So for my opening, sounds are an integral part of making it make sense. I know that I want to have different clips of the girls laughing and playing layered together while the video shows Makayla remembering these times. Along with that I wanted to have a little bit of screen time dedicated to the girls eating dinner together after the opening, so I would record the sounds of forks hitting plates, chewing, breathing and bracelets hitting the glass table. Other than those, the foley I have to record are mostly things like breathing and footsteps. I don't want any diegetic music to be playing during these scenes because I want to focus on how the sounds and then awkward silence, influence the sisters.
I wanted to go shot by shot and explain what sounds I want for each part. This will help me know what I'm planning to record, and get a better idea of what I'm going to be doing in each part.
- breathing
- footsteps
- air conditioning
- Makayla bumping into the door frame
- The background audio of the girls when they were still young (I talked about exactly what was going to happen for this in the script)
- breathing gets louder because she gets closer
- elbows hitting the counter
- air conditioning
- the audio of the girls (this is all in her head)
- Just the younger version of the girls
- The same things as before
- breathing
- air conditioning
- the girls (but this time they're more upset with each other)
- just the sisters making up and being happy again
- Just the air conditioning (this is such a quick scene, like two seconds long)
- footsteps
- laughter
- the audio from the past gets really loud and blocks out any sounds that might be happening in the present
- doors slamming
- door opening
- handle twisting
- the creak of the hinges
- hand falling to side
- air conditioning
footsteps
- shoulders hitting as Kimberley pushes Makayla out of the way
- air conditioning
- forks hitting plates
- chewing
- breathing
- bracelets hitting glass table
- air conditioning
Audio:
Conclusions:
So this is my plan at the moment for all the sounds happening, but once I film some of these scenes I might want to add some sound that makes it more realistic. Overall, I think I did a pretty good job including every sound I want the audience to hear in each shot. However, I will keep you posted about any changes I make. I included all the audio I found on Freesound.org and the rest I'm planning to do foley of. If anything changes, I will post about it here.
Beverly Boy Productions. (n.d.). How to layer sound in film. https://beverlyboy.com/filmmaking/how-to-layer-sound-in-film/
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