Audio Track for Film Trailer

When mind mapping ideas for our film name, we came up with 'Rock-a-Bye-Baby' which would represent the innocence of the new born baby but also the alliteration in the title 'Bye-Baby' would mirror the story line as the mother is forced to say good bye to her baby. From this we decided that we wanted to continue this nursery rhyme theme however create a creepy and mysterious version of one to ensure it fitted with the thriller genre. 


Our initial software which we were going to use was 'Audacity' in which would could create our soundtrack however we were not confident in using this software as we were not sure we could get exactly the right effect that we wanted. Especially as we had a very specific idea of what we wanted. If we had started from scratch and not had an idea, then this software would have been useful. However, we decided to look on YouTube for a nursery rhyme that we could possibly edit instead of starting from scratch.


We found 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star' edited on YouTube in a way that was very creepy and therefore we thought we would use this for our trailer. We also asked permission for us to use this to avoid any copyright issues. Although 'Twinkle Twinkle Littler Star' is in the public domain (meaning that anyone can use this song) we still wanted to get permission. We also ensured that we made it clear that we would include their names in the credits.

We did get a reply and therefore were able to use this music in our trailer. Here is the link for the audio music:    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfKem06m7Ys

We felt that this audio was perfect for our trailer because of the structure: it begins slowly, very calm and peaceful which reflects the situation in the beginning of the trailer. As it continues, small sections begin to get louder, but then go quiet which unnerves the audience. Mid way through the trailer, the pace begins to speed up dramatically which creates tension and an atmosphere. However, very sharply and quickly the music goes quieter again which just adds to the drama. We felt that combined with the trailer picking up the pace, the music would work perfectly with it.

This is audio is non synchronous which is defined as audio-track sounds that are mismatch or out of conjunction or unison with the images in the visual frame (or screen) sometimes accidental but sometimes intentional. This is intentional as our soundtrack does not exactly match the frames however this has been done to represent the unstable nature of our character.