Music Research; Audience Suggestions

After conducting our audience research survey and receiving the responses we now have an idea that our chosen music is expected to be of the Grime or Indie genre. However as part of our research we have looked into songs which our respondents suggested who selected the "other" option to the question "In a social realism film based on homelessness, which genre of music do you associate with this". Here are our findings;

Said the People by Dinosaur Jr

The main part of this piece of music which stands out to me are the lyrics used. The constant repetition of the phrase "save me" greatly compliments the feeling our protagonist feels throughout the trailer. Also other lyrics such as "I've been staring into space" could be be placed parallel to the shots in the teaser trailer of the protagonist doing this action. The slow but heavy drum beat gives the song a melancholy and sluggish feel which could be used to represent how our protagonist is feeling when living on the streets. I also enjoy the gradual build of the guitar riff as it becomes louder and more powerful which could give impact to the trailer as pans out. The only downfall to this piece of music is that it does not sound very modern or from the Grime or Indie genre as it seems more Alternative Rock. However we could still try and overlay the vocal track from this song over a more modern sounding piece through the use of GarageBand to still incorporate the impact of the lyrics.

Street Spirit - Radiohead

The guitar riff played through this song mixed with the slight drone to the vocals gives the song a somber feel. This ties in well with the overall impression we want our trailer to give the audience about the terrible effects of being homeless. However this song may not create such an impact as we wish as the song remains the same tempo and volume throughout whereas we plan to have the pace of our trailer speed up as in progresses.

Tightrope - Janelle Monae

Although an excellent song, we feel this particular structure of track would not work well in our teaser trailer. This is because the song is an upbeat catchy song which would put the audience in a happy, celebratory mood. As our trailer is about negative impact of homelessness, the music would be in great contrast of what is being portrayed on screen. However one aspect of the song which we are considering incorporating in our own non diegetic music track is the quick drum beat as it makes the song fast paced and inevitably quite modern.

By looking at the songs which our audience has suggested, we have taken great inspiration for our own piece of music for our coursework. However we also need to take into consideration that we are not allowed to use copyrighted music and therefore if we were to take any vocals from the songs above then we would have to greatly edit them or create our own cover.