Soundtrack Developments

One very stereotypical convention of  a film within the thriller genre, is the suspenseful soundtracks an sound effects. Within thrillers, sound is used to create tension and suspense within the audience, making them experience a sense of fear and fright. Soundtracks help to build up the tension and intensify the climax. Commonly used sounds within thrillers include chilling, dark, and eerie soundtracks, alerting sound effects, and disturbing sound effects such as the ear ringing sound effect. Soundtracks usually begin at a slow pace, gradually speeding up, contributing to the build up of the climax.

For our Psychological Thriller opening sequence, we needed to find copy right free soundtracks, music that hasn't been used in any released films or openings already. Some examples of royalty free music that we experimented with for our opening were called:

• Royalty Free Desert Drone ( https://youtu.be/ftLnv_q8MSA)
• Drone Dark Suspense (https://youtu.be/sXKFoqN47Xs)
• Suspense Music- "Facing the Fear" Original Composition (https://youtu.be/uc0ts3-eUpY?list=PLAe66dxHkPb3fHcnu8JrA7FNERypDlBD-)
• Volatile Reaction (https://youtu.be/2pXa5jzaOBg)
• Tenebrous Brothers Carnival -Intermission (https://youtu.be/Hw6xkzqgURM)

All of these soundtracks follow the codes and conventions of sound within thriller. They create a tense atmosphere and have a frightening effect on the audience.

We also included some sound effects within our opening, including:

• Birds FX 02
• Ear Ringing Sound Effect
• Footsteps
• Door creaking open

The sound effects above are available on Final Cut Pro

We used sound effects to intensify moments, such as the footsteps added at the end to build up the tension, where the antagonist is about to find the protagonist snooping around in her office, and the scene where Sid, our protagonist is sat on the edge of the bed with his subconscious sat either side of him, the ear ringing sound represents what is going on within his unstable mind, juxtaposing from the deadly silence when he is seen on his own, in reality.