This blog post is a deconstruction of sound used in horror films. I carried out some research using you tube to find out any similar features used in sound tracks for a particular horror film. The film I chose to base this research around was 'The Conjuring'.
This is the first clip I found from my research. This is the main track that they use in the film. This sound clip starts of very quiet and gradually builds up and gets louder. I found that as the clip went on, different types of new sounds were added, which contributed to the tension. The type of effect this music had was very eerie, and almost uncomfortable, which I think is very effective as it almost makes the viewer expect the worst is about to happen.
This is another sound track clip that I found which is again from the film, 'The Conjuring'. Although this clip has a similar type of sound to the previous one, it has been played in a different way and has more of a tense feel to it. This time, the track starts off quite loud and fast, and gradually gets quieter. Then in the middle of the clip there is a silence, which I thought was quite effective as it is unexpected to the viewer, but again it is almost uncomfortable as we think that there could be another sound to make us as an audience jump but we don't know when to expect it. When the music does start up again, it begins very abruptly and loudly. It almost sounds like a cross between a scream and a scratching noise because of the type of instruments used and towards the end of the clip it fades out very quickly.
From both of the clips I have picked out I have noticed that the common use of instruments used is strings, and also other sound effects have been used to make screeching/scratching types of noise to make it more uncomfortable to the audience and to make it as eerie as possible. When it comes to adding music into our film opening we will make sure that, it builds tension and that it is eerie and thrilling.
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