Audio
Music selection is very important to our film opening. The film begins with a poem being read aloud, entering into the film's title card. The poem's subject matter is dark but is vague enough in the sense that the viewer will remain on the edge of their seat, anticipating what the poem could possibly mean. In order to further this feeling of suspense, something like dissonant strings or horror ambience will play in the background. I imagine we will settle on something similar to this:
The next sequence is a flashback. We want the music to be serene, but droning, reminiscent of a church in some sense. One option was to go on-the-nose and use a church organ hymn.
This song we found takes another approach, but also fits the mood. We would only use the intro, though.
The intro feels very nostalgic. Perhaps it is the slightly out-of-tune synths combined with the somber chord progression. It feels right for the film. I want to mess around with it to see if I can remix or loop the intro chords, or maybe even slow it down to lengthen the intro. I will do anything to get this song to work for our project.
Another important aspect of the audio for our project will be foley. However, until we shoot the film, it is hard to know what specific elements require post-production foley sound effects. For the outdoor scene, I will try to collect some environmental sound during the shoot to incorporate into the soundscape in post. The other foley aspects can be recorded after or found in non-copyright sound effect databases.
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