Specialised Area (music man)

I was appointed the job of creating the soundtrack for our opening along with cinematographer. It was a challenge creating the soundtrack, as I had never used GarageBand to a complex level before. Another factor that also made it a challenge was the scenario of our opening. It involves characters of different class.


GarageBand-
This is the software we used to create our soundtrack for our film. Previously I had only played around with garageband but had never created a final product. Generally garageband is very complex and takes time to adjust to this complexity. At first I found garageband very difficult and couldn't quite get to grips with it. I began by using basic tools such as the trim tool, position tool, blade tool etc.. Our film required a rather complex soundtrack due to the situation. We thought that the music is a major aspect to our particular film as it creates certain types of emotion to the viewer. Our soundtrack involved remixing the song 'to build a home'. In order to do this more complex tool had to be applied. We had to change the bpm (beats per minute) in order for the two different beats to mix and run smoothly. The beats per minute could be changed on the top bar. Another complex but conveniant tool that I learnt to apply was the flex tool. This allowed me to change the bpm without changing the pitch.
This was vital when mixing the two beats into each other. The beat that was mixed into the song was a loop. Loops are short looping sequences of beats/sounds. These were very simple to use. The whole point in mixing these two contrasting beats is that in our film opening there is a jump between two characters and their situation/environment. We wanted a slow, slightly depressing sound overplaying Michaels situation as we wanted to create a upsetting mood. We then tried to replicate a more grime sound whilst overplaying Kieran. This software has been extremely useful in the making of our film opening as it provided us with a large variety of pre-recorded music, meaning we didn't have to record our own music. This saved us a huge amount of time.