We chose this music for our soundtrack because we wanted to pay homage to the typical, neo-noir soundtracks that usually include a jazz score, films like Chinatown.
'The Devil in the New Dress' has a similar smooth tone to jazz, which will set a familiar tone for people who are fans of crime dramas, only it is a new song for a modern age. It is also a remix of the song by Kanye West, a music icon amongst young adult audiences, so the music choice will not alienate our target audience.
The music will be diegetic at the beginning of the sequence as it plays over the opening credits, but when it is revealed that it is Raj playing the song through his headphones, we will switch the music to diegetic, with the sound perspective coming from behind Raj, where the camera is. Thus, we will make the song sound quieter and tinny to make the sound perspective appear realistic. Such a technique is used in The Amazing Spider-Man 2.
The music will come back in at the end as the movie's title card appears to create a sudden contrast with the silence that occurs after Peter's murder has been revealed, allowing the audience to relieve their tension and continue with the film.
We sourced this remix of 'The Devil in the New Dress' from a video on YouTube, where the person who owned the remixed version of the instrumental had left a link in the description where we could download the music copyright free.
Another track we have decided to use is 'Funky Suspense', which is smooth backing music that the owner has described as 'inspired by 70s movies and TV shows'.
It is very typical of detective programs with a fun twist, such as BBC's Death in Paradise, which uses Reggae music as its predominant soundtrack.
This light hearted tone is perfect for the tone we would like to create in the opening sequence; it compliments the comedic moments with these teenage characters very well, and highlights how few of them take the investigation seriously during the equilibrium period of this film. It also helps deliver more shock to the audience when the mood of the action suddenly changes as the bombshell is revealed.
We sourced 'Funky Suspense' from the website BenSound.com, where the track is free for us to download and use in our film opening as long as we credited the owner.
Sound effects will be important to our opening sequence, as they need to be loud and detailed to raise the intensity of the action in the scene. The sound effects we will need are a door opening and closing, the sound of the document being slid across the table and a chair scraping against the floor. We can record separately these sound effects separately in post to make them louder and more detailed than if we filmed them on location.
Sound effects can play a big part in intensifying the on-screen action, such as in the interrogation scene of the Matrix where the sound effects are incredibly detailed to make the various 'clicks' and 'buzzes' in the scene feel as tangible and dangerous as possible, particularly when paired with silence like we intend to do for some portions of our opening sequence.
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