Non-Diegetic Sounds for the Church Scene

Pip spent a long time the other day successfully experimenting with royalty and copyright free sounds from freesound.org to create a soundtrack for the church scene.  She played around with sounds of church bells, birds tweeting, talking, laughter, champagne classes clinking, creaking floorboards and screaming with the aim to create a mock-up of the non-diegetic sounds we would add to the scene in post-production.  However, we all agreed that the soundtrack she created was so successful that we shall use it for the church scene, with the exception of the scream as we felt it wasn’t very realistic.  We also need to add in more sounds of guests talking and background noises as the bride walks up the stairs as it feels quite bare at the moment.

The sequence begins with wedding church bells, with sounds of birds tweeting in the background order to give a realistic feeling of the outside.  Next are sounds of the guests cheering to co-inside with the bride and groom walking out of the church; as well as an ongoing track of people talking to create the ambience of guests surrounding the newlyweds.  Afterwards, Pip added in the sound of glasses clinking together to match the visual of the champagne glasses.   The wedding bells are then faded out using the transition of someone making a toast with their glass. This is when the one-bell chime is introduced, with an aim to build up the tension leading up to the murder.  

The sound of footsteps going up wooden stairs has then been overlaid, which the purpose again to build up suspense and apprehension. 

Next, there is a sound of floorboards creaking, suggesting the bride is now at the top of the stairs before then the sound of a woman screaming interrupts as she sees her husband holding a blood-covered knife.  The loud sound of the bell chime brings in the title screen.