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.  

The perfect soundtrack

The perfect soundtrack is unnoticed.  It achieves atmosphere and mood without hindering the story.  It should also try and make up for mistakes in other areas, if possible.  This is in much the same way that beautiful visuals can try to make up for poor acting, something very much a concern and hope of Weathercock Productions.  With an independent film that will almost certainly never see broad distribution, practically any and all music and sound is available.  YouTube has gotten better at recognizing copyright violations, however, so if we do decide to make use of copyrighted material, YouTube is out as the primary venue.

Fortunately, we do have a small but vigorous library of original music of which we can make use.  I think I'll add another page to the blog to showcase the music created by our man-behind-the-scores, John Max McFarland.