Main Film Opening Task 'Depletion' - Music And SFX

Music:

When choosing music, we wanted a track that provided a highly tense atmosphere. However through researching royalty free music with the keywords 'tension' and 'action' we deciphered that a large majority of the music we found, had an incredibly heightened dramatic atmosphere reminiscent of the horror genre, rather than the action genre. Therefore we ended up deciding not to use music, as it didn't fit effectively to the visuals of the opening scene, and instead replaced it with a loud hum or buzzing noise which underscored the entirety of the piece, in coherence with the sound effects. 

Sound:

Post-production we used a microphone to record the layer of sound and edit it separately. This ensured we would avoid hearing muffled or static sounds through background noise; (particularly when we were filming outside in the sounding arch, with a high wind velocity) which makes our piece sound more professional and this post production technique is heavily utilised in the industry. We recorded sounds such as Emily struggling to escape from the ropes, the guard's footsteps as he walks away, a phone conversation between the guard and finally the radio transmission narration at the beginning.

Certain sounds, such as the radio transmission, I then edited to sound 'muffled' and 'static', the narration mirroring the sound of dialogue from an old radio. This was particularly effective, as it formulated a tense atmosphere to the opening of the film and provided narrative background to the story, allowing the audience to easily interpret the action that occurs throughout the opening. Finally we used royalty free sound effects (fair use sound effects) for the 'Access Denied' narration, which we intentionally edited to sound more robotic. When choosing sound effects we had to ensure the sounds were royalty free or fair use to avoid infringing copyright laws. Copyright laws exist in order to allow the creator of a form of original work, to have exclusive rights to its distribution which therefore allows the creator to be paid or have compensation for their work. This prevents someone from stealing the work of others.