Sound effects

We used a variety of different sound effects when creating our production and feel they all served a different purpose, giving us a diverse range of audio effects in our production. We had the ability to use such a vast range of effects because of the free sound effects and music at our disposal during editing. The effects we used also had the ability to be easily layered, meaning we could create multiple layers of sound within the editing process.

 

Heartbeat and lightning

Arguably the most important sound effects in our production are the use of a heartbeat and a lightning strike when George remembers telling Elizabeth the news of Rosey's disappearance. The heartbeat works by the audience having the ability to infer who's heart it is, George's because of stress of re-thinking events of Elizabeth's at the time of the event as she waits for the bad news. The lightning strike also puts emphasis on Elizabeth's shock because she has dropped the night in astonishment as she comes to terms with the loss of her daughter.







Car noises

We used the slam of the boot and revving of the car engine to symbolise the urgency of the antagonist after the kidnapping. We turned the car volume up to 400% on the editing software to ensure the car is a key part of the production.

Boom

We used a boom sound from the editing software to highlight when the antagonist says "Love Me" in his performance. This is because the film name is a key part of the production and was important to signify the use of the title.


Footsteps

The sound of Henry's footsteps in the production creates impact towards the audience by showing he is following the two girls. This builds suspense because you are unsure why he is following them and also because the audience is unaware what he will do once he catches the girls.

Foley effects

Foley is the reproduction of everyday sound effects that are added to film, video, and other media in post-production to enhance audio quality. These reproduced soundscan be anything from the swishing of clothing and footsteps to squeaky doors and breaking glass.


Match strike - After we had recorded the scene with the candle being lit we became aware that the sound of the match lighting was not powerful enough. To balance this we muted the audio of the original clip and me and Aaron reproduced a match strike in a quiet room in his house. This match strike is then played when a title is still being shown and causes the audience member to question the noise and creates intrigue about the next clip.

Traffic noise - Much like the noise of the match, the traffic noise was interrupted by talking in our production. This meant we were forced to film traffic sounds through use of Voice Note on Aaron's phone and put it into our production in place of the original sound clip. To do this, we recorded when a lorry went past, much like it does in the clip, creating a realistic sound replacement.