One key element to movies is your sound track. The use of scary sounds, tones and music to enhance the mood of a scene. Do not think you need music through your entire production, use it only if it enhances the scene. Here is the point though of this post. Be carefully of copyright!

Do not be tempted to “lift a soundtrack” from other movies or “signature sounds”. For me, for projects I have done, I source music through sources such as www.beatsuite.com. There are many sites like this and they have very specific fees and usage limitations. Pay attention to the fine print!

Sound effects… Get creative! Many sound effects I have used came from using a length of chain and recording the sound created by dragging it over different surfaces like cement floors and sand paper! By mixing these sounds on my PC, using free sound editing software, Audacity – audacity.sourceforge.net/ , I have created some very interesting sounds, which when added to a scene, really helped to create the mood for the scene. This is a very feature rich suite and is free!

‘ till next time, no nightmares!