D2

 In this document I will discuss how we edited the sound for our film, this is to show how we used sound to amplify our footage and create a feel for the film.

In our film we utilised two older pop sons, these being "talking in your sleep" by the romantics and "Thriller" by Michael Jackson. This type of cheesy 80s music gives the film a real slasher movie feel.  

For our use of "talking in your sleep", we had it play through a characters headphones, so we had the music sound distant until the character had put his earphones in. We achieved this by using the audio effect called distant on premiere pro and applying it to the songs audio. 

For our ambience in the background I found royalty free horror ambience and placed it in the background alongside the clips, this also makes the transition from shot to shot sound smoother. 

We also used sound effects, like a sharp violin note for the jumpscare early in the film, this sound backs up the visual and makes it more surprising. There is also a foley sound effect in the form of a twig snap, as there was no way to produce the noise effectively on set.

When "Thriller" plays for the end credits scene it begins loud, however as the bloopers start we made the music quieter to be able to hear the bloopers as well as the song. The sound of the background ambience also fades out as the music starts.