Me and Masha recorded the sound on my iPhone, by placing the phone inside the grand piano in order to avoid capturing any background noise. This proved to be, to my surprise, quite an effective method to record a soundtrack without any professional equipment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Firstly, I went through the footage to find a sequence that fit with the scene of The Victim walking through the snow. I used DaVinci resolve’s audio editing feature, and looped one riff to create a consistent melody. I then found where Masha ended that part, and added the transition followed by the “descending into madness” part (as I like to call it) to the running scene. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I then found the perfect take for the final part of the piano soundtrack, the church scene. I added it with no additional tweaks. I then copied it and put it in reverse, for the scene where The Victim is transported back to “reality”. This was in order to represent the overwhelming feeling piling into The Victim’s mind as she slowly and confusingly snaps back to reality, to her daily duties. I feel that reversed music invokes a feeling of motion sickness, so it is a perfect fit for this scene. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I made a version of Nemor where the piano soundtrack remains throughout the entire film opening, however I felt the sequence required more separation between the 2 main locations\/situations the protagonist finds herself in. I decided to attempt to place a very simple ambient synth background in the beginning and ending of the movie. Something in the same key as the piano, that starts calm and ordinary and ends similarly calm yet with more sinister undertones. For this part, me and Masha worked together on a free program called Spotify Soundtrap to digitally and speedily create the sound. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
After much more trial and error, we decided to keep the piano in the beginning of the movie, and end with a synth. The piano at the beginning creates a very mundane, slice-of-life feeling, communicating that this is a routine activity of the protagonist. The synth at the end represents a feeling of shock. Like, when a concert ends and your ears are ringing. It further portrays the complicated feelings of the victim and the adjustment after the sudden jump back into daily life. The overwhelming feeling that she has to do something, yet she can’t really move. The synth is meant to illustrate, a gut feeling you can’t quite shake off. The short yet anguishing moments taken to even process the sudden change back, to remember what she was doing before, like waking up from a long dream that felt a bit too real. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Over the synth, I decided to add some additional sound effects. Firstly, distorted voices, to further communicate the presence of a paranormal influence on the events. Next, I added the ticking of a clock, and a repeating doorbell. These sounds serve both as diegetic sounds, to tie the soundtrack to the events of the film opening, as well as to unsettle the viewer through the use of a repeated noise. Constant repeating noises can make the audience feel like something is off, even if there is no visual threat. This makes our film feel more unsettling to watch. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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