Music choices

Music is an essential factor for almost all trailers and is extremely effective in building tension and creating an atmosphere. This is why it is crucial that we choose music which will fit in well with the trailer and will work well with the fast paced shots.

When choosing our music we had a choice of 150 different music pieces. Beth then took them home and shortlisted it down to 50 of the best ones for our trailer.

After this, as a group we then shortlisted the song choices more. We did this by listening to each one carefully and deciding whether it was appropriate for our genre and whether or not it will work well we the speed of the trailer. We also had to chose more than one song choices to use it different parts of the trailer. Eventually we were able to come to a decision and finalise the music choices to four different song choices.

We decided to use the song Danger for the neutral track as we can cut the middle of it to keep it neutral with a mysterious undertone which is useful for the first few establishing scenes to create an eerie atmosphere. We then chose Finding The Body for the scence where Lucy pretends to be posessed, we chose this because it is a track which gradually builds up which is perfect for creating tension. Then we chose Condemmed as our fast tempo action piece for the sequence of action shots towards the end of the trailer, we chose this because it is fast paced which works well with the fast shots and it also builds up to a final climax which works well with the end shot of Ellie screaming. Finally we chose Grim Reaper as our mysterious end track and this was a quiet track which works well for background music and keeps the creepy atmosphere throughout the whole trailer.