As important as visuals are to a film, sound is equally as necessary in my opinion. Maybe a film can make do without dialogue, but instrumentals and sound effects used to emphasize what is portrayed on screen help me as a viewer to both understand stories better and grab my attention.
I began by googling sound techniques used in film and what they are used for specifically. I came across a page written by an educator at Sacramento State University and this is what she wrote:
After reading these notes, I began brainstorming how I could utilize some of the skills. The ones that attracted me most were the use of steady sound, gradual increase, and either sudden increase or a sudden stop.
Based on her last bullet note, high-pitched sounds could be used to create tension while low-pitched sounds are correlated with sadness. Because my film opening is not supposed to be upsetting or heavy hearted, I'll go with high-pitched sounds.
I also want to create a continuous song that uses these progressions myself and test the waters of music production.
I would most likely have to produce the songs/ audio after editing the visuals so that I can see how long it is and at what second certain progressions need to occur.
What I plan on doing, though, is keeping a steady sound throughout the chase scene until the protagonist is alone in his room to indicate that there is a continuous action occurring (running). In addition, there would be a sound that gradually raises in either volume or pitch to create the suspenseful feeling that Ms. Kidd discussed in her posting. I'm debating between absolute silence or a sudden sharp sound for the moment that the "chasers" knock on the protagonist's door. I'm leaning towards silence, but I'll decide when I see it all laid out on my editing timeline.
Production Techniques. (n.d.). Retrieved March 25, 2017, from http://www.csus.edu/indiv/k/kiddv/productiontechniques.htm
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