Commercials · Post Bellum
Commercial · 2025
Post Bellum
Post Bellum
WW2
ADC Gold 2026Use of music
“Can you imagine if a war had started in our country at this time?”
Eighty years after the end of the Second World War, that conversation is the point of the film.
A young man leaves a Czech village and crosses occupied Europe to reach Britain and fly with the RAF. Underneath his journey runs a voiceover of two teenagers today, talking about what they would do if a war started here.
The instrumental palette
01The pulseA relentless rhythmic pulse runs under the whole spot: the machinery of war, the tread of marching infantry.
02The stringsAbove the pulse, from the very first bar, a string pattern is already alive. It lets the viewer feel the momentum and the energy to fight against evil.
03Piccolo trumpet & bass synthJoined later by a piccolo trumpet and a bass synth, which bring uplifting hope.
The score had to carry both
Their harmony rises where the pulse only drives, and that upward pull is the film's real subject.
About the film
Credits
DirectorMarek PartyšAgencyOakProductionBistro FilmsDOPDušan HusárMusicJan Šléška