The diegetic sound will be:
- The dialogue - we will use a lapel mic/a mic boom/an external microphone to record this. We will use each microphone type according to the situation on which we are recording.
- Ambient sound - this will be in the background of the sound recorded by the cameras. By making sure that this sound is included, the piece will seem more realistic and it will provide sound when the actors are not tasking.
The non-diegetic sound will be:
- An instrumental Soundtrack - For this we will chose a soundtrack without lyrics. This is so the audience can full concentrate on the events of the film and will not be distracted by the lyrics. Our soundtrack will also be copyright free to avoid any copyright issues. When choosing a soundtrack we will fit one which best suits what we want e.g. Crescendos in the right places and will be parallel to the mood of the scene.
- Foleys - we may add in some Foley to add a greater effect to an event. These could be the fizzing of the pill, or a thinking sound from the man dropping. We will use GarageBand or other programmes to source these sounds. Again these will be copyright free to avoid any problems.
Insert Sophie's great post (on the technicians blog) into this post about using lapel mics.
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You can add some links here as to what royalty free websites exist on the web and start to think about this. If you want a piano piece, someone could play for you?
Foleys will be very important throughout - be thinking of all sound effects, not just a few.
Discuss with the technicians.