QUOLLS - Fast & Furious | Short Trailer

Steve_Karl said:
Looks great ... but I think the music track, being so typically typical, degrades.
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So too the typically typical - EXTINCTION .... Extinct.
I'm always curious to see what kind of music you would had proposed for this trailer ... please let me know, I would be very interested!! Maybe I'm missing something on this critically endangered species and make this reality trailer, into a more rosy pink impact.
 
Take away the dialogue and what the sound track *seems* to be drawing attention to, in my opinion, is the predatory nature of the animal.
Not that its predatory nature is bad. It's totally natural. But what is the real message of the film / trailer?

That "typical" action / drama thunder drum pattern, with a pulsing monotone bottom, then adding monotone bass trombone / low brass,
and then climbing into a minor chord is the most obvious over done rubber stamp one can possibly grab,
for anything that is supposed to be aggressive, somewhat malevolent etc.
It would totally fit for Orcs attacking the castle, a shark attack etc. because that's the message.
And the "supposed to be" is only because that is what it has been used for, for the past decade or so, and we're conditioned.

So, my real problem with it is that it seems that the words ( dialogue / message ) and the music, don't match.

I believe it takes sensitivity to be concerned about the ecosystem and about a species going extinct.
But don't assume sensitivity means lack of power and don't assume power is always fast and loud.
There are endless ways to approach it.

The Discovery Channel, and History channel are great places to get ideas.

How I might approach it:
Bing bang boom at the top ( to get the attention ) then drop down quiet under the dialogue with some evolving orchestral composition
that eventually peaks at the end of the clip.
Maybe toss in a small dash of digeriedoo and aboriginal emotive chanting and drums along the way.
or
one baritone acoustic guitar with a strong primitive feel ... then overlay what ever to thicken it up and bring it to a conclusion.
I could go on and on ... just anything other than the most over used rubber stamp available.
 
Steve_Karl said:
Take away the dialogue and what the sound track *seems* to be drawing attention to, in my opinion, is the predatory nature of the animal.
Not that its predatory nature is bad. It's totally natural. But what is the real message of the film / trailer?

That "typical" action / drama thunder drum pattern, with a pulsing monotone bottom, then adding monotone bass trombone / low brass,
and then climbing into a minor chord is the most obvious over done rubber stamp one can possibly grab,
for anything that is supposed to be aggressive, somewhat malevolent etc.
It would totally fit for Orcs attacking the castle, a shark attack etc. because that's the message.
And the "supposed to be" is only because that is what it has been used for, for the past decade or so, and we're conditioned.

So, my real problem with it is that it seems that the words ( dialogue / message ) and the music, don't match.

I believe it takes sensitivity to be concerned about the ecosystem and about a species going extinct.
But don't assume sensitivity means lack of power and don't assume power is always fast and loud.
There are endless ways to approach it.

The Discovery Channel, and History channel are great places to get ideas.

How I might approach it:
Bing bang boom at the top ( to get the attention ) then drop down quiet under the dialogue with some evolving orchestral composition
that eventually peaks at the end of the clip.
Maybe toss in a small dash of digeriedoo and aboriginal emotive chanting and drums along the way.
or
one baritone acoustic guitar with a strong primitive feel ... then overlay what ever to thicken it up and bring it to a conclusion.
I could go on and on ... just anything other than the most over used rubber stamp available.
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Steve, I do appreciate your prompt reply.

Ideas come from within and the personal vision of one, therefore I choose to go with my individualism vision rather than any other stereotype, or ideas from Discovery Channel and History Channel.

One thing I will not be doing is, "tossing" any typical, typically didgeridoo or aboriginal emotive chanting, maybe this is a norm in American wildlife documentaries from Australia, certainly not my norm, unless I was doing a documentary solely about Indigenous Australians.

Once again I thank you for your views, I admire your comments as you have been the only one so far with courtesy to have an opinion, rather than 100's of others that just glance at this post at it and move on. At least I got your attention across the world LOL.
Cheers Mate
 
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