Sound Research: Hummingbird

 

Like in many thrillers, the trailer opens with a boom at 2 seconds in. This is followed by asynchronous sounds of police car sirens against as the opening image of the city of Soho is shown. The sound boom is used throughout most thriller trailers and is also used in Welcome To The Punch, hence we will use this in our trailer. 10 seconds in, there are sounds of an alarm going off keeps the audience interested as it builds the tension. This effect is often used early on in the trailers, to grab the audiences attention early and keep them watching. In our own trailer we want some foley non diegetic sound effects to have this effect on the audience. 15 seconds in the soundtrack begins. The ticking clock creates suspense, which is the desired effect for our product, as well as emphasising running out of time. 21 seconds in the trailer it continuously uses the sci-fi type boom to hold the tension at moments of importance. 44 seconds in, the orchestral style soundtrack begins, with the rhythmic beat coming from the strings themselves. 1 minute and 5 seconds in, sound booms and orchestral noises are used. We would like to use these traditional thriller foley sounds so that our trailer fits into the genre. The soundtrack is overlaid with foley sounds to build the tension, keep the audience interested and reveal small elements about the plot. The sound used in this trailer adheres to the thriller genre, and will influence us in our media product.

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