Updates (Headstones/ Music)

I’m back guys, and I’m finally excited to announce that we finished the gravestones! It took a lot of work for one of our group members but it’s worth it all. This is a very important prop in our opening because it establishes the “cemetery” that is in the backyard of the family ranch. Not only that, but it also brings the viewers in by making it look realistic. That’s why this is a very important prop because it can either make or break our film. Here are a few pictures of them:



We tried making them look as realistic as possible and we added all the characters names, year of birth, and year of death on there. Also, the sticks seen on the bottom are so that we can stick the headstones into the ground. These are the people part of the family and the viewers will tell that it is on the same property because the gravestones will all say “Jones” on them and the sign at the beginning will say “Jones Estate”.


Another thing that I started looking into was the music that will be playing over the cemetery seen. We  wanted to create a sense of thrill, mystery, and suspense so I did some research and I found 3 songs that I seem to like. They include:

1- On the Nature of daylight by Mac Richter

2- Too Crazy (from Royalty Free Music)

3- Trouble is Brewing (from Royalty Free Music)

All these songs have a suspenseful vibe to them and will make a great touch to our cemetery scene. Tomorrow we will be filming the actual scene and I’ll be testing all these songs out to see which one looks the best with the scene. So stay tuned for the upcoming blog where I’ll be showing you guys what it looks like and the group and I will make a choice based on those recordings.

The pilot episode from Vampire Diaries does a very good job generating suspense through the music and sounds used and we will try making our film like this as well. We hope to accomplish the same type of feeling by incorporating music and sounds used in the cemetery scene of the opening. This will help the viewers prepare for the thrills that will occur throughout the movie. Here is the clip of the opening:

While researching I also found this very well done slideshow that helped explain the type of music to use. If you guys want to check it out click here.


Stay tuned for my next blog guys, it's hard work for now on and I'm happy to bring you guys along with us!



Sources:

“Royalty Free Music.” FesliyanStudios Background Music And SFX,

www.fesliyanstudios.com/royalty-free-music/downloads-c/suspenseful-music/25.

Cuthbert, joe. “Music in Thrillers.” LinkedIn SlideShare, 6 Feb. 2017,

www.slideshare.net/joeCuthbert/music-in-thrillers.

lisa12345789. “Vampire Diaries S01E01 Part 1_2.” YouTube, YouTube, 14 Mar. 2013,

www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUUfK_zXQ3Y.