Adjusting audio from filmed clips
For most of our clips we filmed, the sound was at high quality and so hence we did not need to change anything but for some this was not the case. To increase suspense we increased the decibels of a clip where you can hear our actor Lucy breathing heavily as this is also a point of view shot, which worked well as it allows the viewer to see how panicked she is from her perspective. Also in this scene our protagonist is scraping a knife against the wall, because there is no music in this scene, adjusting the sound of knife scrapping and by making it louder this put an emphasis on our actors actions. When our victim gets stabbed in the film she screams loudly, however we wanted the scream to be longer so that it connects the audio of that scene and the next scene smoothly, therefore we got our actor so scream again but for longer, this audio was now correct. We also held auditions for an 'evil laugh', Mr Woods laugh seemed most realistic so we manipulated it make the pitch higher and more scary and this worked successfully.
Music
One of the conventions for the thriller genre is suspenseful music that engages the audiences and creates suspense. So for our Thriller we decided we needed to add some suspenseful music. On YouTube we found some music which we thought fitted well with the opening pan of the film because the pan on the polaroid's is not fast, creating suspense and mystery, To add even more suspense to the audience we wanted slow music which works with the slow pace of the visuals. The music below is the one we chose, we checked the comments to see if we were allowed to download it without it being copyright to the composer.
We used 13 seconds of it, however our clip was longer so we had to copy and paste the audio multiple times, this worked because the sound it self repeats notes over and over again and didn't sound like it jumped to the next one.
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We also added music to when the title appeared on the screen. Due to it being an opening title sequence it was necessary that the title was bold so we added thrilling music to it. fortunately, we found this music on YouTube that we edited to fit perfectly when the splash on blood hits the ground. We feel this music fits perfectly as it ends the opening title sequence on an ending high note that is easily drawn out form the sequence.
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Additionally, we put music with the credits at the beginning of our film, we felt as though in our first draft that the credits without sound wasn't thrilling, however with having music It would make it more suspenseful and create a build up until the credits ended and the narrative began. However after receiving audience feedback we soon learned that the audience were finding the credits not very suspenseful and too long without having any music. We found some music which is the right suspenseful beat we were looking for and put it into our film, we manipulated the sound to a pace of 85% so this created even more suspense and a bit more upbeat so it was appropriate for our genre.
SOUND EFFECTS
Sound affects are commonly used in thrillers because the sound of stabbing someone isn't real. For our thriller we wanted to involve some sound affects to again create suspense and a sense of realness. we also didn't want our sounds to sound too fake and unrealistic so we decided to try and create some sounds ourselves.
Our thriller involves a stabbing sound and we did some research online and found out that watermelon was commonly used as a realistic sound for stabbing flesh. Jessie set up a camera and brought a watermelon, who then started stabbing it with a knife.
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However after doing this we quickly decided it did not work with our film as we only needed a single stab, and there was single stabbing sound when Jessie stabbed the watermelon also it sounded very plastic like and artificial. Fortunately, we went onto YouTube and discovered a perfect sound affect that worked well with our film. We entered the sound into our film and edited it so it would be long enough for our scene.
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We checked that the video wasn't copyright as in the comments the composer says "feel free to download via converter". This is perfect as it is free and non copyright.
Another sound effect we used was a door slam. Unfortunately during filming a scene we were filming was cut into 2 scenes therefore the door slamming in the last scene does not sound right, so we needed to search for some free non copyright audio sound of a door slamming shut. We found a side called 'Freesound.org'. This sound worked perfectly for our film, we cut our the part we didn't need.
https://www.freesound.org/people/FunWithSound/sounds/361167/
we also used the sound effect of a heart beat, we decided to use a heart beat affect to emphasis the fear upon our victim. We found this audio on YouTube and edited it into our film is works very well and does increase suspense and develops the characters understanding of our victims fear.
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The final sound affect we used was the one we used throughout most of our film. We decided not to have silence throughout our film and also we didn't feel like music would be as suspenseful either. So we decided to use some sound affects that would emphasise the horrifying position our victim is in whilst also complying to the conventions of a thriller of scary lighting and stormy weather in the background sound. We increased some of sound of lightening at parts where it needed to be more dramatic, e.g. when the protagonist eye-line match is shown. However, we made sure not to put this sound in to the flashback scene as that would be an inaccurate representation of time. We copy and pasted the audio file a few times throughout the film as background sound, we are very happy with this sound. Also we do not have to give credit to the composer as they wrote "You don't have to worry about crediting this sound if you are using it for non-commercial projects unless you want to (e.g. educational or non-profit activities), but if you use the sound for a commercial project you must credit the sound." This is good because our film is non-commercial and non-profit, therefore we were allowed to download the sound.
https://www.freesound.org/people/InspectorJ/sounds/360328/
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