GarageBand

GarageBand Editing

After completing the editing process of the actual film itself we were left with the task of completing the music for our thriller opening. The music within a thriller film plays a huge part as it is used in many different ways for example to create tension, build up suspense often higher pitched music and fast paced music within action scenes. To create our music we decided to use the software GarageBand, Garageband is extremely easy to use and also has a huge variety of sounds that we were able to use within our thriller film. 

At the beginning of making our music for our media product we went through all of the sounds that GarageBand offers and selected the ones that we felt would be used firstly within any thriller film. We then cut down all of the sounds we had selected and chose the ones that would fit well within our own thriller opening. The first sound we decided to use was Electric Piano, this sound has quite a low pitch which help build up some suspense as Shammi walked into the abandoned building. The clip which Shammi (the man in mask) appeared in lasted for 18 seconds, after 18 seconds the film changed to us meeting the victims. At this point within the music we felt we had to change the music to something a little softer to give a sort of sympathetic feel to the victims. We chose to use the sound 'Beautiful Tension Long' as it says in the name the sound carries on to build up tension but also makes us feel a little sympathetic. At the point at which the music switches we edited it so that the music faded into the next scene. this fitted really well with the film itself.

Within this screenshot you are able to see the higher pitched music at the bottom in orange. This music's was added in the scene where Shammi walks through the underpass and is on the CCTV. The fuzzy noise acts as if the CCTV is actually playing. This is one of the ways we utilised GarageBand to make our music for the film as best as possible.

As you can see in this screenshot as well the music on the top plays at different pitches. We used the sound 'Beautiful Tension Long' throughout our whole film but we were able to edit the different pitches and tempos it played at. For example in the scene where Luca is chased up the stairs we were able to speed the music up, this gives the viewer a sense as if they are actual there in the chase scene.

As well as using the sounds that were available on GarageBand we also chose to use some of the sounds that we collected on camera when filming the opening. This gave the film a natural feel as you were able to hear the diegetic sounds of the birds singing, the gate opening and also the noise of the people walking. Although we had the diegetic noises we also had the soundtrack playing quietly in the background to carry on building up the tension. 

Once we had completed the music on GarageBand making sure the music fitted with the film down to the last second we then had to transfer it onto iTunes before we were able to place it on Final Cut Pro over our film.

Once the music was on iTunes we were able to transfer it onto Final Cut Pro over our film. We had to make some slight adjustments to make the music fit perfectly with our film. After making the adjustments we were satisfied enough with the music and the film. This meant that the music editing stage was complete!