There is a reason why I chose to put as much music in the pilot episode as I possibly could…
For those who haven’t noticed, each piece of background music is themed on Dutch Courage song.
All of the tracks use the main melody line from Dutch Courage, or use the same chord structure..
My idea is to get the viewer familiar with the end track of the episode Dutch Courage by subliminally playing its melody line and chords in the background music, throughout the episode. So that when they hear Dutch Courage for the first time, they will already have, sort of, heard it before. Hopefully making it stick in the brain better.
It’s just a little experiment that I wanted to try out… So next time you watch the Jayme G-Show be sure to listen for the Dutch Courage melody line, in the background! There are about 23 different tracks, by the way!
So anyway, getting back to where I left off…
Now we’re in the theme park, with the big boot.
Originally I was going to have the music playing on a background fairground barrel organ, so I wrote a simple piece on the organ to simulate that.
It didn’t work as well as I thought because in order for the music to sound like it’s coming from a distant barrel organ I needed to turn it down to the right level and put a long delay on it, leaving the music very faint and well in the background. But, in order to be able to hear the melody well enough I would have to turn it up quite a lot, making it sound just horrible and confusing :s
So I scrapped that idea but kept the organ part, without the delay, then added some drums, bass, e.t.c,.. and just used it as background music.
I planned the music to end just when the shutter goes down.
Something that I am realizing now is that I have forgotten to talk about the sound fx.
It was another VERY involved job. And from now on I think that I’m going to start to point out a few.
For example; in this particular scene the footsteps on the gravel that occur when the boy crosses the screen are fake! I did them! The are also panned, starting off far left and then going over to the right, following the boys position.
I also added some background children’s voices and some fairground rides too.
The tramps footsteps on the gravel were also done by me.
Joe! played the part of that tramp. I think he sounds a bit like Bob Hoskins XD
At the end of the scene the shutter goes down and that sound was actually the plug re-wined mechanism on our vacuum cleaner. It was just the sound I was looking for, plus it meant that I didn’t have to leave the studio!
Hay una razón por la que me decidà a poner tanta música como pude en el episodio piloto…
Para los que no lo hayan notado, cada pieza de música de fondo está basada en la canción de Dutch Courage.
Todas las pistas usan la lÃnea de la melodÃa principal de Dutch Courage, o usan la misma estructura de estribillo.
Mi idea es conseguir que el espectador se familiarice con la pista final del episodio Dutch Courage tocando su lÃnea de melodÃa subliminalmente y los estribillos en la música de fondo, a lo largo del episodio. Asà cuando escuchen Dutch Courage por primera vez, ellos ya lo habrán oÃdo de alguna forma antes. Con suerte haciendo que se pegue mejor en el cerebro.
Sólo es un pequeño experimento que querÃa probar… ¡Asà que la próxima vez que veáis el Show de Jayme-G aseguraos de escuchar la lÃnea de la melodÃa de Dutch Courage, de fondo! ¡Hay cerca de 23 pistas diferentes, por cierto!
Ahora estamos en el parque temático, con la bota grande.
Originalmente yo iba a tener la música sonando de fondo en un órgano “fairground barrel”, asà que escribà una pieza sencilla en el órgano para simularlo.
Joe! interpretó la parte de ese vagabundo. Creo que suena un poco como Bob Hoskins XD
Al final de la escena la persiana se cierra y ese sonido era de hecho el mecanismo de recogida de cable de nuestra aspiradora. Era justo el sonido que estábamos buscando, ¡además significaba que no tenÃa que dejar el estudio!
I enjoyed your pilot immensely! On second viewing (and before I saw this blog entry), I did notice the Dutch Courage theme throughout. Very cool. It’s really interesting to read your blog and see all the work you put in. You guys worked so hard!! Thank you for sharing it with your fans…and for free!
I enjoyed your pilot immensely! On second viewing (and before I saw this blog entry), I did notice the Dutch Courage theme throughout. Very cool. It’s really interesting to read your blog and see all the work you put in. You guys worked so hard!! Thank you for sharing it with your fans…and for free!
Jen
From Texas