Preliminary Exercise: Sound in Film

How does the sound support your film in the context of its genre? 

Sound comes in various forms. Whether that be melodic or discordant, depending on the theme or genre of the film, sound adds connotations to a scene. For example, if in the scene the director is trying to achieve a jump-scare in a horror film, the best sound to accompany that scene would be creaking sound effects, suspenseful music, and then silence before the surprise. Different mediums of sound come together to support the context of the film and genre.

A good example of using sound to support the genre is Beau's death in "A Quiet Place."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CmmKmlXD9I

The scene starts off with melodic calm music and slowly transitions to creepy music as the family approaches the bridge. From the bridge onward, it's mostly silent with only the sound effects of their footsteps. Something to note is that anytime the camera landed on the daughter, there was complete silence to signify her being deaf. Silence transitions to the sound of the little boy's toy. The sound effect jump starts suspenseful music to accompany to dad trying to get to his son before the creature does. All of these sound mediums build tension within the scene and emotion within the audience.

Although I'm still not set on what exactly my movie is going to be about, I'm hoping to have a horror genre and have the plot take place in theater. There will be interactions between the killer and a student.

4 dialogue lines that could be used in my film:

-"Why did you stay behind?"

-"It's very dark outside."

-"You can't get away from me."

-"Goodnight."

4 sound effects that could be heard in my film:

-Knife stab, running footsteps, creaky floors, door slams

4 musical pieces that could be heard in my film:

-Suspenseful, eerie, chasing, and hard sound music