Music

Music played a large part in our production, we used it to create certain moods (especially enigma)in our opening sequence. We used two main pieces in our opening sequence:

Wake- Linkin Park: An instrumental from their album Minutes to Midnight. We decided to use this piece right at the very beginning of the opening sequence as the film fades in. It is played quietly behind the dream sequence; the piece gradually gets louder and more intense, building up the suspense of the dream. When the piece reaches its peak we can see that someone has been murdered.
The main reason we used this piece was to create suspense and a sense of enigma as the music builds up.


(Linkin Park- Wake)

Something in the Way- Nirvana: This piece is a melancholy song, played whilst the main character wakes up, leaves the house and makes her journey to and from school. The reason we chose to use this song in this position was to make the journey more interesting. The song also reflects the state of mind the character is in making the scenes seem more haunting. This piece again creates a strong sense of enigma as the droning singing and guitars fade in and out of the scenes. We cleverly placed this song so it appears as Michelle turns of her alarm clock and fades out when her friend pulls out her headphones. This makes the music appear diegetic to the main character.


(Nirvana- Something In the Way)