Planning: sound

Sound is extremely important in the creation of films because they adapt to a scene by creating an atmosphere or creating moods and emotions for different characters. It’s extremely important to plan sounds you will use when producing a film as it allows the audience to be connected with the film for example if a good person was to die in a film and sad, slow, depressing music was played straight away the audience would be connected with the rest of the characters because they would know how they feel and the soundtrack would set the mood depending on the situation.

The main conventional sound you will hear in our thriller will be the wild life of the forest for example the twigs snapping, the wind hitting the trees and other insects or bird noises such as owls and pigeons. This is conventional because it automatically puts him audience in an anxious mood.

For one of our on screen sounds in our first scene we're going to have characters laughing at a point where the nerd falls over. This gives the audience a clear understanding of the relationships between the characters and who everyone is friends with within the group. By showing who is laughing on screen we can see who is laughing and who is not, showing who respects him and who doesn't.

We're also going to have heavy breathing coming out of one of the characters (antagonist) as he’s late to the filming and therefore the stops for a bit to catch his breath. This automatically makes the audience feel worried and get a bad feeling for that character. This will also be on screen sound to showing whose breathing and where that character is or what he's doing.

Moreover, as the 'antagonist' scares the couple the female in the group will scream to show that she got scared of the figure behind her. This will be on scree this, similarly makes the audience want to know more about this character as they get a mysterious feeling about him. This sound also is onscreen so that we can see her facial expression at the same time when she screams.

In addition, the sound of crushing twigs will be shown when the group of friends start walking to find a better location to film the thriller. This creates tension for the audience members and makes them feel uncomfortable. This will be shown in on screen however it will only be in longshots to show where they’re heading to and what they’re stepping on.