Soundtrack

The red lines show the volume of the track and how I have changed it to better suit the film.

Due to technical problems and time constraints, I was unable to create the soundtrack myself in a studio as I had originally planned. To compromise I used Free Music Archive and found a track that would work well in our film with aspects (such as bass) that would draw in our audience at the same time as building enigma. I created a new soundtrack and looked through 15 of different basic beats and carefully selected the chosen one. I was then able to edit this on Final Cut Pro to help it fit better with our film. The parts we made predominantly loud are where there is no dialogue and we are creating a dramatic entrance (such as the first appearance of the hoodies or as the titles are on screen).


Obviously we would have been able to apply the notes to any form of music (classical, rock, pop) and give the same effect. The reason we decided to use this particular one is because we wanted our audience at the time of release to be able to connect with the music and recognise it as something they would enjoy listening to. This along with the fact the music emphasises certain parts of the film would hopefully get our audience fully focused on what is happening and show an interest. The upbeat basis of our chosen song also creates enigma and as it is always changing the audience can't sit still for long before the beat it forcing them to think something is about to happen.