Research Project

For my research project, I want to explore the use of music and sound in a project and how it affects the audience’s perception of the film/documentary.
I would like to experiment the different types of sounds used in different films. For example if I were to create a horror film, I would over exaggerate the sounds used to scare the audience. Due to me having a low budget, I would not be able to create the graphic images used in modern day horror films which scare and make viewers feel nauseous. I would like to try and give viewers this feeling through the use of sound. By creating and editing noises I feel as though I would be able to do this.
An idea I have come up with is to create a horror film, which does not show any graphic scenes and allows the audience to draw up the graphic images in their head.
For example, a man will be stood in an abandoned room and as he is about to be killed, the screen will go blank and I will try and create sounds which represent this. By using synthetic sounds, I would like to trick the audience into assuming the worst has happened. Then reveal what has really happened at the end of the film.
I am currently experimenting this in my second year project, as the events in my film are based around a piece of music being created for my production. I want the music and sound to take the audience on an audio visual roller coaster which is led through the use of sound.
The use of sound in films such as “Gangster Number 1” in the torture scene, which is one of the most brutal scenes I personally have seen. However, due to the light music used it comes across as quite easy to watch.
Another scene in which this occurs, is “Saving Private Ryan”, when Tom Hanks steps off the landing craft onto the beach of Omaha. As he looks on in shock and amazement, the sound is completely cut off, except for a high pitch sound, which indicates he has been deafened. This almost calms the scene down, and allows the audience to concentrate on the visual aspects of the shots.
What i'd like to do, is to shoot the scene of a film and re-edit it with different sounds and audio effects and see what different effects it has on the audience

Todays Seminar

In todays seminar with Debs, the focus was on the title scene. which in all fairness, i hadn't given much thought too prior to the seminar. good job i attended.
By studying the title scene to the film "23" and annalyzing everything they've done for it, it has opened new ideas to my film and how i can use to the introduction to give the viewer more of an insight into the meaning of my film.
I am going to use stop frame of white powder on a background, moving as if it was a heartbeat on a life support machine. It will do this in time with the intro music, which at this stage will be just a heart beat. The heart beat will the progress constantly throughout the film untill the end, when it will start as it begun.
As it moves with the heart beat, it will gradually form the title of my film. triptease.

Best Movie Scene

This scene from Gangster number 1 is one of my favourite scenes ever. The naration really tells the story of the main character and the scene. It almost allows the viewer to feel and visualise what is going on inside his head as he makes his way to murder lenny. The use of music over the sound of Lenny Screaming gives the viewer a sense of psychoacoustics.

Location Shots

Triptease research - Human Traffic

Another film I researched was Human Traffic. There are several scenes I would like to use similar effects in my film. During the party scene, John Simm and Shaun Parkes are talking, with the camera looking up at them through a glass table. I really like this shot, and will look to re-create a similar shot in my production.

Triptease research

When i was researching for Triptease, I immediately thought of Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas directed by Terry Gilliam, starring Johnny Depp and Benicio Del Toro. When studying the film, i was paying special attention to the camera angels, and the different types of shots they used to try and create the feeling of being on drugs.

Short Film - RZA, GZA & Bill Murray

siiiick short film with the RZA & GZA from Wu Tang and Bill Murray called Delirium. Stumbled across it when looking at short films on youtube.