Planning: Sound track influences

Horror sound tracks have to be very clever manipulating the audience’s emotions and making them feel involved in the film. This forces the audience to become active enhancing their viewing experience.

These trailers show this:


The trailer has an eerie tone that builds up throughout the trailer to create a dramatic climax, making the audience more engaged so they are more likely to go and see the film when it comes out. This conforms to the conventions of the genre, satisfying the audiences needs. It is important for us to mirror this in our trailer.

 



The diegetic sound effect of a ticking clock opens the trailer making the audience feel wary, as if time is counting down for something horrible to happen. During the trailer non-diegetic sounds increase the pace of the film building suspense. In our trailer we want to use diegetic and non-diegetic sounds to similar effect.

The sound of the man’s laboured breathing connotes weakness and fear as her runs away from those perusing him. Often in horror trailers sound effects such as laboured breathing are put in place to make characters look more vulnerable, creating more of an effect on the audience when bad things happen to these characters. The strong beat in the background puts the audience on edge and brings up their heart rate, leading to a climax. Drawing the audience and subsequently increasing the films chances of being a success.