sound in film

During our film, there will be different kinds of music and noises playing, immersing you in the setting and scene. Let me start with the music.

For the home and dream scene, there is acoustic music playing made by our friend, Anais. We were originally planning on buying the rights to some songs that we found online, but they were way out of our budget, costing $40-$50 each. Instead, we just paid Anais $5, what a bargain! Even though they are played by the same instrument, they give off completely different vibes.

DREAM SCENE

  

This music plays while Nicole and Dylan are frocking in the fields and being romantic (so imagine that as the song plays). This song that Anais made matches perfectly to this scene because of its montage feeling with that hint of romance. For this scene, I took inspiration from the montage in the beginning of the movie, UP, so looking for a song that represented that was very important for me because if it didn't, I would ruin the scene.

1ST HOME SCENE

This is the first song you hear when the movie starts, the first shot shows how its coming from a record player, and it plays as Nicole and Ashley talk in the background (so imagine that as you listen to the song). When telling Anais what song to make for this scene, I told her to make it have an indie and chill vibe. I did this because I wanted this song to represent the layback feeling of the scene.

As for the other scenes (home scene 2 and home scene night), there is no music playing, but in these scenes, they are done for 2 different reasons. In home scene 2, no music was playing to represent the annoyance Ashley had for Nicole not listening to her speaking, plus they were about to watch a movie, and you can't focus on both at the same time. And for the home scene night, no music represents that Ashley is alone in her living room, and the hangout is over. Next, I am going to briefly cover the sound effects.

For all the house scenes, we used room tone because no sound effects were needed and the sounds that are heard are self-explanatory, but for the dream sequence I used many different sound effects (shown and explained below.

Played when Ashley woke me up; represents the daydream getting weird

Played when Ashley ran up to wake Nicole up in her daydream

Played when Nicole doses off; represents Nicole officially not listening to Ashley

Played when Nicole and Dylan hear Ashley coming; elaborates on Nicole and Dylan's shock.

And finally, when the title comes up, I put a dramatic sound effect to add emphasis to the title. This sound being so different from the rest really makes the title stand out.

As you can see in the videos, I got these sound effects from various videos on YouTube.