Production-Soundtrack of the thriller production- Miss Begum

Soundtracks in thrillers are important because they have a massive effect on the audience as its builds suspense and tension. Without the soundtrack in a thriller, it wouldn't be as scary as it is with the soundtrack therefore to have a good soundtrack is essential in a thriller film. The sound has that scary effect on the audience, is meant to go with the actions on what’s going on in the thriller film building that tension in order to get the audience jumpy having them in fear also sounds in thrillers is meant to create a meaning and understanding for the audience, it will enable the audience to have a response to the film. It creates the right mood and atmosphere and in the context of the thriller genre, also often used to symbolise both the protagonists and antagonists movements in the scene.

Conventional soundtrack in thriller films in normally that creepy sound that builds up slowly from quite gentle to becoming louder and quitter at some point in the film. A sound in thriller films is meant to have the audience on the edge having them in panic.Non-Diegetic soundtracks such as voice-overs can be used to explain an event within the scene that wasn't shown to the audience; this in turn gives the audience a better understanding of what happened/ what is happening. Also it helps to create a suspense filled feeling as the audience are then able to determine what will happen next in the scene e.g. someone is going to die etc.
Diegetic sounds such as the sounds from the TV or a radio allow the audience to understand what is going on in the scene clearer; as it is based upon realistic sounds it makes the scene a lot more intriguing for the audience to watch.

To create the soundtrack to our thriller, my group used the programme ‘Garage Band’. This programme was used because of its extensive range of instruments that allowed us to use and cut apart sounds from. Garage Band was simple to use therefore allowed us to create a successful and conventional soundtrack that combined impeccably with our thriller film.

     



                                                                           image of where the sound was used effectively in our thriller .






Myself and my group created that thrill sound, the typical scary sounds you hear in a thriller film, in order for the audience to identify the genre. We got soundtrack ideas from other existing thriller films such as 'sinister' insidious' which helped us to create our sound because they had similar theme to our thriller film. In one of our sounds, it starts of quite calm and then to you hear a screaming, they've seen something scary that made them scream.

The one thing that was effective about my soundtrack was that it was able to make the audience respond in a certain way and have them scared. Also another reason why my soundtrack was effective is because it's a conventional soundtrack as that was what we wanted to achieve.

Overall the soundtrack has help my production because without it my thriller would not be as thrill as it is now. However the impact our soundtrack has had on the audience is that they feel as though they have watched a effective and conventional thriller, and also we've been able to create a sharp feeling of suspense and tension among the audience.I think that myself and my group have made a successful and conventional thriller film that our chosen target audience would enjoy watching and also have that scary effect on them.