Assignment 24: Music and Sound

Research

Music ResearchHere is the list of songs that we may or may not use in our OTS. The ones which are in bold were the ones that are in the final draft. The ones that aren’t marked with a star were used at some point in the production of early drafts and were removed either because we found better songs or they didn’t fit the new ideas. (Link in Blog.)

(1) Wrong Message 30, (2) Mad Hatter , (3) Descent into Darkness (4) Busybody (5) Floatate

(6) City Cranes, (7) Reluctant Rebound, (8) Sonic Rippling, (9) Eerie Area (10) Babylon

(11) Dreamscape, (12) Scary Movies *, (13) He will Rise, (14) Antagonist, (15) Sneak Tension

Sound Research

• To signify to the audience that the main character is panicking from the hallucinations, we added a heart beat effect when he closes his eyes outside. This was to connote that he’s scared. The audience can tell this by the pace of his heartbeat. The heart beat will slow down when he feels assured that the hallucinations have stopped and will then get faster when he hears whispers behind him.

Foley sound research• We needed to create a foley for the bathroom scene when

the main character pulls out his tooth in an aggressive manner which turns out to be a hallucination. We made foleys from coke cans, twigs and decided to use the sound of a coke bottle opening as it was the most realistic and convincing. We used Audacity on the laptop and Recording Lite app on the iPhone to record the sounds.

Sound Research• Every time the hallucination

appeared, he would be accompanied with one or two sound effects which would be used individually and at the same time. The Bass Drum effect would be heard when the hallucination is in shot and the whispers are used when the hallucinations become more aggressive. (Links in Blog.)

• The sound effects emphasise that the person seen following the main character is dangerous from the bass drum effect and not human from the whispers being heard around him.