SOUND - Artemis

The non-diegetic sound for a film enhances and adds the atmosphere of whats going on in the moving image.

To create a stillness and add to the devastating atmosphere we have decided that a slow piece of music should be for the non-diegetic sound. We looked at several films which have the same sort of strong narratives and are set in different time periods and not in the present to get ideas. 

Atonement was one of those films. It is a romantic drama with a sad ending which is set in the 1930's, so it sort of relates to our film and what were trying to portray.

This piece called 'Elegy For Dunkirk' is played in Atonement. It's very sad and slow - it builds up slightly in areas and creates this emotional ambiance. We thought a sound similar to this would be perfect for some of the more distressing scenes like the scene where Myrtle finds out her son has died and then the shots of her crying and packing up Benjamin's things.

 'Liz on top of the world' is from the film Pride and Prejudice. I like the way it starts of quite quietly and slowly and builds up. This one doesn't have that hint of gloominess to it but I can see it linking in quite nicely and fitting to that time period. Something like this would be good for the scenes we have in mind of the young boy Benjamin playing in the garden because we want to create this happy yet mysterious atmosphere. By building up the soundtrack it increases the tension and indicates something isn't right which is what were looking for. 

This piece 'The Living Sculptures' is also from Pride and Prejudice but it much more gradual. I can imagine this piece creating a sort of eerie atmosphere and enhancing the grief of the scene where Myrtle is crying in her chair and then packing up Benjamin's belongings - I really think a sound like this would be great in helping us create this heartbroken ambience and almost desolate atmosphere. 

For the scene where Benjamin will be playing in the garden our ambient sound will include birds and wind because he will be outside. Because most of the other scenes will be shot inside and things like TV's and washing machines etc. won't have been invented there wont be any additional sound added to the original footage. It will only be the diegetic sound that we hear like the dialogue. 

We've thought about getting our soundtrack either through garage band or through recording sopheys sister play the piano because she's really good.