In the first trailer, we heard several different type of music as the keynote sound: upbeat, happy instrumental music, slow and mellow instrumental music, then upbeat, happy guitar and instrumental music. It led you on an emotional roller coaster, from happy to mellow to happy again. The signal sound was the voices of the narrator and characters and first and later of the singers (with the keynote sound being the instruments in the background). The guitar may have been a signal sound because when I (Krysta) associate guitars with a relaxed, laid-back feeling that the creators may have been trying to evoke. The narrator had an upbeat, almost teasing voice, which gave it a positive tone that contributed to the upbeat feeling of the trailer. We think this is a drama/comedy.

The keynote sound was the buzzing (bugs?). The other sounds over the buzzing (beating of drums, maybe, for instance) may have been the signal sound since there was no voice, but would have been a keynote sound had someone spoke. These sounds were a soundmark because the beat seemed to be coming from some sort of drum or other simple, tribal instrument. They evoked a feeling that the scene was somewhere in the woods, probably among a tribe or something – not in the middle of a big city. It drew you in at first because it started simple and grew more complex, but by the end it was so complex that you just wanted it to stop. The emotional qualities are that it made you uncomfortable, edgy, and basically just “freaked out.” The notes that the buzzing was in contributed to this – the buzzing seemed to take place in a minor key. This definitely seemed like a horror movie.