Audience Research Into Music

Audience Research Into Music

We asked two members of the public what type of music they would expect to see in a thriller film. As you can see in the video, they're very intrigued by the cause of tension and mystery as the music gradually builds up. One way in which the music producer rewards the audience with tension, is to gradually increase the volume and have a faster beat. This puts the audience on edge and captures them into the film. Often music producers, have an anticlimactic ending in the trailer or in the opening two minutes of a film, in order to do this music producers either suddenly stop the music, or suddenly have a change in music, this also puts the audience on edge as they will not know what is about to happen.

The two people we asked also mention the ways in which the editor puts a drone noise in the background of the music. This will also create tension for the audience and again, put them on edge. By putting an audience on edge either at the start of the film, or in the trailer it intrigues the audience to want to watch more of the film as they want to discover the mystery that will later be unfolded.

What we can gather from this information is the audience wants to always feel part of the film, and want to know more about the film. This can be done by using music that gradually builds up and/or having a drone noise in the background of the dialogue or the music, to aid the increase if tension.