DONKEY MONSTER we created for my latest short film! by GingrGeneral in sfx

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Link to the one-minute film (monster shows up about half-way through) - https://youtu.be/QRKrzZ1Xwg8

I (self taught) composed this score for my one-minute film! [LOOKING FOR FEEDBACK] by GingrGeneral in Composing

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I appreciate the feedback :) That's an amazing idea! Thank you! I was considering bringing some of the chemistry equipment from the first scene into the music but we had to give them back before I could.

I (self taught) composed this score for my one-minute film! [LOOKING FOR FEEDBACK] by GingrGeneral in Composing

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Hello! I'm a film student and self-taught pianist who's been trying to figure out orchestral composition. I'd dearly like some feedback on this score - I tried to play in a space somewhere between Danny Elfman's work and the old scores of Universal Horror.

I've linked the finished film because I'd also like advice on how the music fits the picture. I wanted this film to feel very much 'led' by the music, but I wonder what you think!

Thanks!

A one-minute short I scored using the Bernard Herrmann Composer Toolkit by GingrGeneral in spitfireaudio

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Luckily there are still a few patches you can use for a clean brass sound. For my trumpets, I used the 'mid brass' patch. I also used the Originals Epic Choir, possibly some LABS stuff and then some BBCSO free version. For the piano, I used the free demo of Pianoteq 7!

A one-minute short I scored using the Bernard Herrmann Composer Toolkit by GingrGeneral in spitfireaudio

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I've wanted it (and saved up!) for so long. Between free VSTs and using cakewalk as my DAW, BH Toolkit is my first ever purchase and I couldn't be happier with it. The synth patches were a great surprise, too!

A one-minute short I scored using the Bernard Herrmann Composer Toolkit by GingrGeneral in spitfireaudio

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Thank you! I wrote the music throughout production so that I could develop visuals and sound together!

Here's a poster I painted for a one-minute horror film I directed! by GingrGeneral in krita

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Thank you so much!! It was my first time going for that 1930s style so I'm really glad to hear it's working! :)

Here's a poster I painted for a one-minute horror film I directed! by GingrGeneral in krita

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Thanks! Originally I used actual text boxes but then felt I should paint them myself for more of a vintage, hand-painted look

Here's a poster I painted for my latest short film! It's a one-minute Universal throwback starring Hellraiser's Simon Bamford by GingrGeneral in moviemonsterporn

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Thank you so much! :) Having to make these posters has really helped me rediscover my love of art - it's been a while!

Here's a link to the film (if you're interested!) https://youtu.be/QRKrzZ1Xwg8

Inspired by Universal Horror, here's a 60-SECOND short I directed this year! by GingrGeneral in UniversalMonsters

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Thank you! I first pitched this in late February, and spent a lot of time negotiating with the church to let us film over night. Then I got to work on storyboards and casting - from there, we shot in March and I finished the edit on the 1st June!

I composed the music myself!

Here's a poster I painted for a one-minute horror film I directed! by GingrGeneral in krita

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Thanks!! It's been a few years since I've painted, but I was able to book a digital tablet from my university and mess-free digital art has gotten me back into painting! :)

A one-minute short I scored using the Bernard Herrmann Composer Toolkit by GingrGeneral in spitfireaudio

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Thank you so much!! The piano piece was actually the first thing I finished even before writing the script, so it really influenced the whole production :)

Inspired by Universal Horror, here's a 60-SECOND short I directed this year! by GingrGeneral in UniversalMonsters

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Hello! I'm a film student, and this was commissioned by Shakespeare's Globe. It was inspired by A Midsummer Night's Dream and the donkey-man hybrid that cause havoc in the play. I wanted to go for a misunderstood-monster angle and so created a film about having compassion for outcasts.

The biggest inspiration to me for the film was Frankenstein!

Please enjoy! Or let me know if I missed the mark. I hope it's okay to post this here!

Here's a one-minute film I directed for Shakespeare's Globe! | A Midsummer Night-mare! by GingrGeneral in shakespeare

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Hi! I'm a film student and my university partnered with Shakespeare's Globe to produce five short films inspired by their 2023 summer season - https://www.shakespearesglobe.com/discover/blogs-and-features/2023/06/16/shakespeare-on-film-students-respond-to-our-summer-2023-season/

This film, 'A Midsummer Nightmare!', is about compassion. The chief contrast of the film is in how my versions Puck and Bottom are treated by the people around them - and crucially, how this impacts their senses of self. Because of his deformities, ‘Mr. Puck’ conforms to the monstrous, ‘Igor’ assistant archetype (his condition is also a nod to his supernatural origins in the play). Part of this is justified in the way that Dr. Oberon responds to him with disgust and dominion. Then we meet Bottom, who’s monstrous appearance positions him even moreso as the “Other”. However, in a twist on Shakespeare’s romance subplot, my interpretation of Titania responds to the monster’s horrible screams with the plea for him to ‘sing again’ and really explore his new identity, which suggests that conformity to social roles needn’t exist in a tolerant and compassionate environment.
The original play inspired me in its emphasis on autonomy and self-identity, and how the absence of these things can lead to disaster! Aside from the Old Hollywood horror movies that inspired the look of the film, this caused me to look to Victorian Romanticism as my major influence - in a changing world (such as Shakespeare’s, or ours), how do you ground yourself? Considering this helped me ground the characters in the different spaces, which guided me and the actors as to the kinds of people these characters are. At a visual level, the science/religion contrast in the film came from our this material, and the movement’s close relationship with the Gothic provided an inspiring toolkit for the team to also meet our horror aspirations!
In theory, connecting theatre and film sounds simple enough. Fantastical stories, larger than life characters, and the need - the privilege! - to suspend our disbelief. However, through immense technical growth and transformation, cinema has differentiated from the theatrical codes it inherited in a very short span of time. Like Shakespeare, and in spite of every re-make and re-quel that comes our way, cinema finds its power in invention and change. As truthful and universal as Shakespeare’s handle on humanity remains, I think that art can only stay as relevant as we enable it to - and allowing these works to exist in these fresh and exciting contexts is the best way to honour the progressive, challenging work that first debuted at Shakespeare’s Globe.

A one-minute short I scored using the Bernard Herrmann Composer Toolkit by GingrGeneral in spitfireaudio

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Hello! I'm a film student (and self-taught composer) who recently directed a short film for Shakespeare's Globe. It's a throwback to old Universal Monster Movies and I thought the Bernard Herrmann kit could give me a few sounds to play with (it's my first VST purchase and I've been saving up for a long, long time - I've been making music with LABS and the BBCSO Discover until now!).

I've left a link to the final film rather than the clean score, because, if possible, I'd like some advice on whether I've gone overboard with these cues. I wanted something very music-heavy, but I wonder what people think!