Soundtrack

Soundtrack:I used Cubase SX3 to construct the horror soundtrack. I used dark intimidating sounds and long dark synthesized pedal notes to create an intimidating atmosphere, and some hard hitting distorted drums at the end killing sequence to represent this unbalance of the equilibrium, and add a whole new level of intensity. I used several channels for all of the sounds I used within hypersonic, and mixed it so that during the dialogue there were simple, low level and deep pedal notes in the background, but in the strangulation scene the dialogue cuts out and the music becomes relentless and brutal.

Using hardware and Software: Editing

I have learnt a lot about the technology side of media during the making of our project. I feel I have become accustomed to using hardware like operating the camera correctly, setting up the tripod for filming, how to do position lighting and what shade/intensity of light to use and how to capture sound correctly, compressing the sounds and positioning. Editing too has been very useful, if not a bit difficult to get the hang of at first.

Software: Editing the recording.Shot logging: Learning to organize and piece together our project within final cut pro took some time to getting used to, but I believe that we all successfully managed to get to grips with the program. Bin construction and choosing the shots we were going to use took a lot of time, but soon we had all our clips organized by plotting in and out points, and using the razor tool to cut up the shots and modify the length of our sequences. After this we could start piecing them together and dragging/dropping them into the timeline.We used effects like making the shots opaque on top of each other, and linking shots whenever the priest walks in front of the camera, to go into shots of the dead girl. Synchronizing the audio with the video was a strenuous task but we managed to link the dialogue with the images well. We used dissolve effects between shots to make the changes smoother, and after we had pieced together the sequence and its audio, it was time to add the soundtrack.