Diegetic:
This is the sound that you can hear in the short film and see the source of, for example direct speech and a radio playing. We don't have much diegetic sound within our short film; this is because a lack of diegetic sounds within short films. It also helps convey the message that our character is not in a position to have direct speech with anyone and is incapable of communication with others. The only diegetic sound we plan to have is the beginning of the short film, where the character speaks directly to the camera.
Non-diegetic:
This is the sound that you can hear but can't see the source of in the scene, for example narration or mood music. Within our short film we have both narration and mood music. The narration will appear in the beginning credits of our shirt film, where we plan to put animation that tells the story in drawings of our character (to give a plot background). The mood music will appear throughout the short film, this is a typical convention of a short film, this will help set the tone of loneliness to the audience therefore they are able to connect with the character more. Towards the ending of the short film we plan to again have narration over the top about the character and giving a lasting message.
We decided that the music for our short film had to be calming and present the mood of emptiness and alone. We went through many different songs and combinations of songs, in order to pick the music we wanted. For example we looked at songs, such as:
- Hand Covers Bruise: Trent Reznor
- Penetration: Trent Reznor
- Secret Invasion: Denis Stelmakh
Overall, we decided after trial and error of using different songs with the clips that we had we decided that we believed that Secret Invasion by Denis Skelmakh was the song that fitting the best with the short film. We decided this as after showing many people about what they thought with the different clips, 8/10 people asked believed that they connected and felt the theme of loneliness was most present with this piece of music being asked; against 2/10 people asked who thought that Hands Covers Bruise by Trent Reznor fitting best with the surrounding.
We then contacted Denis Skelmakh to gain permission to use his music in our short film; he granted us permission:
This is the sound that you can hear in the short film and see the source of, for example direct speech and a radio playing. We don't have much diegetic sound within our short film; this is because a lack of diegetic sounds within short films. It also helps convey the message that our character is not in a position to have direct speech with anyone and is incapable of communication with others. The only diegetic sound we plan to have is the beginning of the short film, where the character speaks directly to the camera.
Non-diegetic:
This is the sound that you can hear but can't see the source of in the scene, for example narration or mood music. Within our short film we have both narration and mood music. The narration will appear in the beginning credits of our shirt film, where we plan to put animation that tells the story in drawings of our character (to give a plot background). The mood music will appear throughout the short film, this is a typical convention of a short film, this will help set the tone of loneliness to the audience therefore they are able to connect with the character more. Towards the ending of the short film we plan to again have narration over the top about the character and giving a lasting message.
We decided that the music for our short film had to be calming and present the mood of emptiness and alone. We went through many different songs and combinations of songs, in order to pick the music we wanted. For example we looked at songs, such as:
- Hand Covers Bruise: Trent Reznor
- Penetration: Trent Reznor
- Secret Invasion: Denis Stelmakh
Overall, we decided after trial and error of using different songs with the clips that we had we decided that we believed that Secret Invasion by Denis Skelmakh was the song that fitting the best with the short film. We decided this as after showing many people about what they thought with the different clips, 8/10 people asked believed that they connected and felt the theme of loneliness was most present with this piece of music being asked; against 2/10 people asked who thought that Hands Covers Bruise by Trent Reznor fitting best with the surrounding.
We then contacted Denis Skelmakh to gain permission to use his music in our short film; he granted us permission: