Choice of Sound

After creating our storyboard, we needed to decide on the sound that would be featured in our final film, in order to be able to add it to our starboard animation. 

Our main inspiration for the music used was the title sequence of 'Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging', when 'She's So Lovely' by Scouting for Girls is laid over the top of the scene where the main character runs along the high street of Brighton. The song is relevant to the film as it appeals to the audience, fits with the scenes it is played with, and uses lyrics that are related to the entire plot.

The song we have decided to use for our film opening is 'Holy Commotion' by The Pretenders. There were a variety of factors which influenced the decision to choose this song, the main one being that we both thought it fit well with the scenes. The song is upbeat and faced paced, but also has an element of the electronic, synthesised genre, which we both agreed worked better than pop or hiphop. Another reason for choosing this song is that the majority of it is instrumental, meaning there are only a few lyrics to match with the action.  

Other aspects of sound we needed to consider were the text alerts that are heard over the music, the video clip that is watched, and the dimming of the music whilst this clip is playing. The reason for having to quieten the song whilst the video plays is because we are not allowed to use non- diegetic sound, so will therefore have the song being played through headphones. When the character removes the headphones to watch the video, the music will become quieter but not silent, like it is still being heard by the character through the headphones, but the clip will overpower the music.