parallel and contrapuntal sound video

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- I created a montage to the instrumentals of the song 'shy away' which sounds quite upbeat and happy. This song is parallel to the first portion of photos of a happy childhood but then the video switches to the imagery of a graveyard which is contrapuntal to the music.

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