The soundtrack we have decided to use in our film is Boyce Avenue's cover of Photograph. We have chosen to use this song as we think it was the right pace for the film and the lyrics reflect really well on the feelings of the characters. We also found that we could edit the film so that when the song was on about hardship the film showed this.
Sound
Sound is used in films in order for a sense of verisimilitude to be created, so the audience believe in the diegesis. Sound is key in our short film because it is a key way the audience can differentiate between the present reality and Carl’s dreams of the past. The majority of the films that I looked at when researching lacked dialogue and to an extent the ambient sounds, and focused more on the diegetic soundtrack.
Click to listen to our chosen soundtrack.