Soundtrack Research

Background Music- In our film trailer we will try and put in some background music within the scene. This is what most the thrillers have these days as it causes huge tension, it is used and is very effective within the film. Background music is used to add emotion and rhythm to a film. Usually not meant to be noticeable, it often provides a tone or an emotional attitude towards the story or the characters within the film. In addition background music foreshadows a change in mood. For example dissonant music may be used in film to indicate an approaching (but not yet visible) menace or disaster. This type of music is non diegetic music this is because it is music that the characters cannot hear. The clip below is from the film jaws, this film is most famous for its well-known soundtrack that it has. The film manages to cause a large amount of tension and suspense when this soundtrack is played, this is because the audience knows that something is going to happen and it is not going to be good. This is something that we want to be able to include in our film as we know that Jaws was a thriller just like the genre of our film. We want to be able to create a huge amount of tension within the audience to the amount where they are literally on the edge of their seats and we feel like the key to be able to do this is through effective background music. Within our trailer there are going to be many points to where we are going to be able to use background music effectively. For example right at the end when the hero walks into a dark room with villain there will be a deep slow pace thudding that will increase and increase and then just suddenly stop, then the title will come up on the screen this means the trailer is stopped at an intense moment which will excite the audience.
Sound Effects- There are many different sound effects that can be used to create a large feeling of suspense. Synchronous sounds contribute to the realism of film and also help to create a particular atmosphere. For example, the “click” of a door being opened may simply serve to convince the audience that the image portrayed is real, and the audience-may only subconsciously note the expected sound. However, if the “click” of an opening door is part of an ominous action such as a burglary, the sound mixer may call attention to the “click” with an increase in volume; this helps to engage the audience in a moment of suspense. Also sound effects that we will probably definitely be using is the gun shot sounds. This will show that there is action within the film. It will also increase the excitement of the audience.
At the end of our trailer we were thinking of using some gangster rap music as we feel like it will suit our film massively as it shows that it is down with kids and they will be attracted to the film as we are using music that they normally listen to when they chill with their friends. As it is a British film we were thinking of using British rapper Giggs to show that this film is pure British.