Editing: Adding music to my teaser trailer

I've tried out the two pieces of music that I liked most with my teaser trailer as I was still undecided on which one I liked:

Me adding my chosen piece to the teaser trailer

After, listening to these two pieces separately in the teaser trailer I have decided that my favourite is the Dramatic and Epic piece made by ........ because it adds suspension and creates emotion from the audience when watching the teaser trailer, and the anticipation created makes the viewers want to go and view it. Plus it builds up and does not get boring, especially not repetitive. My original worry was that it may be too dramatic, however a Thriller's suspense is created by drama, therefore this music actually fits the conventions of a Thriller.

My final choice of the two pieces of music has been added to the trailer.

Production: Choosing the music for my teaser trailer

After doing a research post and talking to my focus group about which type of music would be most appropriate to use in my teaser trailer, I have managed to come to the conclusion that a piece that creates suspension is what I want, so this could be a piece that is created by string instruments or a drum.

I am going to be posting all different pieces that I like the sound of in this post and then choosing which one I want and that fits with the scenes I've filmed in the end.

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I like the way this builds up, keeping the same sounds all the way through but just introducing them all at different times one after another. However, I would only use the piece from 0.00-1.45 because after 1.45 the music starts to filter in some bass which takes over top and ends up making it sound slightly upbeat which wouldn't really fit with my teaser trailer as it's quite sad and gritty.
Next, I wanted to just check whether the YouTuber who created this allowed people to use it themselves and this is what he posted about it:

As long as I am not using it for one of the reasons in his list on the left which I am not then I do not need to personally email him to use his music which was very helpful as a reply may have taken a while, even though he does not mention if I use him in my teaser trailer I will pay credit to him in my titles at the end of the film as he has provided me with a very important feature to my teaser trailer that I need.















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I loved this piece of music, I loved the emotions it made me feel while listening and how you could really connect to it. My only problem is that I feel it would fit better with a teaser trailer of the Drama genre, especially because it has a piano riff all the way throughout it. Therefore, I will have to fit the piece with my teaser trailer and see what I think of it then, if I am still unsure then I will show it to a focus group.

Again, this YouTuber doesn't ask for you to contact him personally unless you are using his music in a video which will promote something or to get money for it which again I am not, therefore he is allowing me to use his music in my teaser trailer, and as before I will credit him in my titles if his music is what I choose for my teaser trailer (This is my choice, he has not been asked to be credited).

Production: Using the Marantz

The marantz is what I used to record my two bits of dialogue that appear overtop of shots where you do not see the character actually talking, so in my case where the vicar is conducting the funeral but the shot is of the two brothers, and when one of the brothers says "I wonder what else mum and dad were hiding from us." Over top of the clip where he is looking at the mysterious baby pictures.


IMG 2349[1] from Emily Smith on Vimeo.

Next, I used the marantz for a wild track as well, I felt as the clips of them at the graveyard are the only outdoors scenes where there is quiet music playing, then I would also record a wildtrack of the wind to have in the background to add to the effect of them being outside.

Finally, I used the marantz for the foleying noise of the gunshot at the beginning when he flicks the light, and to do this I used two large empty crisp packets and got my dad to blow air into them and then smack them so it made the loud bang, and then to have a bit of a snap to the gunshot as well I recorded myself smacking a placemat against the table.


IMG 2357[1] from Emily Smith on Vimeo.

Research: Conventional gunshot sounds

Planning: Allocation of tasks

What have I got left to do:
Now, I have completed and posted all Research and Planning posts, I need to put a list together of all my actions to take place next, at the top of the list will be tasks that are most important and at the bottom will be tasks that can be left a little while before they need to be done;

• Finish editing my teaser trailer
• Take pictures for my ancillary products
• Edit my film poster and magazine cover (ancillary products)
• Focus group of me showing my second rough draft of my teaser trailer
• Change or re-film any criticism there was for my teaser trailer
• Present my ancillary products to a focus group
• Edit any criticism that the class have about these products
• Show my teaser trailer to my target audience and make changes on any criticism they have
• Show my ancillary products to the target audience, and again make any changes that they think I should
• Finally, upload both the final production of my teaser trailer and the final edits of my ancillary products
• (After performing each one of the tasks above, I will upload a blog post on them about how they went and what I did, and any feedback I got back from them).

The deadline I have set myself to have all of these tasks done by is Friday 13th February.

Planning: Dialogue, music, sound

Planning: Sound - diegetic and non-diegetic/synchronus