Sound in trailer

We needed a variety of different sounds in our trailer this would create a sense of realism. This includes music and dialogue.

To find the music we wanted to include in our trailer we used the website www.freeplaymusic.com and searched through various tags such as 'horror', 'thriller' and 'eerie'. This allowed us to listen to a range of songs that are not copyrighted. This is important as due to the copyright laws we are unable to use songs by well known artists or other films, and as we did not really have a budget to make this trailer we could not afford the rights. Also, we ourselves, do not know any aspiring bands who produce music that would fit into our trailer to request permission to use.

It took many hours and was one of the longest tasks in the whole production of our trailer, however, eventually we found a few different tracks that we all liked and agreed fit in with the action on screen in our trailer. The support of the sound, made the trailer. This will help to create the desired reaction from our audience, which in this case is fear and suspense.

The sounds we needed all together were:

• A dark eerie slow music to support slower scenes but start to create a tense atmosphere, this then needed to progressively build and become more powerful for the big up beat scene. If we could not find a track like this we could use two different tracks that mix well together.
• Doorbell
• Phone ringing
• Diegetic sound in scene
• Voiceovers - 3 in total, a police call operator, a phone call to the police, and the news on the radio.

The track we decided to use fit really well with our trailer, one of the things we liked the most about this was that as the antagonist walked up the stairs there was a strong beat with every step which amplified the fear Katie would be feeling. The music was also only around 1 minute 30 seconds which meant that we did not need to cut it down which would ruin the pace we created as it abruptly stops.