Final Project write-up

This living nightmare of a film seems to have turned into what it should have been all along! I couldn't find the motivation to truly find the direction it needed but after working all night i believe a nice piece has formed out of my film of disastrous shortcomings. With help from my friends Jeremiah and Andrew we scored out a nice assemblage of synth tracks and electric guitar. All of the sound is aided to various degrees by a tape delay. I wanted to grant more tact to the historical story feel to the piece. While scoring a strong concept emerged that bonded to the piece inseparably. There are times in our lives when emotions are entangled. While sometimes we think we can tell how a character feels by what they say or do, i wanted to use sound to add complexity to the emotions characters are feeling. Visually my actors did really well and with a somewhat minimalist soundtrack - at certain times - the believability of the piece skyrockets. I still notice a few shots that could provide some confusion but the shortened edit and the more poetic style to the piece gives the audience more room to fill in the blanks. I altered the ending to hit the viewer harder and attempted to realize the full potential of audio reacting with our subconscious. The final clip fades to black on one final bass note with an image of BJ reacting to the shotgun in his face frozen onto the screen. In the darkness we are left to think of the final image and then focus more on the sound of the final bass note reverberate. A shotgun blast suddenly explodes and the viewer is left to combine BJ's head with it as well as the soft sound of exploded chunks falling on dry leaves.