Sound Design

Now we have a clear idea of the shots that we are going to be using and the scenes in our short film we can start deciding on sound which we want to use. We will be adding non diegetic sound over the top of the exsisting diegetic sound to reinforce and strengthen the sound. These are a few ideas which we could use.

Soundtrack- We are not going to be using much music in our film until near the end. We want the opening credits and scenes to have an eerie feel to them, and in doing this we will keep the opening credits silent except for the sound of fires. Soundtrack we will use is:

• Newsreport opening and closing jingle
• Lighthearted, pleasant music at the very end of scene 10 and into the credits after the 'reveal'

Foley- Folie effects will allow us to manipulate the sound better and experiment with our own recordings instead of using sound effects already on the computers. We will mainly use folie for the fast cuts in the cross cutting sequence in the grannies' home:

• Match being struck
• Pan being put on stove
• Cane falling on floor
• Knife on chopping board

All of these sounds are particular to our film so they would be hard to find on the stock sfx on the Macs. Also, folie effects allow us to add on extra sound, as the diegetic sound in the film may not be loud enough for the effect we are trying to create.


SFX- We will use the pre uploaded sounds on the Macs when we need simple, ambient sounds or sounds to add over the similar exsiting ones. These will include:

• Men shouting during riot scene
• Screaming during riot scene
• Fire during riot scenes and opening credits
• News report opening and closing jingle (we may make this ourselves)

Likely issues-

• The sound effects that we need are not available in the stock sounds on the Macs and we have to create our own folie sounds for them
• Health and Safety- we have to be careful with the sound recorders when recording folie for the match being struck

By Colette