Sound Design -Sam & Curtis

Sound Design

• Throughout our short film we will need the perfect soundtrack to match the images on screen in order to build up tension and suspense for the audience.
• We will use a fairly stereotypical Thriller soundtrack in order to to build suspense and tension.
• We will use foleys to increase the noise of the woman dropping the keys, and trying to unlock the door to build suspense.
• We will use non diegetic sounds for foleys such as the woman dropping her keys on the floor.
• Music will not be played throughout the whole short film. We will stress the silence of when the man appears to be burgling, and using the soundtrack when the woman is driving home/entering into the house.
• We have very limite dialogue and this should be relatively easy to shoot as it will be indoors, and there shouldn't be too much off screen noise - we will control the silence. The dialogue be happening at the end, there will be a couple of lines exchanged between the two characters.
• The soundtrack that we have chosen fits the intended mood for the film, it builds suspense and tension, as well as increasing the tempo. This was key as we wanted to unsettle the audience and make them feel the intensity of the piece.
• The soundtrack will only be playing when the male character appears to be breaking into the house, when it switches to the female driving towards the location (fast shots), it wont be playing. This fast cross-cutting between the two characters with the right soundtrack will work well in creating intensity/suspense to the piece.