Sound Research

The opening to my trailer is very slow-paced and emotional. Luke Ryan has just come out of prison and his life really doesn't show any signs of improving, as he ponders over what to do with his life now as a three year stint in prison has turned him into a more matured individual. The opening scene outside the prison gates as Luke looks down to his hands and sees a picture of his young daughter is one which really grips the audience, and therefore I needed to choose a track which would have the same effect on the audience as the images being shown on screen. An example of a track that I want to use is that from the film, 'The Social Network', the opening scene in this film is of Jesse Eisenberg, playing Mark Zuckerberg (the creator of facebook), being dumped by his girlfriend and then in retaliation writing on his blog his real opinions of his now, ex-girlfriend. This opening scene is filled with strong emotions of love, frustration, anger and jealousy, and the opening mood to the film is supported by the slow-paced "Hand covers bruise" track seen above. This dramatic, slow-paced track is one that I would like to be used in my trailer because it will heighten the contrast between the pace at the beginning of my trailer and the end of my trailer when things begin to quicken and build to a climax.




The second type of track that I plan to use in my trailer, is in Act 2, when Luke is approaching his ex-girlfriend, Stacey Greene's house. The pace begins to build in Act 2 as more of the narrative is revealed and an argument takes place between the two main characters in my film. The purpose of this act is to enlighten the audience to more of the narrative and outline the mood and atmosphere of the film. This track seen above is a slow acoustic guitar performance which suits the slow, emotional, thoughtful, romantic beginning to my film. This track will also help build to the climax of a montage of shots at the end of my trailer.





My final act will be accompanied by a track similar to the one seen above in the film trailer, 'Never Let Me Go'. The shots used in my final act will be a montage of clips showing the struggle that Luke Ryan has to prove to his ex-girlfriend that he is worthy of being accepted back in to her life. There are scenes of hope where Luke is seen enjoying time spent with Stacey, yet there are also scenes of despair as Luke turns back to his old ways and is seen holding an innocent man up to a wall. With my film being a romantic drama, this sound clip called, 'Chalk Stars' is an ideal track for my final act as it is a very moving piece of music that builds in pace and therefore completes the ending to influence the audience to go see this film when it comes out at the cinema.