Thursday 18 March 2010

Music

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During lessons we were taught how to produce music via a programme called 'O-Genenerator' however i found this software too simplistic and decided to proceed making our soundtrack using a different music software programme which although is more complexed, produces sounds of a higher, professional quality.

The programme i used to create the music for our short film is a programme called 'Reason 3.0'.
This programme is installed on my own personal laptop and therefore i am very familiar with how to use it, for this reason i was nominated out of the members of my group to produce a soundtrack for our film.
Whilst producing the soundtrack i had to take into account how the sounds i used would effect the genre. As our film is an action thriller, it contains many elements of mystery and i used this idea and interpretted it into the music by the use of strings and drumbeats to portray also produce a 'Heart beat' sound effect. Using drums to mimic the sound of a heart beat again helps bulid suspence and tension and ultimately fulfills the features relavent to the genre of an action thriller.

I also included a female voice within the soundtrack as the film contains many intimate scenes and follows a male protagonist who is essentially a serial killer. The effect of the female voice within the song is that it could connote or represent the women he has victimised.
Throughout producing the music for 'Death On Tuesday' it was essential that i kept in mind the themes and movements included in our footage. I build the sound around the nature of our footage earlier filmed. The themes were presented through movements of the characters, they were of a suspicious / mysterious temperament yet held elements of love and murder. The contrasts in the psychical movements of the characters proved difficult to compose into rhythm, yet dispite this i trialled many sounds to produce the finished product (below).
The tempo throughout the song is kept relavent to one of the main themes present within the short film; Love. As there is a certain level of admiration between the protagonists, this element of the soundtrack worked effectively. However, love isnt the only theme present within the film, murder is also a strong dominant aspect. The instrumnets involved in the sound help to generate this murderous feeling and present it towards the audience.


Below is the finished soundtrack:


01 Death On Tuesday by stephnie-melody

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Texas Chainsaw Massacre Title Sequence

Analysis Of Texas Chainsaw Massacre Title Sequence

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