The tracks that I went for are "Darkness," and "Harbinger of Doom." The first track, "Darkness," was an appropriate choice because, even though it sounds uncanny, it is also strangely pleasant sounding and could definitely be viewed as being a comedy-horror track rather than just a horror track. This track contrasts strongly with the next one, "Harbinger of Doom," which is purely horror based. This is appropriate, as when the track "Darkness," finishes the trailer is supposed to be predominantly horror based, rather than the mix of horror and comedy that could be seen before. Overall, I think the music choices were good ones, as I feel they really help to convey the genres which they should be portraying.
I got the songs from "Purple Planet Royalty Free Music," which offers royalty free tracks of high quality. Both of the tracks I selected could be found within the "horror" section on the website.
Sound effect choices
The sound effects that I have include a pig noise, a suspicious sounding laugh, a bird cooing, and a spooky drone sound when the antagonist's foot stomps down in front of the camera. I selected these sound effects because they all help to build atmosphere, and are all relevant to the overall narrative as well. For example, the sound of the bird cooing not only builds atmosphere and helps to identify mies-en-scene (an outdoor environment in the countryside), but is is also sinister and suggests that the villain will soon be seen. I also feel that the the pig sound effects that I used are effective, as they act as the villain's sound motif, and as such would be easily identified as belonging to the villain if it were a real film. This is a positive thing, as I feel the sound effect is creepy and clearly resembles that of a human making a pig noise.
Difficulties that I have faced
I have faced a number of difficulties with the sound. Perhaps the most significant difficulty I have faced is trouble with the dialogue corresponding correctly with the music. There were a couple of instances when I put the clips onto Premier Pro and, arbitrarily, the dialogue in the clips could not be heard properly. For this reason, I had to do some voice-overs of the same lines so that the dialogue could be heard again. The lines "Damn it, we're out of reception," and "If he attacks us, run into the woods because we can climb up a tree to hide," were dubbed respectively of the clip. In my opinion the finished result is subtle, however I initially worried that you would be able to tell that it was dubbed. This method was obviously more time consuming as well, as it took numerous attempts for me to deliver the line in the right tone.
A second difficulty that I faced was getting appropriate music for the trailer. I had to be careful with my music selections because the first section of the trailer is supposed to be heavily comedy-horror, instead of purely horror. For this reason, I had to find music which reflected this idea and had both comedy and horror elements within it. For the rest of the trailer, I had to find scary music which not only identified the genre as horror but that also fitted with the action on screen and would be suitable/ fitting for the montage editing. In the end however, as previously mentioned, I felt that my final choices for the music were successful, and clearly reflected the genres that they should be reflecting.
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