Our aim was to use music which reflects our genre and the theme of our psychological thriller opening titles which is the dark and light aspects of a personality and the way modern young minds can be corrupted by the media. We looked at different opening titles to inspire our own use of sound, for example 'Se7en' and 'Dexter'. The use of sound in 'Se7en' was to create tension and suspense while creating different enigmas for the audience. In 'Dexter' the sound has a lazy beat which supports the idea of an every day morning routine like the titles of 'Dexter'. They also included extra sounds effects, such as the sound of his razor wiping over his skin.
The shots in our thriller opening will be silenced so that the diegetic sound is not heard. Any sounds heard will be edited into the opening such as a thud from upstairs and a creaking door. Since there will be no sound but the soundtrack and these noises, this will make those sounds emphasized to the audiences. The soundtrack will begin when our company ident appears on screen which is inspired by 'Se7en' and is conventional in the thriller genre. The non-diegetic soundtrack usually plays quietly as background sound and then slowly builds into a crescendo which builds tension while the titles play and also gives the audience a clue to who the antagonist is.
The soundtrack we have decided to use in our thriller is a piece of music on YouTube called 'Creepy Music Box' which requires no inquiry into copyright as it is stated below the video that use of the music is allowed. The music has also been edited using 'Garage Band' to suit our thriller titles. The changes made were to make the beginning of the music quieter while making the end more dark and dramatic to build to a climax. This suited our titles much better than the original music. The sound suits the thriller genre as a piano is used which is high pitched and while creating tension, it also (as the title of the music states) sounds like a little girls music box which supports our opening titles as they are about a teenage girl who's mind becomes corrupted by the media and begins to feel broken and lost like a little girl again.
Video of the soundtrack before 'Garage Band' edit:
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