Soundtrack - Final Film

MIRROR IMAGE...FIRST SHOOT

We researched and watched different thriller film openings and listened to the types of soundtracks they used in there films, to give us an idea of the what the many ways we could have ours. For example, some have only digetic sounds while others have non digetic sounds.

We then listened to the sounds available to us on Garage Band but we also went on the internet and viewed sounds from free internet sites. Like for our preliminary task, we made a note of the sounds we thought would be of use to us so when the film was done it wouldn't take long to identify the final sounds we wanted.

When the editing was done the final cuts length was to long and was over the maximum time our film could be. We tried to cut bits out but we soon were left with just dialogue so decided to shoot again.

MIRROR IMAGE...SECOND SHOOT

For our second and final shoot Gemma and Myself could concentrate more on the production of the film, because we had already done some research on types of thriller soundtracks and the new film we would be shooting had the same storyline as our first, only we shot it differently so it would be within the time limit.

We had to put the sounds together without the film being fully edited. But using what was done and completed, we took down the timings of the different shots and made a note of the effect we wanted that specific shot to have so we would get the right sounds with the right piece of film.

We began with a simple heart-beat for the first 7 seconds of the track, with the next 24 seconds having only digetic sounds as this part contained dialogue. For the next 2 or 3 shots we chose the sounds we felt were appropriate but when we listened through it all there were too many sounds and too many changes. So we decided to make it a little simpler, we kept the right mood and gave the right atmosphere but used less sounds.

There are points in the film we want to emphasise so we put it smaller sounds on top of the soundtrack where these points did occur, for example we put in a sharp eerie sound when the "Figure" and Amber walk past each other (just as Amber walks though the playground gate), we managed to get the sound in perfect time for this and when we listened through gave that point a more eerie feel; which is what we wanted.

Vinuri, who was the camera woman and was helping edit the film made a soundtrack while the rest of the group was away on a school trip. The track she made was brilliant and fit with the theme of the rest of the music and went well the last few shots, which is where we put it. This completed the rough cut of the soundtrack.

Because the track and film opening where on separate computers we played both together to see if the timing where correct, we had worked hard to try and get them correct making many notes and cutting and trimming sounds so luckily for us it was all in time first time round. The only change we made was to make certain sounds quieter and louder using the control panel in Garage Band to what we felt fit the visuals better. We transferred the track from one computer to the other using a USB stick, rendered the track and put it together with the film. We watched it through as a group to see what everything sounded like together, we decided to add in some sound transitions to the soundtrack to make some parts smoother and give the track a better feel.