Construction: Sound

Construction: Sound

When we were looking at how sound was used in psycho, we saw that many sound effects were used to make the film more realistic. In the shower scene we learnt that a cabbage was sliced I order to provide the sound needed for the knife entering the victims body.




We then decided to use a melon splattering as some foley, to make the first death scenes in our opening more tangible. We simply used a brick to mash up the melons insides in this clip. This provided a squelching sound we needed to portray the gore, however it felt subdued.
















In the clip here we decided to film Matthew stabbing the melon, to give it us some sound variance. We found that this gave out a swift sharp sound, in comparison to using a brick which wasn't as succinct.















This was the best sounding foley for our production because it sounded the most raw, due to the power of the hammer we trialled. For that reason it was able to produce the unadulterated effect. 

For our instrumental non-diegetic sound, we used a composition from a website called 'Free Sound'. Its a site that allows people to share browse, download sounds effects from other users. In the beginning of our opening we decided to leave out any non-diegetic sound, leaving in only natural diegetic sound of the wildlife in our location. However when the first victim is isolated, we chose to layer a sound clip with three beats that was meant to mirror a heart beat. This sound is noticeable, though not to the extent of being overpowering. The climax presents itself when the victim is being attacked, and there are some wind instruments included that match the speed of the action. This composition continues the remainder of the opening.