Sound Track Research:

Music/ the backing track for a film is very important, also looking at existing film openings it tends to be very important for openings just as much as the rest of the film. I believe that the soundtrack adds to the image that you are trying to introduce to your audience as the film is beginning. My film is a action// horror so I believe that the soundtrack for my film needs to be tension building especially as I am planning on opening my film mid action on a flash back.
So, I began by looking at some copy right free websites to see if any of the soundtracks was suitable or just to get a rough idea of what sort of soundtracks which are copyright free sounded like and if they differed a lot from soundtracks which are not copyright free.
The first website I looked at was called http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1300013, this website was helpful because it let you choose what sort of music you was looking to include, there is various types of sounds for different genres, which was really helpful. The soundtrack that I found most likely to use was a mix between a few different ones as I was unsure on how well it would mix with the footage that I would of recorded.

I also looked at another website https://ia600408.us.archive.org/22/items/EerieCreepyAndScaryMusicForYourScoresDvds/DvdThemeMusic-chasePulse.mp3  which had again, different tracks to choose from and customise to my choice which was helpful. I found one track that was slightly creepy and mysterious which is sort of what I am aiming to go for but mainly I believe that I am going to create suspense for the audience. As I am the age of the target audience myself and from my surveys I feel that building up tension is the best way to keep the audience hooked onto a film, leaving them wanting to know what happens next resulting in them watching the whole film and most likely to discuss with friends afterwards.

However, looking at these different soundtracks made me want to experiment more with what music that I choose to use. As a result of this I began to try out different effects on the music that I had chosen to use. For example, on IMovie I was aloud to make the soundtrack deeper or more echoey or slow down the pace. I believe that this is a good element for making my films soundtrack because I feel that I have given my own change to it, also fitting the original soundtrack with the edited footage and seeing how well it fits with it/ making changes will depend on the editing techniques and how fast it is moving because I am looking at building tension.

Overall, I feel that researching into copyright free music was helpful in terms of choosing something for my film opening because I found that it is had to choose something to fit in with my own footage, and as a result of this I looked into further of editing the copyright free music to fit in more with my footage and also have a more personal feeling to it for my film making it slightly more different from others being able to use the same backing track, as I have edited it, nobody will have the same music exactly.