Sound Effects

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Although we were unsuccessful in finding the sound effects for our party scene/ending last week, we were able to find two sound effects today that would be really effective in our trailer. The first is the sound of a group of girls talking and laughing as though they are at a party, which we will use at the beginning of our trailer to imply that there is a party happening out of shot:

Party Sound Effect

After finding a sound effect of a door creaking, we added it into our trailer but was too long for the clip we wished to place it over. We then shortened the sound effect to fit in with the clip but because the sound was cut short it did not have the same effect. At this point we decided to search for a 'bang' instead as this is a short sound effect that will hopefully be more effective in provoking an audience reaction (i.e. making them jump), rather than them simply witnessing the protagonist's reaction and not engaging with the trailer. However we decided once we watched it back that a sound effect wasn't really necessary and it was effective the way it was.

We also found some music to place over the party scene, in particular the shot of the protagonist drinking from:

Party Music

The music is called 'Snapsphere' and is royalty free.