Snoqualmie - New score

disjecta

disjecta

Lucky Duck
I have shown this film to all of you before but I just had it scored by Glenn Scott Lacey. I was using library music previous to this so it's a big thrill to have it interpreted by someone with whom I love to work. It's a personal thrill to have my films strengthened by such a creative composer.

Anyway, as usual, I wanted to share it with you:

http://www.pinelakefilms.com/snoqualmie.html
 
What a thrilling thing it must be for you D, to have your work given musical life by a composer. Great scores go hand-in-hand with great visuals and stories, and I personally think that music is nearly as important to a film as dialog or anything else. It affects your emotions and strengthens a film. With Glen, you have found a composer that complements your work quite well, and I loved this film even more than before. Congrats D!!
 
D, i havent ever quite seen someone put something together quite like you- it has an amazing flow to it! the music is beautiful, and the composition is great


-Zach
 
... as usual, the disjecta´s work... awesome, great, impressive.

really good work.
 
cool that you got it scored by someone, loved how it turned out. it's still as good as it was
 
Loved it...of course...I hope you don't mind two quick questions.

1.) What do you use to protect your camera while filming the rain sequences? Any problems with moisture?

2.) I noticed your upward pan rates were very nearly identical in more than a few scences. It made the transitions smooth as glass. Is this manual or auto?

Thanks,
Prof.D
La.
 
Hey men,
Do you have pictures of behind the scenes?.
I will like to see your camera set ups and lighting.
Also, did you use any adapter?
 
Ah yes, "Twin Peaks"...at least the water fall is apart of that show. Sounds really nice with that new music. Since you live up in that area you should try and get some footage of the falls and that bridge when it floods up there. Now that would look cool. Of course it might go against your shooting style.
 
xilixfilms said:
Hey men,
Do you have pictures of behind the scenes?.
I will like to see your camera set ups and lighting.
Also, did you use any adapter?
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I don't have any behind the scenes shot for this but I did not use anything special...no adapter. The only thing I used beyond the basic camera set up was a 1.6x telconverter from Century Optics. No filters used.

Lighting is all available light for this piece.

Prof., I do have a rain "jacket" for the camera but haven't really used it yet...moisture has never been a problem for me, I usually shoot from under a tree or some protected area if it's raining...
 
Looks and sounds great! If I may ask... Where was the music recorded? How many instruments? Or was it all MIDI? It sounds like a full orchestra at moments. If it was put together with MIDI sounds, it's very impresssive.
 
Here's my take on the music.

Remember, all my comments are personal. But you've given me suggestions before, so...

I don't like it.

The music you put on before has a singularity to it. The one or two moods in the music is carefully edited around by you. Here you have a composer trying desperately to compose moods around your edits. It's a subtle difference, but listen again to his themes and musical development.

When I watch your stuff with the old music I feel like I'm sitting on a bench as the world turns around me. This made me feel like I sat for 10 seconds, got up ran to my car jumped to a new location and sat again, and did this 30 times.

The cool thing about your stuff is it can be anywhere. YOU can spend a whole film on a small 10x10 foot square patch of land. Or you can take us across miles and we feel like we never moved an inch. But this music is forcing us to watch the cuts, watch the scenes.

As subtle as your film work is his music is over the top. Heroic Horns for grandios trees? Fast bass lines for rushing waters? I encourage you to continue to use "real" composers who you can talk to and work with... One of the best knock yourself over the head examples of a lesson in this was an Air Force commercial we were performing for. I had 20 musicians in the studio and the composer walked up to the piano player and said... "Ok, here's your note." And nobody else got music. He played 'his note' only a few times. When we saw it back on the big screen we were all floored at the power. Yes, less is sometimes more.

Also - he needs to improve his sound bank. They're outdated. Sound too sampled.

Anyway -

Give him a chance. I actually do like his skill as a composer... ask him if he wants a job in the Air Force. Tell him John Williams was composer/arranger for my group (50 years ago!!) and I'll give it to him if he wants it!

CaptM
 
The Capt. has some good points. I'll have to watch the original again (I've still got it saved on my hard drive) to compare - but after watching this version something just felt different. And I think that the Capt. put it well. Don't get me wrong, the footage was amazing, and I liked the score, but something did not feel right when the two were put together.

Congrats on finding a composer who you enjoy working with. That is a neat relationship to have, and will add a lot to your work.
 
Breathtaking. That foggy shot of the campground with picnic tables is absolutely gorgeous. I didn't catch the original but I thought the music fit really well. Congrats. I want my very own composer now:)
-Ryan
 
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