Week 5: Portrait Video Inspiration

The general feel I'd like to get rock 'n' roll space cowboy. It's aspirational.
Also, note the matte painting. I think it would be a neat feature in the video to turn one of my ships or a scene into a matte painting with real footage integrated.

I have a long list of tunes I'm considering, but right now I am thinking about a solid rock instrumental. Something motivational with a good riff would be nice. "Chase The Ace" by AC/DC and "Battle Without Honor Or Humanity" by Tomoyasu Hotei are two of the top ones as of typing this. Ennio Morricone's "The Man With The Harmonica" could be very cool. About a minute or so into it, there's a solid chunk of very cool guitar that could fill up the minute-and-a-half duration of the video.

I always loved this scene in For a Few Dollars More. At about 15 seconds, Lee Van Cleef unveils his assortment of tools of the trade (he's a bounty killer). If I could tie some homage into my video with unrolling a pen holder or something, that would be cool.

http://cli.ps/EhkBC Mortimer's Rifles from For a Few Dollars More

This next video is for the Buick GN. It's a slightly comical commercial, now, but the car is nothing but tough. I've seen a couple built to about 1,000 horses. The 275 horsepower GNX killed the competition in '87, and GM stopped making it, because it beat their flagship Corvette. Dumb move.

ANYWAY, I just love the way this video tells the story of the American "mysterious stranger" character of Westerns. It rolls into town and livens it up while cutting among features and driving. 

The 2011 Grand Cherokee ad hit home to many American car guys for its message, but it also has a great way of showing how the end product was created. It shows what came before, not just what features make the car great. This (and the above video) have awesome music to help tell the story, whether it's Buick's version of George Thorogood's "Bad To The Bone" or the instrumental for Johnny Cash's "God's Gonna Cut You Down." Well, Cash made it his. It's a folk song, I believe. Anyway, I like the way this one tells stories and cuts in and out. I've never been one for flashy transitions.