Pitch Task 8 - Sound Design - Selin Akmanlar

Task 8 - Sound Design

Part One:

• What diegetic and non-diegetic sound do you intend to use and why?

Diegetic - For this we have intended to use foley sound in a diegetic sound form where both the character(s) and the audience can hear every detail in sound as it's happening. For example, we have decided to use diegetic sound of footsteps and the snapping of twigs sounds to emphasise the woods scene and set the tone for the film as it will also set the genre because it may seem quite eerie as well because we don't know who is walking and we want to just find out. Another type of diegetic sound we intend to use is the sound of the blood dripping from someone's hand. This again, will be portrayed in a foley way as it will be emphasised but it will go under diegetic sound because the characters can also hear this. Finally, for diegetic sound we have also decided to let the character also hear the sound of the use of tools. For example, during the title sequence as the tools are being used and they're making their own natural sounds this will be heard to the audience as well as the characters - and will probably be emphasised to create a foley effect. We have already created one of our sounds which can be heard below:

Non-diegetic - For this we have intended to use a backing musical score to fit in with the scene and potentially set it. This piece of music will be used all throughout the title sequence but its volume will go up at certain points in the title sequence and down at certain points. The score is quite a low bass piece of musical score which we thought would be quite well and fit in with our title sequence because of the genre of our film and the eeriness in the musical score. This can be listened to below from the beginning to 1:00. We also found that the echoing sounds mixed with the pauses in the piece of music can be very effective and very much attributed with our title sequence.



We have also decided to use just one more non-diegetic sound and that is of a news report sound of a missing person which will be linked with the mystery person laying on the floor. This will, again, create tension and uneasiness within the scene and reflect upon the audience which will mean that we have potentially did a good job with portraying the genre to them. 

Part Two:
A rough soundscape that we have designed for our title sequence isn't put together yet exactly but we have bits from our recorded sounds that we will use within the soundscape. The sounds can be listened to below:




We have made these sounds from objects in our surroundings and have made different sound effects for which we can use in our title sequence. The first sound can be used as the sound of thunder as this is generally a film cliche when something bad is about to happen, we can either use this is a suspending disbelief/false plato or actually use the sound and bring something up. The footsteps, as mentioned before can be used to emphasise the fact that someone is walking towards the audience to create more effect. The fourth sound is the sound of a zip and can be used to emphasise the sound of the zipping of the body bag.

Part Three:

• Which title sequences have influenced with your sound design?

The main title sequence which has influenced us with our sound design is like always, Se7en, this is because the emphasis of the sounds of the tools were very effective and as a group we thought we could also use something similar to create the same effect. Other title sequences which have influenced us with our sound design is the sound design of the film, The Ring. This is because the title sequence involves a mix of foley sound right at the beginning with the emphasis on the sound of the water dripping and the main girl stepping into a pool of water. In addition, throughout the title sequence there is the use of a musical score in the background which is also where we got our inspiration to use a musical score all throughout our title sequence.