Research:The importance of sound.

The non-diagtic feature of music can be seen as a vital part to a horror film. It can build or destroy the movie for its audience in seconds. This is why it must be done correctly to ensure the films success. Music can help create the mood of the scene. For example in a horror movie a sharp high pitch sound can be played when the victim is about to be attacked. This can help build tention as it sets the atmoshpere for the audience. For a horror scene there are two things related to sound that a vital when scaring your audience. The music before the scare and during the scare. Before the scare will have a much softer  ambient sound that will build the tension ready for the scare. The music for the scare itself will be a lot more Loud and sudden. This will make the audience jump when added onto of a scary scene making the purpose of  horror film complete.

Some horror movies gradually increase the sound of the music as it comes closer to the jump scare. The music can resemble the tension building up as the character nears the villain. Although recently some movies build the music up to become loud in the event leading up to a jump scare only to then drop the sound completely leaving it dead silent. This can have a greater effect on the audiences as they will believe that it is over but and will be court of guard.

The type of instrument that is used also has a massive effect on its audience. For example a high pitch violin could be use its harp sound  resemble the sharpness of a knife. When this is edited in with a knife scene it can combine with the images of the knife to create a scary horror scene.  The high pitch sound of the violin can also be mistaken for screams which can lead the audience to think of pain as you would scream when you are hurt. This can be seen in the famous horror movie Psycho :

 

Another example could be a piano. Although the piano is a basic instrument it can have some of the biggest effects on its audience. A piano can create a simple melody which can then be repeated over and over again. This can be seen in another famous horror movie the excorsit:

 

 

 

 The non diegetic Sound effects are also massively used cross all films especially horror films. Sound effects can be used to enhance the sound of diegetic movement. For example an old creaky door cold open but would not be that noticeable for the audience. With the use of sound effects they can edit a louder more noticeable sounded in to create the feeling of old house. Sound effects can also be used for un-human sounds. Like aliens, we don’t know what they sound like but thanks to sound software we can now create and edit in  un-human like sound for the audience.