Skills audit: Sound

We found the soundtrack the hardest part of our task. I came up with the first idea and Tania built on these producing our final soundtrack. To start I tried to pick a melody that would fit the first sequence of Sarah getting ready. I wanted to create suspense but not climax the moment with music at the same time. The melody i choose is quite slow and delicate but has a menacing feel to it. We added a ticking sound to build pace in the shots which added to the tension.
When the scene has cut to the pan of the house tense music is introduce, the ticking sound is again introduced and the volume increases. This is played throughout the waiting and fetching of the glasses scenes and continues until David returns to the living room.
The music changes when Sarah drinks her drink where the violin reduces in volume and the only sound we hear is the ticking sound signifying the importance of this shot.
The music then increases as the go upstairs until it is cut and the title appears with a loud drum noise. Following a machine beep the recorded and edited voicemail is played.