Tuesday, 3 January 2017

Supernatural Horror Film - Music/Sounds (INDIVIDUAL)

Music and audio in horror is a very important feature to the film which needs to be cleverly chosen to set the scene and meet the targets of the film; to scare the audience.
Film-makers rely on disturbing soundtracks to heighten suspense and terror in a supernatural horror. Supernatural film are now using infrasound to induce fear in audiences. These extreme bass waves or vibrations have a frequency below the range of the human ear.

Paranormal Activity Low frequency sounds are thought to have created fear in 'Paranormal Activity'.

While we may not be able to hear infrasound, it has been demonstrated to anxiety, heart palpitations and shivering.

Naturally-occurring infrasound has been associated with areas of 'supernatural activity', as well as being produced prior to natural disasters such as storms and earthquakes.


Noises of panic are the simplest examples of music found in horror films though because they employ dissonant, screeching sounds we , without knowing, associate with animals in distress.

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