McKee and Stedman

 Creating meaning through sound is a hurdle that I may have trouble with in the project.  The McKee and Stedman pieces pose some questions that I will take into account during the creation of my sound project.  McKee brings up several points that one should keep in mind when creating a project that relies on sound.  1) Vocal Delivery, 2) Music, 3)Sound Effects, and 4) Silence.  Together, these elements can combine to form a sound project that is truly well made.  Stedman's ideas on the impact of music to our environment is well made.  I can't recall the amount of times I've wondered into a store just because of the music that was playing in there.  I can think of a time I stepped into Forever 21 just because a Passion Pit song was playing.  Music is able to quickly bring out a feeling of nostalgia in people, and that is why it is such a potent way to get the attention of people.  McKee discusses the use of music in film, but I think that music provides the most impact in the shortest amount of time when it is presented to us in a film trailer.  These trailers are designed to give the audience the desire to see the film.  By inserting some exciting music, you get the audience to get the sense of the film you are making.  If you use scary piano music, it is a horror movie.  Epic operatic music is usually the sign of an epic action adventure film.  If you use music from the the era of the film, it serves a double purpose in creating nostalgia for the audience members that are old enough to have lived in the time period and to help set the authenticity of the film.  A perfect example of this is the trailer for the upcoming film Inherent Vice.  It does an amazing job in using the music in the trailer to complement the scenes and voices that were chosen in the trailer.