Sound Blog Post #25

 Sounds Featured in our Movie Opener!

Hey guys, welcome back to another blog. Today, I will be talking about the sounds featured in our movie opener. Specifically diegetic and non-diegetic sound, and for what reason they are used...

Editing and combining all the clips have been pretty chill. I used CapCut for editing since I have experience in the past using it. I used a free trial for it since it would give me tons of access to different features that would help me a lot. To begin with, diegetic sounds are things the characters can hear. Almost all of the diegetic sounds were recorded with the microphone, but I added 2 later on in editing. The diegetic sounds that were added in are the sound of an axe swinging and making contact, and the sound of twigs snapping. The diegetic sounds recorded by the camera include footsteps, rustling leaves, the wind, the scraping of an axe, phone notifications, and buzzing lamps. Since these sounds were already part of the clips, it made it much easier to edit and work with since I did not have to find a million different sounds online. Also, these diegetic sounds added a lot to the film by making it sound realistic and a little more believable.

Now, to begin with, the diegetic sounds in the movie are mostly just the extra dark ambience I added and scary, ominous music from YouTube. I looked online for free ambience, and I found one that suited the film opener well. The ominous music was free as well and added a very chilling tone to the film. Amaar helped me find the music since he wanted to have one that fit the most. Hopefully, the non-diegetic sounds are free as they stated, so our video can stay up.