Sound

Sound

Hey!!! I'll be talking about the sound in our project.

    Sound is very important in storytelling especially in film. It can build tension, set the mood, and emphasize the tone of scenes. First let's talk about the music we used (non-diegetic). For our particular film, we wanted to emphasize the holiday mood so we started searching for the right music that sounded nice. We followed the links that were provided by our instructor and followed the instructions to discover copyright-free music. After searching for a while, our team collectively chose "Canon and Variation." It has a classic Christmas essence to it that we all felt had a sense of warmth to it. 

    Diegetic sound is sound that is heard within the film world, instead of solely for the viewers. Within the scenes, we barely muted anything and kept everything that was captured on tape. Dialogue was a large aspect of this. For various scenes we tried to highlight some sounds that might have been hard to hear. For example, when Tatyana was choking, it was difficult to hear the audio--so we added echoes and heightened the volume (this could be linked to non-diegetic sounds). This was done to add more realism and draw the viewer into the suspension of the scene. As for non-diegetic sound, we were thinking about editing in a voice-over. But not just any voice-over, it would be a narration of the murderer's inner dialogue. However, we decided to take this out due to the suspense factor. It would be too obvious for viewers after hearing the voices!

    As for the editing, we have found that software like Adobe Premiere Pro, iMovie, and CapCut have been very useful. We divided the work amongst each other based on availability. So if I had a chance to work on it then I would, if I didn't I would easily text the group chat about my absence. Moreover, Tatyana and Zadie were well acquianted with Adobe Premiere Pro, so the more in-depth work would be given to them. Tiffany and I focused on finding sound effects and emitting certain sound clips. Additionally, since we used single-system audio capture (meaning the sound is recorded along with the camera) it was a bit difficult to adjust the different types of sounds. For example, my family was home, it was six o'clock, which is the primetime to cook dinner. As you may guess, there were a lot of unwanted sounds that we thought could be easy to edit out. But...I think we need improvement on that. Overall, though, I love the music choices we used!

    Bye for now!