Progeny: Sound

We chose this music below to be our non-diegetic soundtrack for our opening sequence; this is because it creates eeriness. Our aim is to create tension amongst the audience and make them feel uneasy when watching so. It gives them an opportunity to question what will occur later on in the film. It also gives the audience a sense of foreshadowing that something bad will soon occur. I feel this music will successfully create this atmosphere in which we hope to create. The use of this type of music is a typical convention of horror/thriller films. 

The music in which we are going planning to use we believe is similar to the soundtrack in the opening sequence of Sinister. We felt Sinister was an effecting horror as it creates the theme of horror well through the use of sound, camera shots and editing. I find this film successfully emphasises the genre of horror well in the opening sequence of the film. The footage shows a family of four being hanged from a tree; their faces are covered by sacks which hides their identity. This immediately creates mystery as it makes the viewer question 'who is it?' and 'who done it?’ and ‘for what reason?’ By the identity of the family being hidden encourages the viewer to continue to watch the rest of the film as they want to discover the answers to their questions? We are trying to create a sense of mystery in our opening scene as well; we want the viewers to question our opening sequence as they watch it. Questioning the footage shown commonly means they show an interest in what they are watching as they are intrigued to find out what happens next. The use of sound in Sinister creates a sense of foreshadowing as it plays adjacent to the clips shown. We hope this chosen music successfully creates a mysterious atmosphere in our opening sequence similar to Sinister. If we replicate this technique well I feel our opening sequence will be successful and meet the horror/thriller conventions.