 'Greatest Flix III', and remains unavailable on any official release.
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[[Image:winterstalevid.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Screenshot from the collage video]]
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''See also [[Made In Heaven: The Films]]''
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The second single from the '[[Made In Heaven]]' album was the breathtaking ballad '[[A Winter's Tale]]'. As part of the Made In Heaven: The Films project, this song was entrusted to Chris Rodley, but his short film 'Outside-In' was not used to promote the single when it was released to the lucrative Christmas market in December 1995.
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Instead, Rudi Dolezal and Hannes Rossacher created a collage of images of Montreux, Switzerland which was used instead in two forms - one with added CGI effects recreating Freddie's handwritten lyrics to the song onscreen, and one without.  
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Oddly, the song was left off '[[Greatest Hits III]]' in 1999 despite it's top five placing in the UK singles charts, so the Torpedo Twins video was not included on '[[Greatest Flix III]]', and remains unavailable on any official release.
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==Credits==
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{|class="wikitable" border="1"
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|-
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| '''Version'''
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| '''Name'''
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| '''Artist'''
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| '''Recorded'''
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| '''Format'''
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| '''Length'''
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| '''Director'''
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| '''Filming Location'''
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|-
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| Standard Version
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| A Winter's Tale
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| Queen
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| n/a
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| Video
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| 4.00
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| The Torpedo Twins
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| n/a
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|-
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| Lyrics Version
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| A Winter's Tale
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| Queen
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| n/a
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| Video
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| 4.00
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| The Torpedo Twins
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| n/a
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|}
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==Availability==
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* Standard Version - unreleased
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* Lyrics Version - unreleased

Revision as of 17:46, 14 May 2007

Screenshot from the collage video

See also Made In Heaven: The Films

The second single from the 'Made In Heaven' album was the breathtaking ballad 'A Winter's Tale'. As part of the Made In Heaven: The Films project, this song was entrusted to Chris Rodley, but his short film 'Outside-In' was not used to promote the single when it was released to the lucrative Christmas market in December 1995.

Instead, Rudi Dolezal and Hannes Rossacher created a collage of images of Montreux, Switzerland which was used instead in two forms - one with added CGI effects recreating Freddie's handwritten lyrics to the song onscreen, and one without.

Oddly, the song was left off 'Greatest Hits III' in 1999 despite it's top five placing in the UK singles charts, so the Torpedo Twins video was not included on 'Greatest Flix III', and remains unavailable on any official release.

Credits

Version Name Artist Recorded Format Length Director Filming Location
Standard Version A Winter's Tale Queen n/a Video 4.00 The Torpedo Twins n/a
Lyrics Version A Winter's Tale Queen n/a Video 4.00 The Torpedo Twins n/a

Availability

  • Standard Version - unreleased
  • Lyrics Version - unreleased
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