During our research we felt we needed music to help make the film cause tension and to make the audience uncomfortable. we started to search for creepy piano music on freeplaymusic.com, we collected over 7 2minute songs and began to narrow it down. The song we all agreed with was a piece of music called abandoned which has the use of piano and violins. This adds tension and creepiness due to the violins playing softly in the background. the music is also quite innocent which acts against the opening scene.
Another piece of music we added with abandoned is abducted which switches the tempo, style and feeling of the scene. The sound begins with a heart beat and a rise in noise of a screech. it then moves into this continuos beating of drums then its dies which works perfectly with our ending of our opening.
Some good comments on sounds here Jonny. Could you link to or embed the clips? It would be beneficial if you could also make comparisons between yours and existing thrillers in terms of music used and its effect.
ReplyDeletewhen filming our thriller opener, we looked at what points could be key musicwise as well as the shots. we open the film with the girl walking with the piano playing showing everything is ordinary and nothings indanger or somethign bad has happened. we also wanted the music to change and raise in tension when the girl discovers that the house is locked and she cant get out. the heart beat makes the audience uncomfortable as it brings in the idea of being trapped and on the edge. looking at other films which we have looked up to whilst xcreateing this thriller in terms of music, we looked at the book of eli as the music to begin with builds and is calm and the tension raises at the sight of trouble or action. another is The Loverly Bones. when the girl uis walking along the fields and the music is innocent until the killer invites her in to a hidden hole where he kills her. these films influenced us that t make a good thriller you need to make the audience feel as if everything although it may seem safe and normal the subtext is that it isnt because during a normal day anything can happen!
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