Music Ideas/ Start of Production

Fruit loops is the program that we have chosen to use to create our sound track for the short film. We started by choosing the clips that needed music in the background and them that didn't. We decided to split the clip when they are both on the floor next to the canal and make it half with noise which then fades out to music that we have decided needs to be slightly soft and we would then introduce the music with a fade in. We also took the clips that had annoying or no background noise that was irrelevant to the film which we then decided if they needed music of not.

When she begins to get in to the bed at the first part of the movie we have decided that we wanted soft music at the beginning to create the eerie atmosphere which would relate well to the black and white editing and setting up to tone of the film. As the black and white footage fades out we have decided to have a light and cheerful tune to fade back in to the colour scenes of their meeting. Then we decided to think of soundtracks from romantic drama movies that we have watched to get inspiration from. The song from The Notebook soundtrack called Main Title by Aaron Zingman which is mostly played with a piano that is very slow and emotional, when listening to it the group felt that it was to slow for the first part that we wanted. We wanted the music to be soft and romantic for the slow and silent scenes and photographs, to indicate that a romance is flourishing. We also felt that the song is to old and not contemporary enough for the film.

The scenes that their relationship is developing that are all in colour we have decided that we want a cheerful and romantic song to set the happy mood in contrast to the slow and eerie nature of the previous scenes. Harri decided the best instruments to use for the happy footage is piano and strings. We also took inspiration from Clair de Lune by Debussy, the crescendo in the music gave a faster pace than Main Title and whilst playing it along with watching the shots of the couple at the pond side and their 'romantic' scenes we felt that it gave a lovely portrayal of what we wanted to achieve. Which meant that we would have piano dominating the music in the background for this part of the scene. The song also reminds us of the feelings of falling in love which is the emotion that we want to portray.

After all the footage from the bedroom scene to the anniversary scene we then want the last fade of him pushing her out to then had the music fade back in, for this we have taken the inspiration from Snow Patrols - Set the fire to the third bar. Which is a mix of slow smooth music which leads to dramatic heights within the song and then moves slowly down. We feel that this is benefit us in creating tension as the audience is about to see her black eye and it will add to the atmosphere we are creating. There is a lot of piano again but along with a stronger melody, it builds up a lot. When the audience see her black eye the crescendo is only a small one compared to the one that we have decided to have in the fight scene. During which at the start it will be softer and then gradually increase in momentum, this wont be angry sort of emotion but instead it will be a very emotional start. The fight scene will also be like this, there will be a large momentum and crescendo during the scene and towards the end when you see her reaction it will start to fade out again.

These photos are of the music graph that we made for the film. It shows the fluctuation of the emotions that are being portrayed throughout the film in relation to the music that we want to have playing, we also have inspirations in the red colours to give us more examples of the music that we are wanting, the seconds on the bottom are rough ideas but we are hoping to fade it all in and out and have a whole song for the whole piece. There is repetition of parts of music as well which will be emotional and helpful.

Although Harri is using the FL (fruit-loops) studios to produce our music and he has been using it a lot at home as well as during lesson time, we have all had input in to what we want and how we want to produce it. We started at the fight scene so we could establish what would be the loudest and dramatic bit of music within our piece, firstly we decided to have the acoustic guitar in the background which later on we decided to have it as a base line for our whole music track. We want to have it running through the whole track but having it changed at different points, for example at the beginning we will slow it down and add softer music with it. The acoustic guitar sets the pace for the fight scene as well as having a build up with added guitar and then introducing the drums. Together it all sounds very clear and builds tension as well as the base line keeping it all together. The drums are going to add the tension and the necessary build for the emotion that is being portrayed. The track that we have produced already is very different to the way that I thought it would sound however I feel that it is perfect for our piece and that it will develop our film.

This is the over look of the fight scene, it is both guitars, drums and we are then going to add the strings.

This is the piano beats that is going to be playing however it is a slower and the start of our beginning.

However after much experimentation and deliberation Harri felt that he wasn't able to properly create an effective soundtrack for the movie so we are working along side Mr MacDonald our music technician to produce a soundtrack for the short film. This will give us a chance to open our opportunities as well as be able to experiment with our ideas.