Editing: Music and Sound

The main type of sound we used in our trailer was non-diegetic which meant it was added on in post production. Therefore, a lot of our sound had to be edited in order to flow within the trailer.

The first instance of non-diegetic sound was a voiceover. We added small fades at the beginning and end of the short clip so that it sounded more natural, which then went into our first music track.

For our slow track (If She's An Angel by Charlotte Campbell), we had to make it fit with the length of our first section. Originally, we planned to used the first four lines of the song, which are:

"If she's an angel what am I?
If she's an angel what am I supposed to be?
If she's an angel what am I, how can I match her light?
If she's an angel what am I?"

However, we had already selected and roughly edited together the clips we were using for the first section and when adding the track we realised that the section of music we wanted to use was too long. Therefore we made the decision to cut the track further so that we only had the first two lines.

To extend the shortened version of the track to fit the selected section, we decided to slow it down to 80%. This gave the track an eerie feel, which fitted with our genre and the mood we wanted to create. We then added a fade at the end of the track so that the end of track didn't sound abrupt.

The second voiceover then plays, and we edited this in the same way as we did the first: small fades at the beginning and end.

The second track (Pretty Parties) then fades in. We sped this track up to 120% so the beat was faster: we wanted to edit the clips in time with the music but we wanted the clips to be fast paced. In addition, there was a clear contrast between the first and second track. The track fades at the end. 

The last instance of sound is Holly saying "Help me" at the very end of the trailer, however this sound is diegetic and required no editing.