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Marcus Trogen 'The Old Man' Music Video Released!
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Swedish born composer Marcus Trogen, who is well know in the Tomb Raider Community for producing music with the familiar sounds of the Tomb Raider video-game series - "Dance Raider", "Dance Raider 5" and "Wild Waves Whisper", has released his first Music Video call "The Old Man".
In a statment to TRNC Marcus Trogen says:
When talking "Tomb Raider II: The Dagger of Xian" with other fans, specifically the training course, one always tend to remember Winston, the butler, running after Lara carrying a tea-tray, sometimes letting off "pressure". You don’t easily forget such details, and he’s certainly made an impression on people. One has to admire his dedication, always there, always ready to serve, but in some cases he could be a bit of an irritant, when blocking Lara’s path.
He is what made me create the song called "The Old Man". It was the first TR song I put lyrics to, and for some time after its release, I had the idea of creating a music video based on this tune. Since the backdrop is a training course, I pretty much knew how I wanted this video to turn out. There is a sports arena located in my town, which I thought would be the perfect location to shoot scenes at. My idea was to take some real shots, and provide a sort of blend between Lara’s training course and real life footage.
But, how do you shoot scenes, if you don’t have a digital video camera? I used a digital still image camera. How can you film yourself, in different angles, without the assistance of someone else? A camera stand. The video was solely produced by myself, from creating the song, to filming shots with a still image camera, while performing in front of it, to editing the result to its finished stage. I had to endure quite a few takes to get the whole thing right, but I had a lot of fun doing it. What I’d like to emphasize with this, is that you can achieve a great deal with the simplest of tools. All it takes is – imagination, one of the greatest gifts given to man. At this point I’m hoping I’ll be able to put away some money to get a real digital video camera, then I can start doing some serious stuff. It has certainly given me a spark to achieve more.
I hope you will enjoy the music video, as much as I have enjoyed creating it.
The Old Man Music Video is available from Marcus Trogen's official web site www.marcustrogen.com.
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