Daily changes

The changes a single day can make may seem minor taken piece by piece, but look at the two versions of this opening from the previous post to the one above.  You'll that the additions, subtractions, and shifting of pacing and effects can affect the movie as a whole quite significantly.

Now that I have this opening segment more or less in hand, it might be time to work up a new teaser trailer.  We've had the same teaser since 2004, and there's definitely room for improvement now that more of the film is in the can and in some kind of shape to be presented to the public.  Add to that the fact that I now have a copy of Adobe Premiere to actually make some things happen... and maybe this trailer will actually be something worth watching more than once.  Maybe.  For old times' sake, here's the original trailer.  Notice the lack of original music... but that's hardly a problem with trailers.  Ever notice how every movie advertisement pulls from the same tired library of movie scores?  Just chalk this one up as one more trailer to get mileage out of Requiem for a Dream's soundtrack hit, Clint Mansell's Lux Aeterna.  

Chapter One opening version 2.1

This is the latest version of the film's first three-and-a-half minutes.  I've removed the initial holder soundtrack with original music.  The majority of it I recorded today very quickly using my Lenovo s10-3 with Audacity and my Casio Privia PX-320 electric piano.  It's basically my response to a piece from Jami Sieber's 2004 album Hidden Sky called Prayer 1, which is numbered to differentiate it from Prayer 2 on the same album.  That was the place-holder soundtrack while I finished editing.

Introduction and Trailer

I should have a finished opening sequence to share soon.  The editing process has been taxing but rewarding.  In preparation for posting on YouTube I've removed the last of the music written by other artists, so that now there is nothing not written by either myself or John Max McFarland.  The next order of business is to finish a trailer for the first chapter/installment.