Editing - music

This was our first track of music that we put on the opening sequence....



I don't think that this music fits the video very well. First of all it it just a mix of sounds put together, it does not necessarily set the scene or tone of the film. The sounds used are quite annoying as well and some of them become off putting and irritating.


 Therefore, we decided to have another go at the music to see if it could sound better. Back on GarageBand we looked for more sounds and music which were more similar to the tone of the film. Once we had found some sounds and started putting them together, a different sound for each location in the opening sequence, we decided that actually that is not what happens in an opening sequence. We looked at some real life examples to remind ourselves and found that they all tend to have an ongoing piece of music throughout. Therefore we made a continuing track to be used throughout the sequence using just a few different tracks. Watching it with the film, we decided that it was quite long and got a bit boring so we added a few slightly different sounds throughout, which I feel adds suspense and questioning to the sequence. I now feel that the music is not off putting when watching the sequence and it creates a good mood or tone for the beginning of the story.

In addition to this, whilst watching the video we noticed that the black screen with the voiceover was actually quite boring. Therefore using Final Cut, we added in opening credits onto the black screen as we feel this is what would be done on a real film. It was only a small change but I think it makes the film look a bit more professional.

Here is the final video with completed music.