August Watershed

August Watershed, telling the story of the first month of the First World War, August 1914, historys most significant month, is a video production of 92 minutes. It was filmed in Adelaide, South Australia.

August Watershed has 35 pieces of purpose composed music, of which 25 are songs. Its Adelaide cast numbers more than 70 while contributions to the production from some 250 people in Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Wellington, Newfoundland, The Republic of Ireland, Britain, France, India, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. Here is a link to the trailer:
http://youtu.be/XT0cEQB2LFQ

The Dynamic Map for August Watershed runs on an iPad. As an audience views and listens to the production of August Watershed on a conventional screen (internet connected, and later cinema, television or DVD) the audience will be able to also watch the Dynamic Map on an iPad, synchronized with the production. The Dynamic Map shows the movement of German, French, British and Belgian troops in Western Europe during August 1914. It also shows the goal of the German Schlieffen plan, the ambitions of the French Plan 17, and the meeting between the French and British commanders at Melun on 5 September 1914.