Sound & Music Research

The sound elements in my production are veru key, has this will set the mood and the tone for my thriller opening sequence, and it is essential that they meet the conventions of the thriller genre for example, certain sound affects can symbolise a flash back or a change in the narrative structure.

A first piece of compostion which, I will consisider using is an ochestral piece...

I think this will be a very effective piece for my thriller genre, it provides suspense and tension, the use of slow viloins will create mystery and a feeling of ambience, also this was used in Lord of the Rings which was an oscar winning film for its music, also this piece will be effective for our our genre which is supernatural like Lord of the rings.

In terms of sound effects, I think there is a lot my group can learn from this piece.


If you listen carefully, there isnt any sound for a good 30-40 seconds or so then the sound emerges, also the sharp object relates to the punchy sounds, which makes it seem more realistic and therefore provides more versimilitude. In terms of our opening thriller sequence, I think this would very effective, has we can create a sound like this to symbolise the Ghosts in our thriller. This sound effect came from the Oscar winning film Psycho, which proved to be iconic in not just Cinma history but also in the thriller genre.

We were considering a child or more to be in our production, this was to prove fortunate for the music, has I researched on some disturbed childish music.

The childish music we thought would be an effective piece for our thriller genre, has it kind of distortes the symbolism with children, and fits with sort of paranormal feel in our production, it fits in with ouur typical thriller conventions, has there isnt a villian or a hero, but just a girl with dark aspects, the music will symbolise this, this music also relates to the sort split personality which she has. This clip was taken off a film called chuckie which was based on demented children.

One of our most recent ideas was to use vocals in our thriller music sequence which we thought would be effective.

The vocals in this thriller are very effective, thery are sort of ironic and scary at the same time, the music is very simplistic but the echo of the voices really carry it through, this again relates to our thriller genre to do with Ghosts and what not. Also if we used vocals it sould help to provide some mystery and perhaps foreshodow some of the events that will come up. This clip was taken from a piece called Night mare on Elms street, which has a plot similar to ours.