Sound Research*

When I researched the sound for my documentary I figured that the best way to find out what sort of audio I need was to watch the successful football documentaries I have been studying and work out how they used audio in the best way possible.I came to these conclusions within my research.


Class Of 92:

The Class of 92 has various ways of using sound. It features a lot of commentary from the archived matches that are shown throughout this documentary. This helps to create tension and build the excitement on the footage you are watching just from average commentary and dialogue. As well as this they also use a lot of music from Mancunian bands to create the atmosphere as well as making you instantly aware that this documentary is solely on Manchester United. Bands such as The Stone Roses and The Charlatans are very much Manchester based bands who have a reputation from growing up around Manchester so essentially they are ambassadors for the city. By playing music that represents both the area and the time period, you are adding small perks that instantly make a average documentary turn into an outstanding one.

The Crazy Gang:

Similarly to The Class Of 92, The Crazy Gang mainly contains audio from popular music from that time period.As this documentary is based on the later 1970's and 1980's then it is mainly filled with ska music from bands such as Madness and Dexys Midnight Runners. This is particularly similar as Madness are very much a London band which considering the documentary is about a London side then regional identity is again used for tensional purposes.More generic sound effects