As I said before, the basis for my animation short will be inspired by Czech polka music... I may even adapt some of Smettana's
music of that genre for this (he was a Czech composer). Oddly enough, the orchestral workstation plugin I use to write and record with is a rich collection of instrument samples recorded in, of call places, the Dvorak Hall in Prague!The title of the film will be Tulk -- the name of the main character. And if anyone can catch the reference between the
music and the title...
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OK, so I am working out a storyline as described in an earlier entry using a gypsy-ish character somewhat inspired by Monsieur Fleur from Cirque du Soleil. Here's a picture of Monsieur Fleur:My character will be a bit darker and not quite as richly dressed, of course. I am going for a Eastern European feel, too... so this is leading me to musical themes, and I will likely do a polka for the main character theme (kind of fits in with the "Czech School" of animation, too).Now I need to find an acc...
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