Cue the Ominous Music
Here’s something we probably already knew, but are still amazed at the discovery:
Put some ominous music under some images, and bingo! It changes the whole feel.
For example: When we first began working on the title menu for the DVD of our film Liars and Lunatics, we chose images of James and Paige having a picnic. These scenes are flashbacks that are usually accompanied by a wistful music box tune.
But for the title menu, we wanted to try something different.
We used a piece of music from the film that is very emotional and gets your heart rate up. Put it under the picnic scenes and those images (that are usually so nostalgic) now seem ominous… Like you know there’s something bad going to happen to these people, but they’re completely unaware of it.
That’d probably be categorized as dramatic irony, right?
In any case, it’s amazing what music can do…
{{ photo :: James and Paige having a picnic, completely unaware of the trying time ahead of them }}
