Wednesday, 25 January 2012

Editing our Thriller Title Sequence - Sound track

Choosing the sound track is crucial in any film, to demonstrate this significance I have looked at one of the scenes of the film "Scream 2". If you watch it with sound you will be able to see what effect it has on the audience (e.g. builds suspense). However if you watch this scene on mute you will notice the difference between the two, the lack of a score truly takes away from the scene:




We used this royalty free ambient sound track which is audible at the very beginning of the title sequence. It is called "Through a Dark Window - Alone in the dark". It is very eerie and spooky; this is exactly the kind of atmosphere we want to create in our title sequence:




I for our main soundtrack/score I used a free track from the royalty free website: Premiumbeat.com:



I downloaded a trial track for free after looking at numerous options, this track was much shorter than the full version but only thirty seconds or so is needed. The track I chose is written by "Alex Khaskin", it is called "The Warning":




I hope the combination of the tracks work and create a atmosphere of suspense and fear. I know I will have to edit the position of this track to fit well with the ambient sound that is already in place. For example:




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