Sound/Music Decision

This is our decision for choosing the music (this blog post was made by Bagas)

As for the music I chose, I based of mainly from youtube. However before I started finding the music I asked our teacher if I  am allowed to use copyrighted music or not. since most of youtube's music is copyrighted.

To start, I optimized youtube's search engine by typing "suspense music background". This was the link to the playlist I found. 

https://youtube.com/playlistlist=PLyiH5bnBV4URC5DpBmofjOfdGQ0Af_WL2&si=_u2tFxfDP4qoBtlo

Though the one I chose was :
https://youtu.be/NWaNW-aYhVY?si=Es38DtAhAHCDvn5q

The build up of suspense in the music I think was a perfect match for our plot. Since we started of with a not so suspenseful atmosphere we didn't want to hit the audience with an instant boom for music as it will become boring and too monotone. As the music crescendo's, the suspense increases. I think this slow build up makes the documentary have more energy to it, it builds anticipation and creates the ominous atmosphere. As the documentary opening reaches the end the plot becomes darker in a way it starts to become more serious,  synchronized with the music, I think will successfully build the suspense me and my group want to create. 

For the beginning, it doesn't need to be suspenseful because we wanted to create a memorical/dramatic moment as the interviewee describes their moments with Bagus. Therefore I asked my teammates their opinions towards multiple songs and we all agreed on this background music. The slow rhytm in the music allows the audience to breathe and connect to the interviewees. The music also uses instrumental music such as a piano that tends to evoke a sense of calmness.

Self Reflection:

This sound decision made the documentary sound more interesting and suits the crime genre. The difficulty for this was choosing the right suspenseful sound that match our video. One of the feedback that we got from our teacher was that the build up was too stretched out - making it not effective. So to change this, Bagas search for a suspenseful build up that takes less time to reach its climax so that the sound keeps the audience engaged. A way I contributed was to suggest which eerie audio match the video the best so Bagas could edit it into the documentary. Next time, I would ask my teacher on what he thinks about the sound choice and he could potentially give us better source of audio which would make the video more professional.