Working With Sound & Foley Edit

This mind map is of the many terminologies used when discussing 'sound' within a film. The definitions of each word were found by myself and 2 partners. The reason behind the mind map is so that we can familiarise ourselves with the language used, so we can use them later on in our coursework and understand these words when used by others.

For this group task, there were 3 participants. My role within the group was to watch a clip of a film that was 2 minutes 20 seconds and create a timeline and noting down the times at which I heard a sound effect. The result is shown below. 

The reason behind the timeline was that  we were to be given a task where we were given just the footage without the sounds, our job was to re-insert the sound effects in the right places in 'Garage Band' which the timeline above enabled us to do. This gave us experience using GarageBand in order to have the knowledge to use it when it comes to making our group thriller title sequences. Below is the final product.

The heavy breathing sound effect is added on the video to create suspense. Heavy breathing would suggest fear or that the person is out of breath and has been running from something, it brings enigma codes where the audience could ask - why is he breathing heavily? The music was chosen as it is tense and has a suitable vibe for a thriller film. It is not too cheery like a soundtrack from a comedy but not too miserable like a soundtrack from a tragedy drama.