Sound Effects
Introduction
We have edited non-diegetic sound in order to create soundtracks, noises, sounds of objects and sound from animals. These sound effects creates and enhances the eerie factor within the opening 2 minutes of 'The girl in white'. For this we needed to make sure that the sound levels weren't too high nor too low so you can hear the audio speech within the footage. When deciding the right sound which could be used in the background we experimented with different kinds of sound that were instrumental sound, natural sound and upbeat sound. in the end we went for natural sound as we felt like it would suit our 'horror movie opening' object the best. Before we decided which sound we wanted to use we research up different horror movie openings so we could compare the music which we found that worked the best, then interpret this into our openings.Screenshots and list of sound effects
- Birds chirping with a slight sound of wind in the background
The reason we choose this sound effect was because we wanted there to be a natural feel to the recordings and to make the audience believe that the group of teenagers are deep in the woods with no one around but the sound of small birds and wind to keep them company. The sound of the birds have been placed in each recording that is self and non self recording as birds tend to chirp in day time. This enhances the idea of the girl in white torturing them in broad day light what gives the opening a more unsettling and strange approach.
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- Wind up creepy musical box
The reason we added this sound effect at the start and end of the opening was to recreate the idea of a little girls being present, even if you couldn't see her you could still hear 'her'. Musical boxes are usually used by girls and while we were choosing which box sound to use we made sure that it was creepy and has tension to insure that the opening would have a unsettling and on edge atmosphere.
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- High pitched sound
When researching horror move opening sounds I found that high pitched sounds and notes made views uncomfortable as the sound can be painful to the ears. By adding this high pithed sound between shots and over shots was used it to represent the uncomfortable present of the girl and the pain she will cause.
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- Humming sound
Description
This sound has only been used once but for the talking seen between the characters in 20 secnds-1 min. We placed this music here because when the charters were having a conversation there was no tension or worry for the characters.The sound now makes those scenes have an eerie atmosphere.
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- Build up suspense sound
This sound effect has been used twice in the opening, once in the scene were the boy gets attacked from behind by the girl and second to the lead up of the boy falling over. The suspense sound was used in these scene to build up the tension and that prepares the audience for something strange and scary to occur.
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- Robotic/human heartbeat with short electronic blurs
The reason this sound effect was used right when people were starting to get hurt, was to give a slow tension to the scenes that became faster and louder when it got closer towards the end of the opening. Also we made sure that the music was in time with the action of the footage to insure that the video runs smoothly. Near the end there is a 2 second silence when the girl touches one of the boy characters, this helps the tension rise and highlight that the girl is crazy and ready to kill and consume them.
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- Static T.V
This sound effect comes seconds before the end of the opening to make the '20 years later' look like it is apart of the recording after she drops the camera.
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- 1970s Turned off T.V
The reason we used this old sound effect was to make the recording seem to be stopped but to also make sure that the sound link with the title '20 years later' when disappearing.
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Footage with sound and green screen
Here is the video of the opening horror 'The girl in white' that contains sound and visual effects.
All sound has been added, the only part left to complete the opening is the titles what will hopefully match the sounds and footage already edited.
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