The Making of a Drama Film Opening: Soundtrack for Film Opening

The core of our film is music. My partner and I have brainstormed ways to incorporate office, kitchen, and house objects to create the soundtrack. Since I already produce music for a living, I thought this job would be a piece of cake. Granted, working on the song's production was not very difficult, but actually recording the objects (like the pen, salt shaker, vitamin bottle, chair, etc) was what I struggled with. 

I recorded each sound on an Audio-Technica Microphone (AT2020), which went through to a Focusrite audio interface that was directly connected to my computer. My room isn't soundproof, unfortunately, so there were a lot of post-recording effects that I needed to use in order for the sounds to sound crisp and clean. I included a delay effect for the first clap (A pen), an equalizer for the Kick (I increased the low ends/120-130 Hz), a reverb effect to add depth to the snares, and an automated stereo in the shaker (iron bottle) which would make the sound shift from left to right.

some of the FL Studio Plugins I used for drums

For the Melody, I recorded an acoustic guitar (layer 1 - Rythmn) and an electric guitar (layer 2 - Lead). I thought about 90s hip hop songs and was inspired by Ice Cube's "It was a good day" 's guitar track, (which was sampled from the Isley Brother's "Footsteps in the dark")

The drum track was meant to sound a little more modern and was inspired by Plantrae's "Flood/Thrive", which is a mix between modern alt-hip hop and electronic music. TO CLARIFY: The drum's kick is the recording of my studio's chair legs being slammed on the floor. The snare is a Salt Shaker. The clap is a pen. The actual top/shaker is a vitamin/iron bottle. I kept in mind the objects our Main Character (Dave Walker) would use to create the song and mirrored it in the soundtrack.