I made a 44 minute experimental short film. It has only two lines and no ambient sound.
I want to use the score to help tell the story. When a character walks or does something, we can't hear it, so it's up to the score to provide an audio cue so it facilitates the viewing for the audience. Basically watch some Buster Keaton and you will get my idea.
I would also like if the score used mostly concrete music and gave the feeling of both repetitiveness and time passing. (Example: Rumble Fish)
The short film itself is about a contract killer. I wanted to grab a cliched concept and turn it into something else. I want to show the audience that life can be just as boring and depressing to anyone and even a hit man can be trapped in routine.
The main character is an old samurai living in modern times, a washed up killer who speaks to no one, not even his wife and just walks around the same streets he's been walking for all his life. He's just trying to busy himself while waiting for someone to tell him what to do.
It's a metaphor for all the people who do nothing with their free-time except waiting to go to work next day and simply do what their bosses tell them to.
The structure is confusing, the movie starts where it ends and the audience, just like the main character has little clue of how much time is passing in the film or even where one day ends and the other begins. The film also tries to build up expectations several times but nothing ever happens.
If you're interested in being creative, here's a low quality version of the film, currently filled with temp music.
https://youtu.be/4BTe6zQTrdI
I want to use the score to help tell the story. When a character walks or does something, we can't hear it, so it's up to the score to provide an audio cue so it facilitates the viewing for the audience. Basically watch some Buster Keaton and you will get my idea.
I would also like if the score used mostly concrete music and gave the feeling of both repetitiveness and time passing. (Example: Rumble Fish)
The short film itself is about a contract killer. I wanted to grab a cliched concept and turn it into something else. I want to show the audience that life can be just as boring and depressing to anyone and even a hit man can be trapped in routine.
The main character is an old samurai living in modern times, a washed up killer who speaks to no one, not even his wife and just walks around the same streets he's been walking for all his life. He's just trying to busy himself while waiting for someone to tell him what to do.
It's a metaphor for all the people who do nothing with their free-time except waiting to go to work next day and simply do what their bosses tell them to.
The structure is confusing, the movie starts where it ends and the audience, just like the main character has little clue of how much time is passing in the film or even where one day ends and the other begins. The film also tries to build up expectations several times but nothing ever happens.
If you're interested in being creative, here's a low quality version of the film, currently filled with temp music.
https://youtu.be/4BTe6zQTrdI
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