Soundtrack

For our film we wanted to get the best soundtrack that would fit perfectly with both the title and genre of our film, with the title being 'Jack in the Box' and having a thriller genre.  To do this we want to used a sound which captured several elements; weirdness, childlike feeling along with sense of mystery. To fit the sound with the genre we wanted to obtain a more sinister and tension absorbing sound which would create the audience to not only know and understand the thriller genre but also to a certain extent feel it.


To find the music we used a website called Incompetech, there we were able to find two tracks which as a group we felt would fit our film perfectly and enhance the thriller genre to a greater extent.

·        For the thrilling sound we wanted to capture we chose a sound called ‘The House Of Leaves’ which is outlined on the website as ‘A simple harp refrain plays a child’s melody, but is torn apart by discordant screeching noises, thumps, growls, and mechanical noises.’

·        For the mysterious childlike feeling we wanted to capture during the flashback, we choose a sound called ‘Pop Goes The Weasel’ which is described on the website as ‘Heavy bass drums and an string bass set the tone for this dark and menacing tone. The familiar refrain then plays, but is made expressive and almost violent as it is played on several string basses and cellos. The pace is rather quick and forceful, and after the quick ending, a jack-in-the-box plays, normally child-like, but made creepy because of the sinister music that came before.’