The first piece of music which we decided on was Santa Claus is Coming to Town. We chose this song so it relates to our Christmas theme as well as our psychological thriller theme. The only way we could edit this song to make it sound more sinful and less cheerful was to reduce the tempo of the track whilst maintaining the pitch. To section up the trailer and to help blend the audio tracks together well we chose particular parts of the song, such as the ending when everything goes silent, the music then returns and plays "Santa Claus is coming to town" to then remind them of the subject matter.
We thought that by just having the Christmas music over the top of the trailer was too plain and we needed some suspenseful music over the top of the unpleasant moments. For example when one of the guests hands fall, it seemed quid morbid to have Christmas music playing still, therefore we added this track instead to emphasize how dramatic the moment is.
After using suspenseful music we felt that the music made the trailer seem slower an it needed more fast pace music over the top. But most of the music we found online didn't blend well with the Christmas music, as it gave a sudden change in the atmosphere. Therefore we chose this track of creepy doll music because it has a similar tempo and melody to traditional Christmas music.
During some moments in our thriller trailer the suspense was increasingly high, for example when the guest wake up, and when Alice's guests takes a sharp breath at the end. To emphasize these parts of the trailer we used dramatic sound effects of deep bass sounds, which really hits you when you watch it. this causes the audience to sympathize with the guest from that bad feeling.
Finally to add to the realism of the trailer to try to make it as real as possible for the audience causing them to actually fear Scarlett Rosewood we added the sound effect of a door knocker. which also creates enigma codes for 'who's at the door?'
