After studying the film “Persona”, I chose a section from the intro that I thought would best suit the feel I wanted to convey – beginning at SMPTE 01:01:57:16.06 (just before the shot of the hand) and lasting for about 30 seconds.

To get started, I first scored the film by hand – I am essentially classically trained and find it much easier to work in 4-part harmony initially, following on to expanding out the parts to an orchestral level, and only then putting this into Logic and starting to edit it.

Within the piece I have used no sound effects, just classical instruments, using changes in timbre to build up tension throughout the excerpt.

Although this is only a first attempt, I feel that I have made a good start on this task.