Music

One of they key components in every thriller is the Music. Music can be used to create suspense, in a thriller music mostly indicates something is about to happen. The lack of music can also create suspense, because when their is no sound in a thriller it usually means something is about to jump out. The music typically used in thrillers is normally slow music which tends to build atmosphere. This atmospheric music is usually non diegetic, which  means that the sound is not in the characters world, so they can not hear it. This engages the audience because they now know something that the character doesn't. Diegetic sound is also important, which is the sound that does happen in the characters world and that they know off. Sound is critical,not just in thrillers but in every movie. Sound can make a movie be professional or it can ruin a movie, so we have to make sure our sound is on point.

Nick and I got very lucky because usually in order to get music or sounds that are not yours you have to go through several steps and have to be careful not to copyright or do anything illegal. But luckily, Nicks brother is a master at the piano and several other instruments, so he will be helping us in the music making process. This is a huge benefit because if we use someone else music, we will have to edit our scenes in order to fit our videos with the music. But now we can make our scenes however we want them and then fit the music into them, which will be an easier process. Nick and I were also thinking of playing a sinister sound throughout the music opening and then add a nursery rhyme such as "twinkle twinkle" in order to make the music sound distorted and add to the suspense. I believe this music will challenge the forms and norms of a thriller because nursery rhymes are not usually used in thrillers to create suspense.

Nick and I are also planning on making foley noises for any sound we need in our projects. We do not want to have any problems with copyrighting or doing anything illegal and because there are so many rules in order to download someone else noises, we believe that it will be easier to just make our own sounds. We have already had practice with foley noises in a past project so we know how to use them. I found a great article that teaches you how to create various  folly noises called The guide to sound effects. If we use and combine all these sound techniques, then our movie opening will sound great.

Bibliography:
he Guide To Sound Effects | Epic Sound. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.epicsound.com/sfx/