D2-Sound

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In this article, I'll go over how we used sound to enhance our footage and establish the mood of the movie.

First, we used two classic songs from the 1980s and 1990s: Michael Jackson's "Thriller" and the Romantics' "Talking in Your Sleep" in our movie. The absurd soundtrack from the 1980s gives the movie a genuine horror movie vibe. The theme music for thriller was picked because it has a Halloween vibe to it, but is also mostly lighthearted enough to go with the film's unserious/comedic elements.

We felt a need for additional noise in the background of the film therefore we found a royalty free ambience horror sound on YouTube and added it to the film. We then lowered the volume of the ambience so it wasn't overpowering. Adding this sound also contributed to the whole flow of the film as it set an ominous feel and helped greatly with our transitions.

Along with the ambient sound we included a sharp violin which was used in the beginning of the film when the antagonist first appears. We included a foley sound effect as we weren't able to produce the sound on set with the equipment we had. However we later recreated the sound with a microphone then implemented it into the film.

For this film we had to rerecord the whole project and this helped us for our sound as in the bench scene the scream is inaudible however in the first shot it was perfect. To overcome this we implemented the audio file from the first shoot into the final project then lined it up with the current shout and added reverb for an echo. This enabled us to move on with the post production at a faster rate as another foley sound was not required.


The song "Thriller" starts off loud at the end credits scene, but we turned down the music as soon as the bloopers started so you could hear the bloopers in addition to the song. As soon as the music begins, the background ambiance likewise becomes muffled.



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