Sunday, 2 December 2012

Mixing Tracks to Create Trailer Music



 
When it came to non-diegetic music, we decided to create a track for the trailer using three different copyright free tracks and a combination of drum loops. We are using most of one track for the start where the shots were longer, but we have had to adjust the speed to make this slower and more sinister and also add a very slight echo. 

We are using a combination of faster-paced tracks for most of the second half as the shots themselves are cut quick and we wanted to build up speed and tension as it got closer to the end of the trailer. We have also edited sections of drum loops as we want extra drum beats at moments where there is more danger. We are ending on the sound of drum bang as it synchronised well with our final shot of Lucy opening her eyes and left it on a really tense note. To cut between the different tracks we overlapped them and faded one out whilst fading the other one in to make sure the transition between tracks wasn't too harsh. However, we are still not satisfied with this sound mix and have a lot of further work to do. The screen shot above shows how complex the layering of audio tracks can become.

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