Alphabet

The Alphabet by David Lynch

As I couldn't get Eraserhead out of the library in time to watch it before I'd need to do the bulk of the sound design, I began to research David Lynch's other work to see if there were any other works that might have the sound design Esther was talking about.

I found The Alphabet and was intrigued to find some stop motion with colour and a predominantly black and white live action sequence together. The sound is interesting as it is the sound of the alphabet being recited by first some children and secondly a man singing but the underlying atmosphere is an air vent kind of sound with some sucking and blowing of air. Then some pitch changed sounds with grotesque imagery of blood and finally the girl singing the alphabet accompanied by images of a woman's horrified face and her twisted poses with letters of the alphabet as they're sung.

I think I can understand what Esther was saying about getting an atmos track that was something mundane turned into something more sinister or eerie when combined with the images on screen.

I'm going to stick with my idea of wind chimes, however I will be editing them so that they are less recognisable as wind chimes.