Sound. A blessing and a curse. In the past, I have put together a couple major productions, however, sound has rarely been a priority in them being that one was a silent film and the other a music video. This has made it difficult and, frankly, annoying to have to deal with the aspect now. Visually, our film came out extremely appealing and something I am very proud of. On the other hand, the audio is very choppy and does not flow very well. I have done some research in hopes of finding specific sounds that we can layer into the film in order to add the feel of suspense we are seeking. I found this website for free sound effects we can utilize to amplify certain sounds. We will also be incorporating some folly sounds, such as the door closing.
Suspense films incorporate several layering when it comes to sound. In order to gain further insight on this, I researched the epitome of suspense movies, Hitchcock, allowing me to incorporate some of his ideas into our film. We did make limited progress on the issue of sound the night we filmed; Youtube Audio Library. A suggestion made by a classmate during a very helpful meeting last Wednesday, Youtube Audio Library provides a wide variety of copyright-free sounds we can incorporate into our film. Cheyenne and I found 2 songs that add to our suspenseful scene as well as the juxtaposing nonchalant scene involving two girls ignorantly working on a project; here they are.
"FOLEY." FOLEY. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Mar. 2016.
"The Sound of Hitchcock: How the Director Used Sound to Create Atmosphere & Suspense in His Films." Open Culture. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Mar. 2016.
"Tags." Freesound.org. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Mar. 2016.
"Youtube Audio Library." Audio Library. Youtube, n.d. Web. 23 Mar. 2016.
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