Thanksgiving Break Blog #2

 Alex and I started to pick the non-diegetic, and diegetic sound that will be used in our short film. Our film has many different scenes. Meaning there are some in public areas, some in private, some in the morning, and some at night. Therefore, the music will be necessary to carry the plot along and allow the audience to interact with what is going on in the scene. Without sound in a movie, especially a short film, it will basically be impossible for the audience to become engaged in the film. According to some research I have done on sound in short films, most directors say if they could go back and change something about their early films it would be the sound quality. It is easy to get involved in the cinematography of the film, and completely forget that the human sense of hearing is very important too. Some even say the soundtrack of a film is more important than anything else. Some movies or shows that have an amazing soundtrack directly correlate with the success of the film. Take Euphoria, Black Panther, and Guardians of the Galaxy for example. All of these productions had soundtracks that even reached the billboard charts. The use of their developed soundtrack allows the audience to take a piece of the movie into their everyday lives. I know from personal experience, listening to show or movie soundtracks make me feel like I'm right in the movie too. 

When discussing what sounds we were going to add to our movie, we wanted the sound to embody the overall tones of mystery and confusion. So that means loud, sharp sounds at points of climax. As well as slow droning sounds to build up the climax. For the soundtrack, we decided to make the characters listen to more mysterious songs, perhaps from the past.




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