Some tracks we found included:
1// incompetech.com
We browsed through genres such as drama and fantasy to try and find some music for our film. Because we had virtually no luck we decided to search for music by feel, such moods we tried were relaxed and mystical. We found a really effective piece of music involving a piano, called "Sovereign" by Kevin MacLeod, which created a mystical and unknown mood. Something like this would be effective for the opening scene of our film, where Dorothy and Sarah are coin collecting, because the audience is unaware of the characters and therefore we could use it as a way to create uncertainty whilst we reveal the characters in a relaxing way.
This track can be heard on the video below:
2// jamendo.com:
This website allowed us to search for the specific kind of music we wanted to fit our genre. Because our film is a fantasy-drama we thought it would be effective to search for music with a solo piano. For example: "Leaving Steps"by Sergey Kovchik, which would act as a simple and powerful background track due for the opening scene with Dorothy and Sarah coin collecting, as it creates a mood of uncertainty, which is how the audience would feel at the beginning of our film as they don't know the characters. However, a major problem with this music is that it is very overpowering, which would make it difficult to tame so that the audience could hear the dialogue between characters. Also it sounds very sinister and dark, which is something we do not want to convey in our film.To hear this audio, follow the link below:
http://www.jamendo.com/en/track/859216/leaving-steps
After trying a few audio tracks, we decided on two to use.
We decided to open our film with the track, Easy Lemon, from incompetech.com, by Kevin MacLeod, as we thought it was the most fitting for our film. We decided to begin the track immediately and continue for the first 30 seconds of our film. We chose this track because it allowed us to set a relaxing and calm tone to our film. The beginning of our film is just telling the audience the background to Sarah's penny, and how this will affect future events, because of this, we believed this was the most appropriate audio track. In our opinion it suits the film's fantasy conventions as it also creates a feeling of uncertainty as the audience are unaware of who these people are and why they are important, which we hoped would entice the audience to continue to watch our film.We then decided to fade the music out during the dialogue between Dorothy and Sarah and reuse it again for our opening credits and title sequence. At this point the track picks up a bit in terms of tempo which we thought fitted in well with our title sequence. Our title sequence was supposed to depict that Sarah was reminiscing/daydreaming about her childhood and we thought the music conveyed a happy mood which could reflect Sarah's happy childhood. We thought this track was also effective, as it allowed us to subtly transition from Sarah as a child to Sarah as a teenager, which in combination with the shots used, it conveys that Sarah was daydreaming on her bed.
This video track can be heard by viewing the video below:
We also decided to use the track I Feel You, from incompetech.com by Kevin MacLeod, for the flashback sequence at the end of our film. We wanted to alert the audience to Sarah's realisation and therefore believed it was important that we obtained some dramatic music to convey that Sarah has finally realised what her friend is like. The music was also an effective choice as we was able to get it to merge well with the storyline. as we could match the transitions and tempo of the music to establish that Sarah was having a flashback, because of this we believe it is more clear to the audience that Sarah is realising the luckiness of her penny. We also decided on this music as it allowed us to create a dramatic ending by the way we made the music abruptly stop to allow Sarah to speak.
This audio track can be heard by watching the video below:
We are pleased with our choice of tracks as we believe that they worked effectively in conveying the ideas we had and in combination with our shots and voiceovers. They allow us to set the mood of the film and influence the audience to view the film in a certain way. We have used them to create dramatic tension and act as a substitute for narrative. Because of this we believe the music in our film is effective in conveying the message we want to give.
