Testing other audio pieces/soundtracks (CM)

Although wanting to include some exterior audio to develop the video, I wanted to keep it simple as to not overly complicate the existing soundtrack. I recorded exterior sounds of passers-by in the street or cars driving past, or general ambient 'street-life' sounds to add to the scenery the images are shot in.

However adding these soundbites into the video, on top of the soundtrack, it felt too messy. The quiet sections/gaps within the soundtrack was filled in and it took away any sense of loss/loneliness/suspense. So I decided to try and take out the soundtrack altogether and use only ambient sound to see what effect  it would create (without editing the images' sequence/rhythm at the time).

(Without drone)

This edit is including street ambience of a preacher with drone to fill in the silence (of which there was too much of, I felt, without a drone). The shouting of the preacher adds definite drama, and creates a different feel, and almost different angle of the story altogether, a religious tangent to this strange world we are brought into in this video. A subtle echo was edited into the vocal to space out silence. I feel it ends well, finishing off the last photograph with a loud shout by the preacher, cutting to credits/black screen.

(With drone)

Forgive the OTT reverb at the moment, it must've put it in as a preset somehow (???) whilst it was exporting! Will edit this out at next chance.  

This edit includes a simple recording of road-side ambience, to add significance to being passed by over and over, ignored/left behind. A drone is again added in to fill in, what felt like, too much silence. The feel is much much eerier, with almost all the narrative/feel left to be told by the images. However, it lacks rhythm and pace.