Post-production: Soundtrack of the thriller production

Sound is important elements within the creation of films. This is because it sets the whole mood and atmosphere of  the film. It's very important to plan out the sounds we will use simply because the  sounds causes  the audience  to either to be connected to the film or vigilante in knowing that their watching is a film with actors. For example if the audience sees gun being fired but hear an alien zapper sound they will become disconnected from the film, realising that it is make believe where  as if they hear a gunshot.They will develop a relationship between the characters thinking the situation is a real one.

In order to know what the conventional soundtrack is within a thriller film, we also have to think about what that thriller may be, for example, it could be a thriller opening , a trailer or an actual film.This is why i would  need to describe all  the different sounds that could be used within a thriller film to make it conventional. There are  Non- diegetic sounds such as voice overs. These can be used to explain an event within the scene that wasn't shown to the audience. This is used to give that audience a better understanding of what happened , what's happening within the scene it also helps to create a suspense filled feeling as the audience are then able to determine what will happen next in the scene.

There are diegetic sounds such as the sounds from the TV or a radio which allows the audience to understand what is going on in the scene clearer , this is because the audience are subjected to realistic sounds which makes the scene intriguing for the audience to watch.

 Finally,there are off- screen sounds such as footsteps which are used to build suspense tension  for example creaking  floor boards or a window smashing etc. All of the different types of  conventional sounds used within a thriller film make it conventional to the thriller genre whether they are placed in the same film or are they placed in the same film or they are used throughout.

 In order to create the soundtrack to our thriller, my group used programme called 'pro logic ' this program was used to selection of  instruments that allowed us to use  select sounds  from the program. the program was difficult  to use but we got used to it , it allowed us to create  a successful and conventional soundtrack  that worked perfectly with our thriller film.












The soundtrack that we created natural nosies of  birds and background nosies that sound that could go together with our setting  in order to have an impact for the audience. The reason why we decided to create on screen sound was that it was normal as the setting in a forest the sound made sense, we was inspired by the 'chainsaw' we decided to imitate the sound  and utilize some of the sounds they used.