Eleven: Choice of Music

The choice of music is very important for the mood we want the audience to feel. Since it's only an eight minute film we have to limit our music to the opening and closing credits. We wanted to use a feel good song at the beginning to show a happy situation that Blake is in. This will let the audience immediately know that there is a positive atmosphere for our characters. This will contrast to the end of our film which ends terribly for Blake. After finding out his fathers affair with Sophie, his piano teacher, the mood and atmosphere changes dramatically for Blake. We will use a melancholy song that sparks emotion for Blake and the audience. Overall this choice of music will put the audience through a roller-coaster of emotions. After a lot of research into this style of music, we found an independent musician, Sam Garrett. His music has a variety of happy and emotional songs. This would be perfect for our short film. I have just sent a request to Sam asking permission to use his music. Here are the two songs we hope to use:

https://soundcloud.com/samgarrettmusic/higher-than-the-mountains?in=samgarrettmusic/sets/namaste

https://soundcloud.com/samgarrettmusic/river