sound planning and research

1. Sound Planning and
Research
Olivia Moreland

2. Sound Research – Sherlock
Holmes
• When the first credits and idents appear it has non diegetic
music which means that only the audience can hear it, none of
the film characters can. The music is an old echoing pub
sounding old organ or piano, which matches the London and
Victorian theme well. It has the sound of rain at the same
time, so when the piano stops playing and there's only diegetic
sounds like horses and carriages and hoofs on the cobbles, it
helps it transition nicely into that and makes it more smooth,
as well as signifying that the film is about to start when the
piano stops as well. We could do this with our final opening
sequence so it shows people when the film begins and makes
it a smooth transition. The piano music also builds tension in
the keys and notes that it uses, so we could use the same
effects in garage band which would help us build tension as
they are similar genres so would work well with our sequence.
The music is also quite eerie which makes the audience feel on
edge and is mysterious, perfect for our genre and so we could
bring these elements into our final cut.

3. Planning –
Music is a very important part of the opening sequence as it affects the
mood of whatever scene it is played in, affects how the character behaves
and how the audience feels and reacts to what they are seeing on screen,
and it also connotes the genre and different meanings, for example an
upbeat tempo with light hearted guitar strumming can connote a rom com,
or a romance, where as slow, high pitched string instruments can be
connoted with horror films. For our genre, which is a crime – thriller, we
should have music that builds tension but also adds mystery to whatever
scene is relevant, for example a scene used to build tension should have
slower paced music with higher pitched endings as that builds tension, and
when we want the audience to become more immersed in any more faced
paced scenes on screen like a chase scenes, we could have faster music that
maybe repeats a few notes which could match an audiences heart beats per
minute so they become extremely involved in the film and makes them very
thrilled.