Background music

To create a more tangible atmosphere in Cumha, we did a bit of research into some royalty free music we could possibly apply to the background of Scene 1.

We looked at "Everest" by DeKibo, but the guitar sound was too prominent, and it sounded like an indie song. We had the same issue with "As Time Stands Still" by Big Score Audio, and while we thought we might like "Cave Crystals" by Sirius Music, it went the opposite way, and was too abstract to apply to Cumha.
We eventually decided on "Past has not passed" by James Blackshaw, and when we applied it to certain parts of Cumha (and then cut is abruptly off) it was very effective in creating that tone of unease we're going for.

We also added a heartbeat sound into the credit sequence, similar to the ticking noise, but more personal.

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Update on filming 3

Our main actor Calum has dropped out completely. We found a new actor very last minute, Michael Kelly , whose willing to jump in and fill his role. Michael Kelly Role: The Boy Height: 6' Build: Lanky Appearance: Pale complexion, medium length brown hair, pale eyes Experience: None This leaves the shots we took earlier and edited pretty much useless, which is not ideal but there's no time to reshoot them and get the photos printed for this Sunday. We can use one dream sequence shot of Ríbh on her own which is still useable, so that's what we'll have to work with. This could work as it implies that The Boy and The Girl don't have any relationship at all and makes the twist ending a scarier reveal. It wasn't what we planned, but we can work with it.

Poster progress

We initially had three ideas for our poster: a smashed clock, that is seen in the opening shot of Cumha , a screenshot from the movie of the girl's face smiling over the flowers, and a picture of The Girl with a dart through it, all of which are pictured below. We first ruled out using a screenshot from the movie, as this isn't a very professional approach, and then decided not to go along the lines of using the dart as a) the dart board never appears in movie and b) it implies that the movie would be a slasher or horror, which it is not. Here are the photos we took after we smashed the clock, a symbol of The Boy's hopes and fantasies, as a hint to people looking at the poster of what is to happen. At first, we couldn't decide between the third or fourth photo, so I decided to do some trials with the third photo, as it's my favourite photo, but it wasn't portrait, as most posters ar...

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