Making of non diegetic sound

Production of Non Diegetic Sound

In terms of making the non diegetic sound for our course work i had to bare in mind the type of horror film we are filming and what would sound the most effective. In terms of production Logic Pro would have been easier to use however when it came to linking my microphone to Logic the sound became distorted therefore having to use Garage Band.

I started off  by listing all the scenes in
which non diegetic sound will be needed.
The longest scene would be the chase
scene between the antagonist and
protagonist. The screen shot above shows the making of the non diegetic sound for this scene. Once the microphone i was using worked well with GarageBand i recorded straight to it. However, because i am unable to play every single instrument, i used what GarageBand was able to offer me to help create ambient sound. When watching a horror movie the sound contributes significantly providing peaks of tension in the film. The screen shot shows the textures separating as each instrument is added therefore highlighting the peaks at which the music builds the most tension.

Although in terms of the non diegetic sound we do not need for it to peak to an extent that it will scare our audience. Sometimes non diegetic sound needs to establish a feeling and mood rather than build any tension. The scene this sound is for is when the protagonist senses another presence within the cemetery. In contrast to the screen shot above, the textures are not as segregated as it develops yet it's still able to build tension.

Upon creating the sounds in GarageBand i was convinced that it wouldn't be as successful as using Logic ( i was unable to use Logic as my mic was incompatible with it) however, i was rather surprised. At first i was rather unsure of how we needed our non diegetic sound to sound. I started off by using the templates and loops that GarageBand offered creating rather mysterious motifs but soon realising that they wouldn't be too sufficient for our coursework; which is when i decided to use my own instruments to create the non diegetic sound.