Sounds used within our thriller opening (post-production)

During the planning of our thriller, we did not plan to add diegetic sounds in as we thought that our camera would pick up such sounds. However, when filming it proved difficult to pick up sounds such as the car door closing which were almost crucial as these sounds helped make our piece look natural and flow better. We therefore used the website http://www.sounddogs.com/ to get the sound of the creaking of the gate.

Due to the tight atmosphere we wanted to create due to the nature of our opening (thriller genre), we thought it would be effective if we used a wind sound effect. This helped to create a chilling and rather spooky tone to our opening and helped in the foreshadowing of the more negative events yet to come. We therefore created this sound using a software called Mixcraft. Once we had added this sound it was important that we got it at the right volume so that it was still able to be heard but did not overpower the voiceover. Its important that the voiceover be more loud that sound effects as the voice over is crucial in telling the audience the story of the Marshlands.