Possible music for 2

We found it difficult with our first draft, before pitching, to choose music to compliment it. I think from reflection this is because of the problem with the girl being too scary and so only eerie music would have gone with it. If we take onboard the feedback from our peers and teacher we should film the girl and make her seem more innocent and a more definite distinction between antagonist and protagonist. As mentioned before we are going to use an ipod as a prop to commence the music, this means we can use ironic music easier as it will link with her.

We do however still face the challenge of finding music, We particularly want music that "kicks off" at the end when our title sequence has the quick cuts involving the door handle but this is hard to find.

I have been looking at local band the Mexanines whose rock/indie vibe will work well as it can seem ironic and contrasting whilst being strong and powerful over the clip.

 

This is A Love Obscene by The Mexanines, this song is consistent and shows the indie side to the band, However the song below I personally thing would work better. Hold Tight is very calm and then the dynamics change at around 1 minute 40 seconds into the video. We could use this with our title sequence as we could use the calm bit to introduce the girl and then use the climax to introduce the man and the other side of the story. The song goes back to "calm" and the drums play a part in building back the climax, we could use this for the door opening.

 

 

After testing this music with the title sequence it is obvious that it is difficult to attach this music to the video and make it have an atmosphere, we are now looking into eerie music that will create the desired atmosphere. We are going to use the diagetic sound of the match striking and paper ripping on its own against a silent background to make it more obvious. We have particularly taken a liking to music box music as it fits with the ballerina figurine, ballet shoes and the character of the girl. Music boxes can be associated with horror/thriller films and so would fit our piece perfectly. We are also looking on copyright free websites for sound effects of symbols or tense music for the climax at the end.