Sound/Music in Editing
Hello blog it has been a while. I have been in NYC for the past few days and it has been so fun walking around this glamorized but monumental city!
I came for vacation but I have also been filming extensively because this is the home (setting) of my film opening!
I have already filmed all my shots and I have now begun the editing process! I have started to edit sequentially now that I have the Manhattan clips for my "establishing setting/tone montage". But, what I had to get first was the royalty-free music I would use for my montage. So, I went online and looked at various royalty-free music websites:
Two of these sources (Ben Sound and Purple Planet) I got from my notes of when my teacher had recommended some royalty-free music resources. But the other one (fesliyanstudios) I got from my friend Male. Male came over to my house the day before I left to NYC to explain some questions I had regarding Adobe and color grading, which I will write about in my upcoming blogs. But, I looked around on all these sites, especially in the "dark/detective/suspenseful" columns of music, and I found a particular new genre or column of music that I hadn't been aware of, film noir jazz or film noir music.
I had heard of this genre of movies before, only having a narrow overview of the genre conventions, so I decided to do a little more research on this genre:
Film Noir:
"Film noir, style of filmmaking characterized by such elements as cynical heroes, stark lighting effects, frequent use of flashbacks, intricate plots, and an underlying existentialist philosophy. The genre was prevalent mostly in American crime dramas of the post-World War II era."
This quote from Britannica was one that was used to describe this genre. After reading the whole article of information (article link attached), I learned that there is still a "film noir controversy" regarding the exact title of the category. People don't know whether to label it as a genre or subgenre, or whether the name is just to associate a film with specific stylistic elements. But, this "genre" is most associated with crime dramas, and some western and comedies. Some of its genre conventions include pessimism, black and white, and a hero vs. villain theme.
Some of the music in these films is a "film noir jazz", or at least this genre of music is present. On the website my friend recommended me, I found a song that would help establish my eerie and suspenseful mood in this genre called "Alley Thoughts."
This song is suitable for the NYC montage because I correlate jazz to NYC and also it has elements of suspense and mystery because it goes with the film noir genre.
Moving forward, I am going to continue editing and start compilating my sequences together!
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