Music research

When researching music, we were holding several ideas in mind. First of all, we did not want the music to give our film a dark or somber feel, so we knew we would have to medium to high tempo music. Secondly, we wanted our film to have a youthfula ad bouncy feel, and we wanted the music to reflect this. This once again narrowed the range of tempos and genres we could use; doom metal would unlikely be appropriate in this instance. Thirdly, we wanted the music to be recognisable to certain members of the audience, but not the majority, as people may focus more on the song than on the film. For this reason, we avoided the pop music world.

When music was allocated for different scenes, we had to consider carefully the overall atmosphere of the scene. For instance, in the party scene, the music was happy and upbeat, and reflected a happy and carefree enviroment. This was to help create an atmosphere of youth. However, later on, when the main character is attempting to chat some one up, we switched to the funk genre, attempting to play on its stereotypical associations with sex and seediness. Finally, for the ending of the film, we settled on an upbeat, happy and easily recognisible song that contributed to the overall light hearted atmosphere.

Posted by Duncan Morrison