Lumina [Prolog]
The video introduces me to my fantasy world, which I created as a child. It leads you through meditation to the planet "Lumina". At the end, the choir sings an old "tran" song that comes from "Lumina":
I've never seen anything like it before.
teka katimo rre lemina topaka mina ki.
katima lekate, tokama kaso
ketamo tometopaka meto rre mina taki.
Oh you wonderful world, you have brought everything before.
We admire your gifts, here and forever.
Fast animals, beautiful plants,
Life-giving water, heaven and earth.
At the end of the film, a song is played in a hexatonic scale consisting of the following notes: C, D, F, G (+2 cents), A and Bb (-31 cents). The selection of these notes is based on two principles: the universal presence of the pentatonic scale in various cultures of the Earth, and the constant of the overtone series that exists throughout the universe. To better fit into this natural sound spectrum, the fifth and seventh have been slightly detuned.
The film also introduces Lumina's first musical notation. It is inspired by the Vulcan script from Star Trek: Enterprise and has been adapted to the already developed Old Tran language to create a uniform, aesthetic image. The script is written from top to bottom and left to right. The notes are on a line, while the corresponding syllable is written to the right of it. Each pitch is represented by its own symbol:
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I. Level: Circle
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II. Level: Point
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III. Level: Stroke
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IV. Level: Triangle
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V. Level: Square
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VI. Level: Diamond
The length of the note is determined by arcs that connect the characters:
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A bow connecting two characters doubles the length of the note.
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A bow connecting three characters triples the length of the note.
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A bow that passes through a sign halves the length of the note
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Missing bows mean a normal note length.
These rules can be combined to represent different rhythmic structures.