Sound and Music Research - Olivia Farren

Although our thriller opening will only last two minutes, there are still many many different sounds included in this time. Both diegetic (sounds that are part of the story, what the character would hear) and non-diegetic (sounds that aren't part of the story, the character can't hear these) sounds will be part of our film.

Here's a list of diegetic sounds that will be part of our thriller opening:

• Footsteps of the girl and dog up to the front door
• Dog lead rattling
• Dog panting/sniffling
• Shuffling
• Door handle
• Door opening and closing
• Footsteps of the girl and dog on the drive/pavement
• The background noise of wind/birds/leave rustling/cars in distance
• Footsteps of the girl and dog walking down the different parts of the twitten
• Gate opening
• Footsteps of girl and dog down path
• Second gate opening
• The lead being unclipped
• Dog panting/barking and running around in field
• Footsteps of girl in field
• Footsteps of girl and dog in the woods
• The noise of the stream
• Splashing water
• Dog sniffing/digging at object
• Dialogue of girl shouting dog's name; "Dylan!"
• The girl gasping
• Door slamming
• Sobbing
• Shuffling as girl falls to her knees
• Heavy breathing

All of these diegetic sounds can be filmed on location and on camera, however if they aren't clear when recorded on camera, we will record the sounds separately on location as they will match what is happening and then add them onto our thriller through post-production editing on GarageBand or Final Cut Pro. 

We are also including non-diegetic sound to our thriller opening, this will be the music backing track that will be continuously playing in the background of the whole of the opening of our thriller.
This music will getting louder as the opening goes on, this is to create tension, there will also be decrescendos in places to create a shocked feel for the audience whilst the character is feeling shocked, this will then mean the audience can relate to what the character is feeling through the build up of music.
We will get the music from a royalty free music site and add it into our thriller opening through Garageband, where we can also edit the volume and place the decrescendos where we wish them to be.

 Here is a link to an "intense" music search I did on Moby Gratis where none of the results are appropriate for us: www.mobygratis.com

Whilst looking through a few royalty free music sites, I came across a good track that we could use as the background music for our thriller: 'I Remember You' The voices sound almost angelic yet spooky, as the orphaned girl walks through the quiet twittens and into the woods to find the forgotten object that shocks her. The track can be edited onto our thriller opening on Garageband and we can change where the music builds up.