Post-Production: Soundtrack.

Soundtracks are important in a film because they add emotion to a scene. A good, appropriate soundtrack can make an audience feel certain emotions depending on the type of scene. A movie without the sound would be unsuccessful, because the audience would not be able to connect with the narrative as much. For example, a horror or thriller movie without sound is much less scary, because it’s the eerie soundtrack and unnatural silences that strike fear in the audience.

A conventional soundtrack for a thriller movie would be something which has ups and downs in tempo and volume that match the action in the scenes. Moments with high action levels, should   have a soundtrack that increases in volume and tempo, so the audience are left feeling on edge and the adrenaline will kick in.

We used garage band to create our soundtrack, because it is very easy and straight forward to use, and as a Music student, I have had previous experience in using the software, so I knew how it worked already.

 

 

 

We created a very dark, melodic and dissonant soundtrack. The reason for doing this is because it represented the dark intentions of the antagonist. Also it is very uncomfortable to listen to so the audience would feel much more worried for the victim. The inspirations for this came from thriller movies like ‘I Spit on Your Grave’ and ‘Mirrors’. These movies are great examples of really effective soundtracks.

Our thriller soundtrack was effective because along with the action and editing, the sound helped massively to make it seem real and much scarier than what it would have if there was no soundtrack.  The actions scenes make audiences feel quite uncomfortable watching, because the soundtrack has very dissonant notes that don’t sound normal to listen to.

 

From making this soundtrack, I have realised that our thriller seems much more conventional because the audience is more likely to feel afraid from watching as they do not quite know what to expect. I believe that this soundtrack was quite successful because it works well with the scenes and it highlights the dramatic irony of the narrative.