My first video scoring in Sonar X1. What do you think?

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2011/08/15 04:10:58 (permalink)

My first video scoring in Sonar X1. What do you think?

Well, I am trying to kill two birds with one stone here.
1. I would like your view, thoughts, suggestion and criticism on my work. This is the first time that I am doing music for video, so be gentle.
2. I created this specifically for a competition. So, it will increase my "views" counter on youtube. The more views the better.

So, without any further ado, here is the link to the video on youtube.

Candy Shop

Used Sonar X1b.

While working on this, I couldn't display the thumbnails on the track. That may be because of the video format. The video provided was a quicktime (MOV) file, I converted it to WMV by WinFF but still no luck. It played properly in the video player though.

Thanks in advance.

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    The Maillard Reaction
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    Re:My first video scoring in Sonar X1. What do you think? 2011/08/15 09:31:28 (permalink)

    It seems like you are spot on right up to 31 seconds... you are hitting the cues and building excitement.

    After 31 seconds it's redundant and ambiguous... which is an ironic match for the actual product which seems to be a color coded sugar something ambiguous experience.

    I don't have a suggestion because I don't think the video cut offers much to work with.

    It's a 30 second commercial in a 60 second container.

    If anything I think you might try to build a second rise of excitement for the second act that is nearer the end of the time slot... but I'm not sure how to cull that from the visuals because they are sort of matter of fact after 31 seconds.

    Perhaps explore the idea that "nuero" lets you express your self as many things by bringing in different cues for the various activities.



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    Starise
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    Re:My first video scoring in Sonar X1. What do you think? 2011/08/15 10:23:49 (permalink)
    Nice job there. I think I gained 5 pounds just watching the first part.
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    Re:My first video scoring in Sonar X1. What do you think? 2011/08/15 20:14:49 (permalink)
    @Mike - Thanks for your suggestion. Let me rethink on those lines.
    @Starise - LOL, sorry mate. You want me to send a "how to lose 10 pounds in 10 mins" clip to you

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    Re:My first video scoring in Sonar X1. What do you think? 2011/12/13 03:29:44 (permalink)
    Wow, I love it :-)

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    Re:My first video scoring in Sonar X1. What do you think? 2011/12/13 04:31:43 (permalink)
    I like it, nice job.  If your looking for suggestions I think it would be cool to do something when the motorcycle scene slows down, but what you have done works and sounds good.


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    Re:My first video scoring in Sonar X1. What do you think? 2011/12/13 14:08:23 (permalink)
    Hi,

    Good job.  There are two parts.  First part is good.  Second part fit well but needed a guitar solo or some crunch to match the excitement onscreen.  Then, stop the beat drop way back when fade to the family ocean scene with some big swells.  So you would have candy (pads and swirls), action (big guitars), ending (swell to major chord).
    That's my take. 

    Was it fun to do? 

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    Re:My first video scoring in Sonar X1. What do you think? 2011/12/13 16:13:28 (permalink)
    I don't watch that much TV, so I'm prolly not a good judge, but I thought it was well-done. I fleetingly wondered if you could have done something more laid-back when the girl was smelling the flower and the people were running in the surf. But they were on the screen so short a time, I'm not sure how you'd do that in the middle of that great beat. Anyway, well done! Oh, and the music is perfect when those two pieces of candy smash into each other. Great build up! Did you mean you couldn't view the frames while writing the music? Then how did get it to line up so well? Just view it in another player?
    post edited by Janet - 2011/12/13 16:15:32

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