1. For my opening sequence I have at first used a simple beat with sound of howling wind over it to create a misty effect making the audience feel lonely. It then turned into a sad and dark piano which was parallel sound to what was on screen. I then changed into a lively electro sound which was contrasting sound. I have used a fast tempo drum beat to liven up the sequence even more and when the visual transition was made I also made a audio transition by adding a layer of pop music onto the drum beat. I have done that to make the sound parallel as well as make the audience feel excitement and enthusiasm towards what is going to happen. After I have made another transition by silencing out the previous track and increasing the volume of another pop track which I think came out pretty well. I have included both of the pop songs in the intro as I was planning to have all the sound I will use for the action scene being played before which made the reader feel that everything went to the correct order again. After the second pop track I inserted a loud bass in to signify to the audience that there is a mood change. The bass quickly change into a deeper and more sinister bass on top of which I added high pitch violins, for the reader to feel that there is something happening as it built tension, as well as to make a contrast between the low bass and the high pitch violins. The contrast soon expanded into a low (also string based) sound pattern suggesting that the situation on screen is not as serious but is still tense. The sound pattern changed into a rising scale which then turned into the same sound pattern as previous but without bass which created a bridge between the pattern and next track, as well as it was parallel with the breakdown on screen. I used a low pitch strings and added the same bass as previous to create the sense of something big coming. After that the music has changed to a beat being echoed thrice and a very high pitch sound on top of that to make the audience very uncomfortable. I have also added a ticking noise over all that to make the audience think of time and something happening shortly. I have then transitioned into a short track which was sad and dull which almost reflected the setting. The high pitched, uncomfortable sound appeared again and on screen we seen the danger (dementors) killing the main character and the noise made the audience feel in the body of the main character. On top of that I added the sound of wind howling which can be associated as a sound made by dementors when they suck the life out of Harry. When Harry is released from the grasp of the creatures, himself I decided to use the dramatic music sequence to add tension to the scene. Once the main character uses his wand I decided to put the motif on to signify that he is in power now and that everything is heading the right way. Then the low string pattern comes on to signify that not all the danger is over when the old lady comes but once there is a visual transition of harry walking next to all other characters both the motif come on first and then the pop song from the beginning of sequence.
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2. My playground sequence begun with the motif which introduced the whole setting which than transitioned to a low bass. The transition from one style of music to another gave the audience a warning that something is about to happen which I think is effective. Then there was a lot of violin to build tension between Harry and Dougley (the boy standing at the front of group) and when Harry breaks down and decide to take out his wand I used a ‘break down’ of taking out the bass and leaving just the musical patter of low strings on its own. I used this to show that it is not over but the situation is not that tense. Then when the sky started to change and clouds started to gather I used lower strings and added bass to signify that they have to run, where the bass meant to signify footsteps banging on the ground as someone is running.
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3. For the part with dementors I have decided to very misty, dull and grey sound track as in the film that is what dementors are associated with. The soundtrack was meant to make the reader feel uncomfortable, sad and perhaps “like there is no meaning in life” as the film intended. Firstly I used a high pitched noise which was intended to disorientate the audience and make the audience feel uncomfortable. I added the bass to signify the two boy’s heartbeats as they are not aware yet and when the danger appears he bass stops like their hearts. Then when Harry is released by the dementors the music turns into livelier, fast tempo music bringing the audience up to their seats, waiting for action. Once Harry gets to his wand the motif of the small sequence is played to bring faith to the audiences’ hearts and also the motif shows that Harry is in control of the situation. I think the music played a big part and reflected on the moods the audience were having especially in this sequence. I think I managed well to convey the change in mood in the audience and I think what I have created (music wise) was well made and matched the task.
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4. I think my work was very effective and I think fairly easy. There are a lot of spaces for improvement but looking at it from my point of view it is well thought about and I tried to give everything a deeper meaning than just putting random sound tracks in places. I think my weakest point was the Dementors part as it was not as detailed as it could be but the end part I liked after the spell was casted. I think my sequence appealed to the audience and made them feel what the music was trying to tell them as well as the visuals.
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5. For this project I had to use the garage band software and create a movie file. I have saved and opened the project as a .mov file in order for it to have both sound and video in one file. I think this software is reliable and I did not have any problems with it and for me it worked smoothly. The software was easy to use once I got the grip but at first there were many buttons, I needed to know their functions but simple things like cutting, pasting audio files I knew from before. I have learnt that sound is as important in a film as the visual part as it is the music that builds most emotions in the audience and that it is a long process to create sound for a video in which you need a lot of creativity and patience.
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