Soundtrack reasearch

Non-copy right music
This is when you can use the track on your own openings without having to get permission from anyone to do so. You can find copy right music on the internet but is more difficult to access. In our opening two minutes we will use non-copyright music so we don't have to get permission.


Copyright music
This is when a track or piece of music is owned by a person/company it would be illegal to use this music without their permission. In independent film making you tend to avoid the use of copyright music as it can be expensive. We will not use copyright music in our opening two minutes and will research different types of non-copyright music in order to create the scary atmosphere.


Diegetic sound
 This is when the viewer can see the source of where the music is coming from on screen (the sound is visible to them) For example dialogue would be diegetic sound as you can see the person that is speaking.


Non-diegetic sound
This is when the sound that the viewer can hear does not have an on screen source. In other words the characters can not hear this sound. For example a voice over or a sound track playing over the top would be non-diegetic sound.


In our opening two minutes we intend to use a mixture of diegetic and non-diegetic sound. The diegetic sound will be the noise of a text message sending, heavy breathing and a conversation between the mother and her friend. However, when the scene becomes more tense we will use a sound track over the top of it in order to create a much more tense environment making it more scary. Non-diegetic sound tracks are commonly used over the top of horror films as it makes the film much scarier for the audience, without the use of non-diegetic sound the film would not be as scary. An example of this is 'Drag me to Hell' which starts the film with spooky music playing.