When developing the sound effects and possible background music for my short film there were many possibilities to consider and wasn't fully planned before all the editing. For instance, when first creating my short film I wanted to just add writing over the top to make it appear that the book was speaking to the main character. This idea originally came from Sherlock when he deduces someone from one look. I felt this effect would go perfectly with the idea I had in mind and so used this as inspiration. I later got audience feedback on this and many said it was a little difficult to try and read all the words on the screen. To make it easier for the audience I applied layered sound over the top of people whispering what the book wanted to say. I edited this sound to have echos and wisps of sound to create a slightly eire tone. I recorded about 3-5 sounds for each page (image below of when this happens) which I then
layered slightly over one another to make each piece flow. When the girl turned the page a new set of whispers would be set off. To also add an interesting sound effect to these whispers I was able to edit the sound so it would bounce from the left earphone to the right. This was done by changing the sound equaliser for speakers of each track to play louder on one side than it does the other. This overall gives a 3D sound effect which has proven to be very effective with my target audience.
For diegetic sounds I recorded my own foley which was used for the girl walking through the woods, the pencil writing on paper at the beginning of the film and general ambience sound which I recorded all off my phone. Without diegetic sounds the film appears flat and unprofessional. Even in many silent films or music videos where the music track is the only source of sound they will still add some diegetic sound to make the film appear more full. Because these sounds weren't recorded through the use of a boom mic the sound contains background sound which can be heard through earphones when listening to this short film. This makes my short film appear unprofessional but I was able to make it slightly better but editing the sound and so it is a little less noticeable. Sounds I didn't create myself but still add to diegetic sounds are the bird sounds over the top and the laser sounds. I wasn't able to record the ambient bird sounds as my mic wasn't powerful enough to record my own and the laser sound was something I couldn't record or produce on my own and so I used sounds from Logic and GarageBand to help. With the laser sounds I needed to sync this up with the timing of the laser being shot and so for this I zoomed in quiet a bit to check that it was in time with the shooting. Even after this I went back ever so often to check that the sound matches up with the action. The same for the girl walking through the woods and turning pages, I always checked to see it the sound matched the action perfectly as out of time sounds can make a short film seem unprofessional.
The non-diegetic sound I used within the short film was the voice over whispers and the theme music. It took time to decide what music I wanted for my main theme music. Did I want epic battle music? Or something more slow and sorrowful? I couldn't really decide what music I wanted until I had edited the rough order of my film together to see whether the music would be long enough and whether it would suit different parts of the short film. The list below are a few links of the music I was considering for my short film but also sound effects that would help me with the ambience:
I went with the last one as it starts off graceful but when the low cellos kick in you can sense a small amount of danger.When the rest of the violins start it gave my chills and that's how I knew this was the right piece for my film as it has grace but also an epic middle section that I could link up to the battle scene that I needed to produce when the sketches and the girl meet the shadow selves for the first time. The other pieces of music were too far into the genre of action, where as this film is more adventure and so I wanted a piece that would create that sensation of adventure within the audience to make them feel and believe that they are actually with the characters.
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