Rehearsing & Beginning the Music Selection Process for our Final Task

    When we first decided what we were going to film for our final task and began planning out the process,  I already had a good idea of what one of the pieces, the sting, would sound like. I recalled the horror genre PowerPoint we made and thought of the clip of the movie Anabelle, that had a nice sting accompanying the zoom of the doll's face. I thought that a similar song would go well in the last scene, where the girl finds the note her mother hid. So, I kept this in mind while searching for songs to include in the final task. I began by going on YouTube and searching for no copyright and royalty free horror songs. Many songs that were found were a bit too intense or sounded as if they were from a sci-fi film, which is not what we were going for in our film. After a bit of searching, however, I found some songs that I thought were suitable. One was similar to the clip from the movie Annabelle and the other was different, with voices that sounded as if they were from a choir. These two songs are both about two minutes or longer in length so we will end up cutting much of the song out to create a sting. This way, the song will fit with the last part of scene 9. We also looked for songs that would go within the first few scenes, where the mother is running away from someone. We found a few songs that sounded nice but are not sure if we will use them, so we are keeping them as options for now. Later, when we have filmed the scenes where the mother is running away, we will solidify the song that will be used.

    We also decided to meet in person in order to prepare for the scene where the neighbor and the girl talk to each other. Although this could have been done online, we thought that we might be more prepared when meeting in person, since it would be as if we were actually filming. In addition, in person rehearsing allows us to get a better idea of how the other actor will react, so we thought that we also might perform better when rehearsing in person. We began by looking at our scripts and using them to talk to each other. We both tried different accents and ways of speaking in order to find which voice would suit our characters best. I decided to use my normal voice, since I thought that it would be the most natural. The other voices I tried also sounded a bit odd, so I just decided to use my normal voice. Throughout this process of practicing I also found that I had memorized my lines, even though I only had two. After we had practiced our lines together, we practiced the seventh scene, where I would be walking towards the house. This allowed us to get a feel for how the scene will go. Overall, this planning session was very helpful and, I think, will allow us to perform better when we actually film the seventh scene.