Soundtrack

Our main aim was to create an eerie score that would run all the way through the film opening, as a subtle background score whilst fitting in with the footage. We plan to do the sound for each sequence separately and then add it in to 'iMovie' making it more efficient to edit with our footage.

The loop that we used for the score to run throughout the whole of the product was called 'Awareness'. We used this loop as a main focus to build the rest of the soundtrack around, and the rest of the sound mix was added and edited to work simultaneously with the score.

The opening 18 seconds of the film was the sequence where the male character is sat on his own on the sofa. He is in some distress as we have used the acting as a base to make an effective sound mix. We had the score in the background to create an eerie atmosphere for the audience and also edited a loop called 'crazy people', we changed the echo and reverb to make it sound distant. Once we added this in to 'iMovie' it created the effect that we intended, as it sounded like the sound was coming from the character's head.

Motifs were important within our film opening also, as there were a lot of important things that needed to be established, and by having a motif, it will reinforce the importance and significance to the audience. As the clock was a main focus, we decided to have a motif of a sound that was a bang but we edited it to have an echo.

Another motif that we had created was a motif for the zombie. This was perhaps the most important motif as when we decided not to show any actual zombie characters, we needed to reinforce their significance within the soundtrack. We started this sound by editing a loop called 'Chimpanzee Calls', after we cut the loop to within a few milliseconds, we then edited it to have an echo, and reverb. Finally we added an effect called 'Helium Breath', and the effect we had was again exactly what we wanted, a high pitched, lingering screeching noise, perfect for our zombie's motif.