Sound
Recently sound design for trailers has become increasingly creative and interesting, and can either make or break a trailer. Its a great way of creating the setting and building up the atmosphere. All trailers include dialogue which is usually the most important lines throughout the film, so while creating our trailer we will think carefully about what will be said. One thing to remember is to make sure the dialogue is heard over the soundtrack. The volume and pace of the soundtrack usually gets faster and louder during the more action and fast paced clips as it helps build up the tension. Silence during part of a trailer is also very effective, this is usually used just before a jumpy part so it builds up the suspense. Layering up the sound adds more depth and action to the trailer. For example you have your normal soundtrack, then you might add a drowning noise to make it more sinister, next you could add sound effects on top to make it more realistic, like a knife stabbing or scream. Timing is also very important, if a soundtrack as sudden bangs, then its a great opportunity to create great effects with the clips so they are in time and make a bigger impact.
Our layers of sound
We wanted a constant droning sound running throughout our trailer to add more depth and make it sound more sinister. However to make it tie in with the whole CCTV cameras for the Witness Protection we chose this effect of lights humming.
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For our sound effects we wanted some glitch sound effects to link in with the CCTV cameras and faulty tv.
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editing sound
Reversing a soundtrack
(Abbey Mustoe)