Music Tutorial - 19th January

On Monday the 19th January the whole class was taken into the computer suite to have a tutorial on how to make music for our thrillers. The application that we used was Casino Royal. This in the long run would help us to use Sound Track Pro. It is used for making music and editing audio sounds.
I learnt a number of things such as;

There are three different audio elements to always think about
· Dialogue - All words and vocal expressions heard
· Effects - i.e. Footsteps, gun fire
· Music - What instruments are going to be heard, (background music)

The tutorial was put into chapters the first one was:
Sound Layers – Elements, i.e. music, dialogue and effects.
· I learnt that you try and put an arrow with sound, learning where the sound on a shot is exactly coming from.
· You are able to manipulate it and emphasis different sounds and its effect.
· Effects can affect a sequence differently.

Tip: Think about what problems you might have to deal with

Soundscapes – Sounds which are appropriate, their tone, level + their relationship with each other
· You can use the position of sound to affect the audiences perception
· You can use the position of sound to determine where you are. For example A sire would suggest you’re in London, Big Ben, Black Taxi’s, Double Decker Red Buses = London
· Go for detail, identified sound
· Brass and Percussion high, music provides the emotions carried on the screen

TIP: You have to choose your moments

Sound Sequences: Edit/mix own versions of soundtrack.

Tip:Don't layer too much on as it can just sound messy, look for detail. The aim of sound is to add not take away!

We then were given different clips from Casino Royal to drag the available various sounds to where we thought the sound was best fit. We were also given the choice whether or not there was background noise, allowing us to change the volume of it. This allowed me to understand how we have to pay attention to all things that are filmed in the shot and put in extra noises ourselves if we don’t record them properly when we film.

After starting to get the hang of things we were then asked to stop the tutorial and make the music for our practise opening thrillers. Even though I never approved of us not being able to complete the tutorial, I realised that us getting the chance to do it ourselves on our (practise) thrillers prevented any accidents or confused minds from struggling on the real thing.