The document discusses research for music and sound to be used in an original short film (OTS). It lists potential songs, with some marked with an asterisk for recommended use. It also details adding a heartbeat effect to signify the main character panicking from hallucinations. Additionally, it discusses creating a foley sound of a Coke bottle opening to realistically depict a hallucinated bathroom scene. Finally, it proposes using a bass drum effect when hallucinations appear and whispers to suggest increased aggression. The sounds are meant to imply danger and inhumanity from the hallucinatory figure.
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Authors do not write books so teachers can have students write book reports for them! Decorating up a book report as a comic book, podcast or video is STILL a book report telling ABOUT the book facts. Engage students in using literature for thinking, creating, wondering, and relating to the BIG ideas.
Dracula, or the "Dramatics and Cultural Association of XLRI" (as muggles call it) is home to every soul whose heart beats faster on a stage, whose mind sharpens itself on a book and tongues that speak fluently the language of sarcasm. Dracula produces multiple theatrical productions a year, hosts debates (parliamentary and whimsy), and is the origin of the institute's Dance Team and Literary activities.
2. Music ResearchHere is the list of songs that we may or may not use in our OTS. The ones which are highlighted with a star (*). The ones that aren’t marked with a star were
used at some point in the production of early drafts and were removed either because we found better songs or they didn’t fit the new ideas. (Link in Blog.)
(1) Wrong Message 30, (2) Mad Hatter * , (3) Descent into Darkness * (4) Busybody (5) Floatate *
(6) City Cranes *, (7) Reluctant Rebound, (8) Sonic Rippling * (9) Eerie Area * (10) Babylon
(11) Dreamscape, (12) Scary Movies *, (13) He will Rise *, (14) Antagonist, (15) Sneak Tension*
3. Sound Research
• To signify to the audience that the main character is panicking from the
hallucinations, we added a heart beat effect when he closes his eyes
outside.This was to connote that he’s scared.The audience can tell this by
the pace of his heartbeat.The heart beat will slow down when he feels
assured that the hallucinations have stopped and will then get faster when
he hears whispers behind him.
4. Foley sound research
• We needed to create a foley for the bathroom scene when the main
character pulls out his tooth in an aggressive manner which turns out to be
a hallucination.We made foleys from coke cans, twigs and decided to use
the sound of a coke bottle opening as it was the most realistic and
convincing.We used Audacity on the laptop and Recording Lite app on the
iPhone to record the sounds.
5. Sound Research
• Every time the hallucination appeared, he
would be accompanied with one or two
sound effects which would be used
individually and at the same time. The Bass
Drum effect would be heard when the
hallucination is in shot and the whispers
are used when the hallucinations become
more aggressive. (Links in Blog.)
• The sound effects emphasise that the
person seen following the main character
is dangerous from the bass drum effect and
not human from the whispers being heard
around him.
6. Sound Research
• Every time the hallucination appeared, he
would be accompanied with one or two
sound effects which would be used
individually and at the same time. The Bass
Drum effect would be heard when the
hallucination is in shot and the whispers
are used when the hallucinations become
more aggressive. (Links in Blog.)
• The sound effects emphasise that the
person seen following the main character
is dangerous from the bass drum effect and
not human from the whispers being heard
around him.
