Sound Planning- Miss Miller

In thriller films sound is used to create tension and suspense within the audience and to make them feel scared and frightened. Music is also used to build a climax when, a particular event is taking place as well as to create the mood of the scene in the film. A series of sounds and sounds devices can be used in order to be placed within the thriller and no thriller is without it. In class we watched a thriller muted with no sound and a thriller not muted (with sound) and we came to the conclusion that without music the thriller is no where near as impactable nor scary. This means that sound in our thriller will be esential which, is why planning and intense discussion has taken place regarding this.

One sound we as a group have decided to use is parallel sound of conventional train sounds. This includes sounds of the tracks, pedestrians passing, the wind as the train approaches, opening and closing of doors and the voice announcements. We will use these sounds to create a sense of normality which, will allow the audience to be able to relate to the characters as they would be familiar with the sounds present. This is conventional to the thriller genre as it alows the audience to create a greater relationship with the characters which then results in a bigger care of what happens to them. In terms of cresting suspense it will help as it will Alow us to make things appear as normal so that when things get bad, there is an evident and clear contrast for the audience to relay to.

We are including the sound feature of diagetic speaking in our clip also. This is between the two female victims (the main and the bystander) talking and exchanging everyday normal conversation.
This will help the audience as they will be able to see the girls personalities and their vulnerability contrasting of the act about to be played out on them. This is conventional to the thriller genre as the victim is normally vulnerable and their vulnerability is shown to the audience through there way of speech. This alows the audience to sympathise which, then creates suspense as they fear for what will happen to her in the future of the thriller.

Another sound device we will be using is non diegetic sound. This will be a soundtrack that has a gradual pase build and is considered 'creepy'. This will add suspense and enigma to the film as the pase will give the film an atmosphere and a sense of uneasiness. This is conventional to the thriller genre as a soundtrack enables whatever happens to be more unexpected as the music is used as a tool to bring whatever is happening to life. We see example of this used in our inspiration such as, scream.
 A non diagetic noise will also be placed in our thriller to emphasise and highlight when the victim first sees the killer and then this is repeated after  when she witnesses him again later in the clip. The use of this alows the audience to have a sense of dramatic irony as they will know the killer is approaching before the victim will. This will create suspense and enigma and is conventional to the thriller genre as unexpected loud noises are used to jolt and shock the audience.

It is important wihthin a thriller for the audience to build a realtionship with characters/relate to the scene through the use of sound. This is because, we can use sound to entice and draw in our audience but, also as a vehicle to drive their emotions forward. For example: The use of a slow, low soundtrack can make the audience be in suspense and enquire as to what is next going to happen, where as, a high pitched scream can make the audience feel shocked, surpised and/or frightened. This shows us that the use of sound can create an impact on our audience when used in the correct/right places within our sequence.

To summarise my post, the use of these specific sounds will help me to produce a good sequence due, to how conventional they are to the genre, I.e: Sudden unexpected sounds. By making our thriller sequence as conventional as possible we will be reaching out more to our target audiences and therefore, obtaining a more sucessful thriller. Overall, the use of sound will impact our thriller greatly and will make our scenes more enjoyable, intresting and most importantly frightening to view.