Soundtrack Analysis
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This soundtrack isn't as good as the second one as it's not seducing enough neither does it have the charisma to involve in a vampire film.
The soundtrack also is very constant and doesn't contain any sudden drops that we are hoping to look for. |
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This track is the most effective as it creates a real sexual tone towards our teaser trailer. The lyrics 'give me a reason to love you' really fits in with our horror especially the fact its nothing to do with love. The fact its a female singer, mirrors the whole idea that we have female killers. It also hints a sinister feel towards the song as the dark underlay creates a horrendous atmosphere
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The lyrics in this soundtrack really fits in with our trailer as it creates a massive feel of irony in which is a major theme running throughout our trailer. However, the whole soundtrack is too upbeat and seems too happy even though it would create a major sense of irony and be a asynchronised piece but it would not fit in with our trailer and the shots we have in mind.
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By Nicole Russell
Effective Sound Overlays
We looked at the most effective evil laughs and screams as they are most likely to be associated with torture porn. However we do not want to copy the sound effects directly from YouTube, but we would like to take homage from strong examples from above. These sound effects will overlay the original sound track, making it more effective. The soundtrack is completely contrapuntal to our trailer which is seen to be extremely effective, however we do not want to completely avoid the conventions of torture and we are therefore looking to involve overlays to emphasise the pain that the protagonist inflicts. Here are some examples below.
By Chloe Young
By Chloe Young
We attempted the laugh overlay along with the soundtrack of 'polished glory box' and found it looked extremely effective and tense. By having this effective overlay improves and broadens our motif of enjoying the pain which our victim inflicts. It's also strongly ironic as it is used usually to indicate happiness, whereas it is used to show sarcasm and patronising which works really well with our characters. However the echoed sound of the laugh does not sound right, therefore we are going to find something along the lines of a feminine yet sinister overlay.
Having a scream during the soundtrack is significant as it portrays strong torture and pain. However when we film we are going to try using diegetic sound for the scream and see what it sounds like. This is to look realistic. However we do always have a back up plan of using a pre recorded scream if it does not manage to sound right.
Exploring How to Edit Sound
Despite the moving image on this video, I found that the laugh at the beginning had a clearer effect, which happened to suit our trailer. However after looking at several different soundtracks we managed to find the right one. We found that the background noise such as wind avoided our realistic approach.
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I found two of the most effective soundtracks that I thought may of suited the opening to the trailer. I also added in specific clips of our journey, to see what it looks like synchronised in with the shots. By reversing the songs effectively gave them a significant edge of horror. The first 'Rainy Days' was reversed, it had a spooky tone and I thought associated with horror much more than the original version. The original voice is very settled and slow, we as an audience can work out what she is something which is something we are reluctant to have. However the edited version seems a little more upbeat, as if it has already reached it's climax it is much more unsettling then the original which is our aim.
'We'll meet again', the original has a crackling effect making it seem archaic, although due to ours being modern day we would like to avoid the past time soundtrack. This allows us to establish more of a connection with our audience demographic. Although I explored this soundtrack by reversing it also and it sounded as if it was in a foreign language. This avoided our intentions and was not horror orientated whatsoever. However this is not going to prevent us from testing them out on our overall trailer as our perspectives may change. |
By Chloe Young
How To Reverse Clips in Three Simple Steps
Step One: Highlight the clip or piece of soundtrack, it should look like the above.
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Step Three: Click on the drop down menu and simply select 'reverse clip'.
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Step Four: It should have a green strip above the clip with arrows pointing to the left indicating the clip has been reversed successfully.
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By Chloe Young
When looking for different laughs to go with our trailer, I came across a variety of laughs in which we could use in our teaser trailer, one of them being a seductive feminine laugh which can be found half way through this video or in our developed soundtrack. There are a multiple of hysterical laughs on this video in which we completely avoided as it would make the teaser trailer seem funny and more comical which we do not want to have.
The use of having a feminine, seductive laugh will be effective in our specific trailer as our sub genre connotes sensual atmosphere and seductive feel to the demographic spectators.
The use of having a feminine, seductive laugh will be effective in our specific trailer as our sub genre connotes sensual atmosphere and seductive feel to the demographic spectators.
By Nicole Russell
We wanted the soundtrack in our trailer to be slow and seductive. We want a seductive soundtrack so it fits in with our trailer as it is based on sexy vampires to attract a male audience as paranormal usually attracts women whereas slashers draws in the male demographic.
Our Soundtrack for our Teaser Trailer
First Practice of our Soundtrack
Developed Soundtrack
After further examination, we realised that we could easily improve this soundtrack to make it seem much more effective. By adding sound effects made the soundtrack much more dynamic and had an effective structure to it rather than having it bland.
By Nicole Russell
By Nicole Russell
Further Developed Soundtrack
Overall, it is obvious that a soundtrack is an important aspect when thinking about creating a teaser trailer as you want to achieve the perfect atmosphere and tone because without it can easily make a trailer not achieve its purpose. For our specific sub genre of horror we wanted to have a asyncronised soundtrack because even though it creates a huge feel of irony but also takes the audience out of there comfort zone leaving them on edge as the song that seems 'normal' and 'happy' has now become a horror orientated soundtrack.
However, after much collaboration, we've decided to keep the horror themed soundtrack through our trailer as it creates the perfect atmosphere for our film. In the image below is our structured soundtrack as you can vividly see there is no 'finalised' or 'perfect' order to the actual tracks, it surprisingly works very well even though we thought truly hard about where our voice overs should go. The distortion of the soundtrack can also be stated as metaphoric as our trailer is horror related.
However, after much collaboration, we've decided to keep the horror themed soundtrack through our trailer as it creates the perfect atmosphere for our film. In the image below is our structured soundtrack as you can vividly see there is no 'finalised' or 'perfect' order to the actual tracks, it surprisingly works very well even though we thought truly hard about where our voice overs should go. The distortion of the soundtrack can also be stated as metaphoric as our trailer is horror related.
By Nicole Russell
Slowing Down the Soundtrack to Create Effect.
How to Slow down the Track
The image on the left is the original soundtrack which we want to slow down. As you can clearly see the soundtrack takes a while to get into the actual soundtrack itself. Therefore slowing it down may not be the right technique to do for this piece, as it would take even longer to hear the actual music. However, we shall try it anyway for experimental purposes.
Click on the Retime button, which is seen next to the magic wand. This will then show a drop down bar with many buttons which you can see in the image on the left. This drop bar can be a very useful when exploring with different soundtracks as well as with editing which can create a real dynamic feel to the whole trailer as it can create tension building and suspense. If you drag your mouse over the 'slow' button a side bar appears with a variety of different percentages in which will slow down your piece. The lower the percentage the slower your track shall be and vise versa. Today we are going to click on the button that says '20%' and see what happens. This is the finalised piece as you can vividly detect it is much longer than the original soundtrack. It is obvious that the duration of the soundtrack is way longer than it necessarily needs to be which hinders the initial idea of creating suspense as the pause is too long. In conclusion, it is shown that slowing down for this track does not work due to the prohibited level of tension. |
By Nicole Russell
Speeding up soundtrack on Final Cut Pro.
You want to select your soundtrack you want to select the button shown below, it will give you a list of options. In the drop down menu you want to select the fast button which will give speed options and you then select the speed you want.
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You can speed up your soundtrack either before or after you have edited your footage, it doesn't matter as the footage won't be effected by the speeding up.
This is what the soundtrack looks like speed up by two.
By Kirsty. |