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Topic: Looking for the soundtrack to go with this image
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Mike Blakesley
Film God
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Posts: 12767
From: Forsyth, Montana
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 08-05-2015 11:08 PM
OK, so I fixed up this "Prevues" footage. I replaced the original soundtrack with a 1960s tune that seemed to fit (the last 10 seconds of "Telephone Song" by Julius Wechter and the Baja Marimba Band, to be exact) and trimmed the picture to fit the music, and added appropriate fades. It sounds great, so this thing is ready for its closeup.
The dilemma is, since the film was run about thousands of times by a lot of careless projectionists over the years (and before Film-Guard was even conceived), it looks like crap. I mean it looks like it's going to jump the sprockets any second. Splices, scratches, the whole bit -- the only thing it doesn't have is (much) dirt, since the outfit that did the digital conversion cleaned it as well as possible.
But, it still looks cool and "kitschy" to me and I would like to put it back on the screen, since it's the trailer we were running when I first took over this theatre in 1979.
Of course we all know how I try to keep my presentations sharp, so my question for you guys: Should I
(a) run it as is, as a novelty, and let people wonder 'what the hell?';
(b) not run it at all, since it makes "film look bad"
(c) create a little text disclaimer such as "Vintage film from the '60s" at the bottom of the screen
I don't really like "b" since I did spend the money to have the thing rescued.
I am still going to write to Tim Reed (soon as I post this message) to see if he has the original music; but in the meantime I had fun fixing it up a little and finding music that seemed to fit.
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