Skills audit; creation of soundtrack

We wanted to create suspense when our character's are doing several things;

• Walking up to the building,




• Looking at the computer




• During the bag tracking scene

We got the inspiration for parts of sound from films such as Collateral & Panic Room. Our other inspirations include music from Theme Park Soundtracks like Thorpe Park.










We first opened soundtrack pro and stated to browse through all the music types. After searching for some music we imported our clip into Soundtrack Pro.

As our first scene is an establishing shot which shows a building and traffic, we picked a "Traffic" noise, which indicated the sound outside.

We then looked at the next scene which shows a woman walking, we put in footsteps and a droning sound "Drone Dark Suspense 01" to make the scene look a little eerie.

The next scene which shows the agent, we wanted to build suspense and ease into an action packed sound, so we added "Drum Machine Reverb 01" beat to build this effect. We left this sound on as the woman continued to walk up the stairs which gave a metal like effect to the way she was walking.

To create a sense of "what is going to happen next?" we added an "Electric Bass Alternative Rock" beat to create more tension and suspense, we also left out the drone as it couldn't be heard. This was throughout the scene where two agents talk on the phone

We then faded the Drum beat out and left the Bass, as the woman enters the building.

To make the inside of the building seem eerie we then faded out the Bass and added back in the Drone as she sits down. The drone continues on even when the two exchange words, this is to create suspense.

As the woman gets out a book/documents from her bag the drone can still be heard, when the shot switches to the man getting something out of his pocket "Highlight Reel Long" was used as a action sound to make the audience think "What is he getting out?" and to symbolise that what he is getting out of his pocket is more important then what the woman is.

We then see the exchange of objects and the "Hightlight Reel Long" is still playing to create tension within the audience's mind. This is then faded out and the Drone once again is back in.

Once the woman is outside and puts her glasses on, then starts to walk again "Highlight Reel Long" starts again as a man bumps into her. This music is then left as the Title appears and fades.

We then had to export this out of Soundtrack Pro, without the sounds from the film, into Final Cut Pro.