Soundscape (Abbie)

Sound for Thriller (Abbie)

For our Thriller 'Out of the woods' we decided to use a soundtrack that would feel natural, we did this to compromise the setting of the woods and using sounds such as birds singing, a river flowing and wind. These naturalistic sounds lull the audience into a false sense of security thus making them feel like nothing could go wrong. As we have set the opening of our thriller in the woods we realised that we need some sound that reflect where we are

We used Murder of the crows - www.freesound.org/people/Frankie01234/sounds/214869/

The crows gave off a naturalistic sense but crows can also link to death symbolising what we see later on. This sound clip can be heard faintly making the atmosphere more creepy and working with the birds that were already in the background it created more of a sense of impending danger. We were going to use teddy bears picnic as that nursery rhyme shows the innocence of a child therefore making what he is about to find more scary. The happy melody of the song would of tricked the audience that everything was going to be okay but in the end we decided not to use it as it was not as effective as we first thought.

The main soundtrack we used - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GK9HkpbG9M#t=11

This is the soundtrack that we used throughout the thriller, the quick jumpy beat could resemble a fast heartbeat creating a suspenseful atmosphere. As the soundtrack repeats itself  this can lead to tension therefore making the audience want to carry on watching. The more artificial sounds of guitar also contrast with the naturalistic ambient sounds of the forest that were created making the thriller have a contrast of natural to unnatural which makes the audience seem off balance and uncomfortable.

The voices - http://www.freesound.org/people/tyops/sounds/235815/

The voices that we used were used very faintly throughout. This could make it seem like he is not alone in the forest creating more tension. Overlapping all of these sounds then creates a creepy atmosphere.


In conclusion what we achieved created a suspenseful atmosphere, also using sound that came from the forest to make it seem more natural so it contrasts making the audience uncomfortable.