Sound

We seem to be gravitating towards the 1830s for the time period of our animated short. This gives us about 20 years before alarm clocks were even invented and around 100 years before the job of the knocker upper died out (The History of the Knocker Upper and Story Development).

During this time period, classical music began to be recognised as an important element of British culture. Irish composer John Field (1782-1837) was highly influential as was the German Felix Mendelssohn who visited Britain from 1829. British singers Michael Kelly, Nancy Storace and John Braham following on from Mozart (1756-1791). Source

With the industrial revolution, the music of the labouring classes included industrial work songs, but it is difficult to find any online of what these may be.

A more upbeat classical piece of music would be suitable for our short film to emphasize the competition.

• Gioachino Rossini- William Tell Overture (1829)
• Clara Schumann- Piano Concerto, op. 7 (1833)
• Mozart- Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525: I. Allegro

We want to incorporate the sound as a narrative device as we will have no dialogue, just sounds of things breaking and perhaps the tapping noises on the windows along with the music. However, if we could manage it we did discuss the tapping of windows and other sounds turning into a tune that speeds up as the competition picks up. Something similar to ‘Trashin’ the camp’ in Tarzan (1999), but with a classical twist.