Sound Research

Non-diegetic Music

Organising the sound for our short film, I decided that each flashback should have different soundtracks of different genres, to really distinguish between each flashback and indicate a new day occurring. Besides this, there are also melodic piano tracks on WeVideo, where our short film will be edited, that we can in case we decide to portray more of a mellow feel throughout our short film.

• Pop music

• Indie music

• Indie/rock music

• Slow paced indie/rock

• Slow/pulled back rock

• Abstract pop/rock

• Subtle/relaxed electronic

Some of these tracks can be heard here;

Sound Effects and Foley

Here is a list of sound effects needed to convey actuality within our short film and convince the audience of the protagonist's reality.

• Page turnings

• Phone notification sounds (beeps)

• Phone vibration

• Tapping of phone screen (clicks)

• Atmospheric sound (white noise)

• Muffled music

• Scratch noise

• High frequency noise

• Thump (on wood)

• Screen clicking

• Phone vibration

• Static noise

• Footsteps (on wood)

• Wooden door opening (creak)

• Wooden door closing

• Bottle cap removal

• Movement of pills

• Bottle hitting floor

Samples of a few of these sound effects are present here;


I made a folder on Google Drive to contain these sounds and share them with members of my group for easy access, if each person were to create their own edits of our short film. I will be updating this folder with other sounds that I believe will develop interest in our short film.