Music - Done!

Me and Arabella spent yesterday afternoon in front of the keyboard tweaking the composition for my sequence. I didn't think we had much to do to it but creating the exact effect I wanted was harder than expected.

What we stared with compared to what we ended up with is quite different. Mainly the ending when building suspense whilst Heidi is walking towards the door. It is now much more subtle than it was before and the intensity builds as she gets closer and closer.

After around an hour of changing the pace, adding and removing notes so it didn't sound to overworked it was finished. I am so pleased with the way it has turned out and it compliments the visual brilliantly.

You will be able to hear the composition with the visual in my next post which contains my first edit!

Music - Day 1

Today I sat down with Arabella and listened to the music she has composed for the sequence. She has chosen to use predominantly the key board because it is a very versatile instrument and she can play it amazingly well.

This is also good as I do not have to rely on anyone else for recording. This means it is less likely that I will be let down by people and recording can all be done at once. I'm going to be completely honest, she pretty much hit the nail on the head. It really good at exactly the affect I wanted. There are only a few changes we need to make to it.

• Building suspense - the chase section is really good, it conveys the tone and the pace well. The section where Heidi is approaching the door is not yet right. At the minute it is all chase music but I need this bit to be slower and build more and more suspense as she gets closer to the door and what waits for her behind it.

• Timings - The overall piece is effective, we just need to make sure it matches the action. It might be a case of recording several bits of audio then cutting them up and placing them where needed.

Other than these few points it is amazing. I am so grateful to my friend for doing this,I am so lucky to have such a talented musician composing my music for me!

Decision changes: Music

I recently said that I was going to use the music that I made for the animatic instead of having my friend compose it for me. I decided this because of the feedback I received on my animatic. All of the people that viewed it said that they really like it so I saw no need to update it.

Now I have changed my mind, my friend Arabella is an amazing musician and It would be stupid of me not to have her write me some music if she is willing. Especially as I have the time to get it done due to how far ahead of schedule I am with editing. I feel that having a real composition as opposed to something I put together on Garage Band would improve my horror opening sequence no end. It is so important to get the sound right as it heavily contributes to the tone of the film.