Process Part 2

Sound Ideas

In the interviewing scene, we will use a bit of non-diegetic sound for the background; such as a quiet string section building tension. We will also use a creepy and ambient soundtrack in the interrogation scene in order to make the audience feel uncomfortable. We will use Foley effects to exaggerate the punch in the interrogation and the drunk scene. By using a Foley effect for the punches it eliminates the chances of an actual injury.
We have kept some of the original diegetic sounds such as the tea cup going down and the keys falling on the floor because the camera we were using had a good quality microphone on it. We’ve had to change the sound levels for the voice over’s in the flashback scenes because we had to get the right levels so it didn’t sound abnormal.
We could have used a voice recorder for the conversations between characters but we felt that it would sound too obvious that it had been recorded separately; so we used the microphone that was supplied with the camera that we were using to maintain continuity.


Other Issues with Locations

We came across some issues with the locations while filming. In burgess hill, we were filming in a flat that was quite narrow and we had lots of equipment that we had to try and keep out of the way. This proved difficult when people had to walk past as we had to stop filming and make sure that they had enough room to get through due to the lighting being in the way. At the end of our opening, we wanted to use a clip of birds flying off with a Foley effect of a gun going off. However we found this very difficult to do as they wouldn’t fly off the trees. So we substituted this idea for a flower with this Foley effect as it would be contrapuntal and this will make the audience think. We had issues with filming in the garage scene because it was dark and this made it a hazard. Fraser’s dad also had to move his car out of the garage so we had enough space to film. There was a window that brought in too much light and we needed the set to be virtually pitch dark so we had to search for materials to use to cover up the window and then we had to find a way to hang it up; we managed to hook it on a ledge. A minor issue we had with filming the interview scene was the large window that looked out on to a big garden; Fraser’s dog came into view so we had to make sure that we kept the dogs inside.