9) Planning sounds- Ms Miller ----------------

In our opening to the thriller we are looking to use many conventional sounds to create effect and suspense. Sound can be used to build suspense or dictate the mood of an audience. In the opening of our Thriller clip we are going to use contrapuntal sound. This is where the sound does not match the scene it is being played in. As our victim is walking home we have jolly light music being played.
The effect of this is that it lulls the audience into a false sense of security before we begin to build the suspense.

When the victim is home we have used Non Diegetic sound to put a news recording over the top. This is talking about a number of unexplained murders in the local area. By using this sound it is an example of foreshadowing and begins to build the suspense with the audience as they wonder whether that recording will be significant later on in the Thriller opening.

The suspense is built further through the use of more non diegetic sound as we plan to include some low pitched tense music. This will begin once the main character has turned on the TV. The music will become higher pitched as the scene moves on which will slowly build the suspense and increase the tension amongst the audience.

When looking at the film "Halloween" there is the use of a sound from a clock. As the character gets closer and closer to the danger the clock begins to chime. We wanted to emulate that and felt that it was extremely successful in building suspense during the film Halloween. For us to build suspense we used a similar technique and used the timer on the microwave. We showed the timer on the microwave counting down from ten and using the beeps from the machine it was effective in building tension. As the numbers got closer to 0 and the beeping became faster the tension was upped.

The music continues at a higher pitch building as the main character goes up the stairs. The sound of his breathing can be heard. The effect of this is that it creates fear amongst the audience and empathy as they can see how scared the character is which makes the feel as though they would not like to be in his situation. It helps create a relationship between the audience and our main character.