Wednesday, 6 November 2013

Sounds associated with our trailer genre



Above is a song that could be used in our trailer. Although, because of the lyrics we will not be using the entire song; we would only use the first 18 seconds and have this looped. The sound could be used to introduce the main protagonists of the trailer; because we will be looping the first 18 seconds, we will not be able to use this sound for long lengths of time because it will sound too repetitive. We want our trailer to be fast paced and edgy; this looping track for a long time will ruin the edgy tone we are trying to accomplish.



Above is a song called "In The City" by Kevin Rudolf, because of its rebellious tone we have initially decided to use this as our main song for our trailer. However, this selection is not set in stone, through research we may find another song that works better with our trailer.

Luckily, around 3 weeks ago there was an instrumental released to this song; this is very useful to us because we found the lyrics irrelevant and unneeded for our trailer. This song can be edited further so that we can try and create the edgy and fast paced atmosphere that we are trying to gain for our trailer.


Above is a track that cannot and will not be entirely used in our trailer. We will be using the last section of the song which will be looped. The scratching sound at the end will encourage viewers in our trailer to remember it is about surveillance - it is associated with CCTV. However, the similarity to the first sound prevails; because it is a short looping sound, it cannot be used for lengthy periods of time, it will not provide an 'edgy' and 'action packed' tone in which we are trying to create.

Because of the lyrics the rest of this song is inappropriate to use for our trailer. Its irrelevance however does not stop us utilizing the 'scratching' sound evident at the end of the song. This 'scratching' reminds audiences of the digitally corrupted story line we are trying to portray.


Because the guns we might use within our trailer are not real, we will have edit in the gun sound that is associated with the gun being shown. Most of the gun noises that we will require are in the sound clip above, however, if we use different guns we will have to make sure that we use multiple gun sounds purely so it sounds realistic. If needed we will analyse the area in which the fake gun is being shot and edit the gun sound for that particular shot so it sounds like it was realistically shot in that area, for example, if a gun was shot in a wide and open area, you would expect slight echoing, this would have to be edited in afterwards.

While different guns have a variety of noises, we will not only look at how the gun sounds when its fired, but also for other sounds that a gun produces. For example the reloading of  a magazine, or possibly even bullets hitting the ground, however because our trailer has a progressive story, our main focus is with developing the plot; not on the guns.




Above is a video filled with copyright free cinematic trailer sound effects - we are likely to use many of these effects within our trailer. They will not only increase the quality of the trailer but also they will make it appear professional. We will have to carefully select the correct points at which to place the sound effects; we are likely to place them before scenes of actions because it will create a tense atmosphere- key for an action/thriller trailer.

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