After having a few sessions teaching ourselves on Garageband we were ready to create our soundtrack.
We based our music from some of the influence of our audience research. People were looking for suspence, uneasy tension and to have a dramatic effect. So we listened to a lot of different drums, synths, bass etc to come up with a great and energetic mix.
Our piece of music starts quiet, with a synth (that is included throughout the whole piece of music) and a thunderstorm sound so that it makes our logo sound more threatening. Then the first shot of the female character running has also got the orchestra strings playing, this is so the tension is already building. Then at the end of the first shot, the orchestra stings fade out and an electric drum kit and loud bass sound are added, to increase the tension a step further. Then a couple of shot later, only the bass is playing to add an extra bit of depth to our music. The next shot until the end of the running sequence includes a guitar, electric drum kit, african percussion, loud bass and an electric piano. This sudden burst of energy increases the tension and matches the action of the footage perfectly. This first section was very difficult to create. The timing was very tricky to get perfect, especially the timing of the music and the beginning of the shot are totally spot-on. Although it was totally worth as we are both very pleased with the outcome.
The next section is when the car turns up, so our music had to quickly fade and change to make it clearer to the audience that this part of the opening was a different time to the running sequence. So the previous music elements were faded out, leaving the synth and a new and slightly different synth with a quieter bass sound. This was because the dialogue was coming up, so the music would have to be almost silent. This would avoid out opening looking like a music video and also so that the dialogue could be heard well.
The last shot is when the music/sound is at the end of the tension as it reveals a bit of information. A gun shot sound is heard before the title "THE FILE" comes up on the screen which was from cutting a sound of a drum beat to a very short sound.
Overall, after all the alterations, we are very pleased with our outcome. It was worth spending a lot of time over the music because it can be believed that the music is what makes the piece come alive!
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