For our film opening one of the biggest factors was the use of sound. One main part of the opening that consisted of multiple different sound effects was the paparazzi scene. We wanted this scene to connote the feeling of anxiety and fear, we wanted to show how our protagonist Blake was feeling in this moment, being centred around her.
We used multiple different sound effects to represent a frantic fast pace scene. We used sounds such as white noise, camera flashes, voice overs. The use of white noise created anxiety, as if her being surrounded and bombarded by the paparazzi made her feel claustrophobic impacting her thought process. Originally we were just going to add in the white noise sound effect however when watching back decided that the scene needed something more to make it even more emotive. We asked our peers to help out by recording them shouting certain phrases as if they were the paparazzi, we wanted this scene to be as realistic as possible. To make the scene extremely effective we layered all the different sound effects very careful so that it was clear what was being said but also quite frantic. Some of the voice recordings were not loud enough so were not going to be realistic enough, we decided to find some recordings of real paparazzi shouting to add in to complete the scene, this helped Blake look more vulnerable.
To our own voice recordings we used sound effects on final cut pro such as muffled, this effect helped the sense of anxiety and fear as if Blake can hear what is being said but so much is being thrown at her that she us unable to differentiate everything and take it all in.
We decided that towards the end of this scene we needed the sound of a heartbeat as this helps the audience connect with our character Blake as you are hearing her own heartbeat and the fear she feels in this moment. We faded this out into the next scene where the magazines are being thrown around locally, showing the impact she has on the world and pop culture.
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