Planning - Audio

My partner Megan produced this.

Sound for our opening :

After writing our script and producing a storyboard we decided to assess the audio that would compliment our shot plan. We understand that our audio must come from a copyright free source, this could be a copyright free website like free sound or sound bible or possibly be produced by ourselves. As our audience research concluded that our audience like both musical audio and ambient sounds we decided to incorporate copyright music that sounds like it could be playing from the record player and also create some of our own ambient sounds using computer programs and everyday sounds that can be manipulated to be ambiguous and build tension. 

After evaluating various thriller openings I found that tension building audio is both percussive and low in pitch. The music will increase gradually in tempo and possibly include some long pauses to increase the intensity of the scene. This style of music would be appropriate for our thriller opening so I will try to find music like this or create my own before the final draft edit is completed. 


The following styles of audio are contenders for the non-diegetic sounds in our film :

https://www.freesound.org/people/zagi2/sounds/342300/
https://www.freesound.org/people/Setuniman/sounds/346272/
https://www.freesound.org/people/mikobuntu/sounds/361118/


The incidental music will be musical as it will seem like the music is coming from the record player which will be distorted later in the scene. Our audience research found a mixture of sound is preferable for a thriller film audience so we have decided the following style of music would be suitable :

http://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music/track/tomorrow
http://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music/track/rumble

The last sound we will incorporate is ambient, we decided white noise and everyday household sounds with a suspenseful twist would be a good option, below are some possible sounds we will use :

https://www.freesound.org/people/johnnypanic/sounds/32676/
https://www.freesound.org/people/waveplay/sounds/196595/

We will be deciding which sounds fit the best during the editing process as we can grasp which sounds are most effective in the edit and trial this with our audience.