Music

At first, we decided to use an eerie sound score for our film opening, so that diegetic sound could still be featured, whilst still creating an atmosphere of suspense. However, in editing, we found that diegetic sound decreased the tension and suspense of the scene and so when we re-shot the film, we kept this in mind.

Stephen explored the use of atonal music, whilst Summer found a pop-style song: 'Turn Around, Look At Me' by The Vogues, which we thought was interesting as although it was melodic and seemingly cheerful, the lyrics gave it a sinister tone. We all agreed that this was an original idea, but when we placed the music with the first section of our film, we felt it just made it seem comical, rather then setting a disturbing tone. Because of this, we wanted to try to slow down the track in order to distort it but this did not work.

After some research, I found a song with an instrumental introduction: 'Demolition Lovers' by My Chemical Romance, which we added to our montage scene and felt that it worked with the visuals in adding mystery and an eerie mood. However, we still had trouble in trying to find music to use with the rest of the opening.

Summer then, after some researching on youtube, found a subtle yet effective pieces of instrumental that coinided with our film, called 'Lullaby', by Midnight Syndicate.