Planning: Sound (Miss Begum)

Planning: Sound in my thriller (Miss Begum)

Sound Planning

I believe sound is a very important aspect in all films as it is a micro element that provides atmosphere within a scene, and can cause a desired response from the audience.

Sound is important to think about in all films, especially thriller films as it helps build tension within the film, and it also gives the audience a better understanding of whats going on in the scene and what they should expect to see.

Some of the conventional uses of sound in thrillers are:

Non-diegetic sounds can be used to scare the audience as they cannot see where the sound is coming from. Non-diegetics sounds are commonly used in thriller films to scare the audience when tension is being built. Non-diegetic sound such as voice-overs for example are used to explain events that have occured in the film that the audience were unable to see.

Diegetic sound is sound which is part of the film world. diegetic sounds can be either, the voice of a character or sounds made by an object in the scene. You can find diegetic sound either on screen of off screen depending on the source the sound is coming from.

Off screen sound is whent here is sound in a scene you can hear however, you cannot see the source of the sound.

·         Off-screen sound: for example footsteps of someone/killer who is approaching the scene to kill…

The sound I plan to use in my thriller consists of the following:

1. Non-diegetic sound will be used when the husband is walking up to the window at a slow pace, this is when the soundtrack will start to kick in. I have chosen to use this because this will help increase the audiences curiosity which will keep them engage in the film. This will also have them feeling tense as they are expecting something to happen however, aren't sure whats going to happen. This is conventional to the thriller genre because this builds tension amongst the audience which is then followed up by a loud noise to scare the audience.

2. Diegetic sound will be used in almost every scene in my thriller as you will always hear the voice of a character speaking. we've decided to use dietetic sound as we wanted to make our thriller as conventional as possible as the audience all expect to hear the voice of a character talking, if this is not done it would just kill the hole mood of the thriller.

3. On screen sound will be used in my thriller when the Husband places an object on the table while he is looking outside. On screen sounds are conventional as they are what the audience expect to see in a thriller

4. Off screen sound, this will be used in my thriller to put the audience in a stage of insecurity as they won't know where the sound is coming from or whats going on. This will then lead on to us scaring the audience with using loud noises and leaving a chilling effect amongst them.

5. Parallel sound will be used in my thriller as during the thriller trailer you will hear the noises a car would make while driving past etc. This sound will happen seconds after my potential scare scene where we use non diegetic sound to scare the audience, as this will leave them feeling shaky and that is when i plan to use the parallel sound to scare them and the character.
This conventional as in everything, the audience will always expect to hear some kind of parallel sound.

Conclusion
This post has allowed me to recap on all the possible sounds i will be using in my thriller and also come to a decision on what specific moment will be using these sounds.
It has also allowed to me think about the different types of sounds i could use in my thriller film in order to make it conventional while appealing to the audience.