The aim of this artefact is to gain an understanding of the use of audio in film in order to impose suspense upon the audience. I used Foley as a starting point, simply because when looking at creating suspense, less is usually more.
Using a clip from Assault On Precinct 13 (Jean-François Richet, 2005) I created several layers of audio including the sound of a heart beat and footsteps in the snow, then clipped and joined the video so that it flowed.
I recorded the audio using a dynamic microphone, the heart beat was my own, the mike pressed to my chest after doing some exercise. I also added some shuffling sounds using clothes on paper. The sound of the steps in the snow was created by pressing my hand into the icy build-up on the inside of a freezer.
The experiment was designed to find out how people reacted to the sounds in a physiological sense when coupled with video. I filmed three people as they watched and listened, and gave questionnaires to more people (which I will keep doing throughout the second term). This will enable me to get data regarding the initial reaction to stimulus, and also the afterthought of the participant.
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