Mind Map

This is the mind map I began my research with. I looked at the basics that I need to know about the song before I could explore anything else. I started by writing down what I instantly thought of the song then with the instruments I can hear and the final 3 words that I have chosen.

The final 3 words I have chosen are:
Pulse 
Race 
Chase

Analysing the Sounds

• First sounds of the music as it starts is a beat that is consistent and sounds like a beep. Could represent a time bomb as it sounds like this, or a very fast heart beat.
• Drums come in- regular heart beat, heart beats with body movement. When drums repeat in fast rhythm could be heart stuttering.
• Another beat comes in and is a different less positive note. Could the two beats represent a male or a female? or good and evil.
• Playing at once.
• Drums beat together consistently, this could represent a argument or a fight. Maybe a re-direction.
• Long sound starts and changes its notes throughout over powering all other sounds.
• 1.19 sound starts to deepen- could represent 3 things happening in unison. Approaching a climax point.
• Drums beat fast again- this representing stuttering or fading away.
• 1.40- gets very aloud- all things happens at once.
• 1.47- Music calms down and gets very quiet, could represent heat rate settling down or becoming regular again. 
• 2.10- Another smoother sound comes in and is consistent.
• 2.21- All sounds come together again and gets very loud. Represents heart rate getting faster or something exciting happening. 
• 2.50- sounds stay very consistent.
• 3.15- All sounds come together again, very loud, could be a potential climax point for something memorable to happen in the animation. 
• Loud Drums.
• 3.27- All sounds stop and drums come in again with a regular beat. Represents the end of something and the start of something new. Something defeated?
• 3.28- Loud horn sound for short moment representing something else happening.
• 3.58- Horn sounds every few seconds, another character could interfere.
• 4.40- small part with drums.
• 5.08- Up down up down sound. Happy sound. Consistent until 5.49.
• 5.55- All sounds fizzle out to the end- the end of the narrative. Happy ending or character getting tired and dies? 

Structure of Track

• 1.30 realisation 
• 1.52 Calms
• 3.27 Calms after climax
• 4.00 Vocal
• 5.00 Siron sound starts
• 5.37 2nd climax point
• 5.49 Simmers out 

Sound Diagram

Here I have used different shapes and symbols to represent each sound that I hear when listening to The Pulse. This diagram also shows the order in which each sound comes into the song. I am now able to choose which part of the song is most suitable to my idea and edit it to my needs. I am able to choose a calm point and a climax point by looking at this diagram. 

Primary Research

After listening to the music I felt that it was a good idea to ask other people their opinions of the track to see what their first thoughts were. I asked the members of my family as they are all different ages, this would give me a wide coverage of opinions.

Mum: "It sounds like a fast heart beat at the beginning."

Dad:  " It's a very fast track with a lot of drums."

Brother: "It sounds like a track you would put to something like James Bond, someone that was on a mission."

All of these results are what I expected as they are what I thought about track when I first listened and they are obvious descriptions. I will now use this research and apply it to my animation findings.