Task 4

Evaluate the finish soundtrack

Unit 19 Evaluation

Introduction

In my unit 19 Task 3, I had to plan a soundtrack for my horror trailer which I had to make. I had to make sure I had the required moving images for my soundtrack since I had to make a horror trailer.The task is I had to for my soundtrack is record the required, material using appropriate material. Edit the required material.  The sounds I have recorded which I had to make have been very effective since my trailer was horror; had to make sure the sound I downloaded and made had an eerie affect. Since my trailer was a horror trailer I wanted to give an unsettling feeling and attract attention and give effect on the audience. The wild tracks and the dialogues I had downloaded and made was very effective because I made sure that the soundtrack was effective and appropriate in the horror trailer. He desired affect of me including a wild track of a heartbeat adds a horror feeling which would reinforce emotion and attract attention.

Technical qualities

For technical qualities, I wanted to make the horror trailer I had made had the correct sound material and was effective. Also I wanted the horror trailer to attract attention to the audience. How ether the dialogue in my opinion was not as effective as I wanted since I chose not to add a back story but now I feel I should have added a back story since this would make the audience feel intrigued. If I redid the dialogue I would have added a back story to my horror trailer. This would have made a good affect in my trailer.  When I downloaded the music for my soundtrack I had to make sure that it didn’t involve any copyright and I also singed on the website to make sure that sound didn’t have copyright.

 Also I had made some of the sound I had in my soundtrack was made by me which was asked for me in my brief and this would give coherence between shots and have an affect which would attract attention to the audience. Also I wanted to make sure that the sound I had made identifies with visual images I had made so that the audience realise what is happening in the trailer and would give an unsettling feeling. 

The level of the clips of my soundtrack was adjusted so that the horror trailer was at the same level. This is because I didn’t wan the horror trailer to be high pitched or too low bass. I tried add different effects of sound so that I it wouldn’t make the horror trailer seem boring and it would Attract the audience as well as give an effect. I made sure that the sound was on the moving image at the right time. I made sure that the sound was at equal level so that when I added voice over for my soundtrack the sound would be the same equal level as the voice over. Plus the equalisation of the sounds was at the right tuning so the sound was not too high or too low but it was at the right level. A sound I reduced the level. I did this because I thought the sound was too high pitched. 

A sound I increase the level was my voice over. I did this because it was short volume. Another sound increased the level of as the scream it was to low. I did this because it was to low. I changed the equalisation of the footstep to make. I took out some travel and enhanced the based. I used the following affect of low drum beat light sound to build tension and the effect I created with the guitar rift to raise the adrenaline of the viewers. The technical qualities has caused an affect that something is about to happen The sound of silence can be so simple, however it cam be so dramatic, especially in my horror trailer; this is building my horror trailer to something big happening throughout out the trailer.  

Aesthetic quality 

The good effects of my moving images were the close up shots because I felt that it gave a real sense of horror and definitely gave an unsettling feeling. Also I felt it was appropriate for my horror trailer. The bad shots were the knife scenes in my trailer, since I felt it was ineffective and wasn’t emotive enough. If I re-did the horror trailer I would re-shoot the scene and hopefully it would be more emotive than the one #I have produced and have an eerie effect. I couldn’t so this time round due to lack of time; also I wasn’t being give a grade for my moving images so I didn’t reshoot that scene. 

Also it would appeal to my target audience of the students because of the location is in the school and I think it would be aropriate for them since most teenagers are more interested in horror trailer. The  sounds I have used in my soundtrack is the jaws theme tune/ The reason for this is that I wanted to give an unsettling feeling and that something is going to happen within the trailer. I also added silence in my soundtrack in which I have researched realising that it would make a good horror trailer. This will reinforce emotion of being scared I feel that showing someone afraid and running away will emphasise the audience’s sympathy. I also added heartbeats because I feel that it would create an effect of unsettlement. 

The moving images I have made had some good and bad effects with the close up shot of my face with the sound affect create an unsettling affect and gave coherence between shots which would appeal to the target audience as most teenagers are statistically more interested in horror films then the middle age groups.The bad sounds I had added was the sound affect I made a screaming voice as I didn't feel it made a massive impact and made people feel scared.If I had to redo the sound then I would add the. I feel the soundtrack is appropriate for the moving image that acomanies. A soundtrack for a horror trailer should build tension, unsettle, build suspense, evoke fear, building  suspense and I feel that my soundtrack does all of those thing even identify with the images 

compare with professional soundtracks 

 I had compared my trailer to a professional horror trailer The Blair Which Project. I had compared the different and similar qualities of my horror trailer to The Blair Which Project. Since Te Blair Which Project was a professional horror trailer so it definitely had good qualities than my trailers. For example one of the qualities they had was wild track of wind which may seem something little but the way they put it in the trailer definitely gave an unsettling feeling and a sense of fear and that something is going to happen. Obviously This is a professional project so it will be much better but I felt ours was a good making as we added qualities to horror trailer as eerier music that gives you a feeling that something is going to happen.

 Also the close up shot of me with a high sound affect will create a dramatic performance and will definetly get a reaction from some people, THe sound affects were quite similar in terms of making dramatic feeling since I tried add certain sound affect that people would not realise and then give abbang to give cohearence between shots I want to create emotion and make people feel scared. The timing of 0.05 seconds of the trailer of the dialogue of her voice being scared and having the panting sound in her voice make gives the audience reaction of feeling scared and is reinforcing emtion. Also the 0.38 of the slight noise of the wind blowing through the trees is giving cohearence between shots and is giving emtion to the audience and 0.58 of her voice saying 'Im Scared' is making the audience feeling sympaphy towards her and making the audience feel scared is giving a cohearence between shots.

I also saw the horror trailer of SAW7 the 00.09 seconds of eeie sound affects make the audience feel scared and creeped. Its like the sound is coming towards you is give an emtion to the audience. Also 00.16 of ghost screeming sound like gives the audience a scary reaction its building up to give a horror reaction. Its making the audience scared and is giving a feeling of what the film is about. You also associate the sound with bedtime and monsters under your bed. So this is making the audience feel scared. In 01.01 seconds of the people screeming in the location of a cinema will make the audience feel scared as they will like they are in the location and the monster is getting them. This would the audience feel scared and is giving cohearence between shots and creating empaphsice on the audience reaction.

Also in Paranormal Activity is a major sound affect because it shows the reality of llfe like in 00.24 seconds it shows a normal couple arguing and then changes in the time 00.45 of the girl screeming because she saw a ghost gives a horror feeling of the audience because its building tension. Since they thought at the beggining of the film it would be boring because all it was the couple talking but when she scream it builds tension. Then 1.08 sound affects of the sound affect of when a police is talking microphone that something bad has happened gives cohearence between shots and also makes the audience feel scared.Even the horror trailer of Mamma the time 00.17 seconds of the sound affect of magical but you can hear eerie side of it because with the visual of the owl is giving cohearence between shots and is making the audience feel scared. Also in 0.34 of a quite sound of a wind blowing is giving an eerie affect is making the audience feel scared and is creating an uncofortable feeling of being scared. Finally the time of 01.36 of a high pitch screeming sting is giving un uncomfortable feeling to the audience is giving cohearence betwen shots. Its making the audience feel scared and is building up tension that something bad is about to happen.