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Sound in Horror: Movies and Games

Miguel Girão

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April.2023

The Importance of sound in horror movies and games

by Miguel Girão and Inês Cotrim

index

Older vs Newer horror

History of horror

Importance of sound in horror

conclusion

History of horror

In the cinema and games

History of horror

in the cinema (part 1)

The House of the Devil (1896) was directed by Georges Méliès

Cat People (1942) was directed by Jacques Tourneur

Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) was directed by Jack Arnold

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) was directed by Robert Wiene

Dracula (1931) was directed by Tod Browning

Psycho (1960) was directed by Alfred Hitchcock

History of horror

in the cinema (part 2)

The Exorcist (1973) was directed by William Friedkin

Rec (2007) was directed by Julio Fernández

Get Out (2017) directed by Jordan Peele

TShining (1980) was directed by Stanley Kubrick

The Silence of the Lambs (1991) was directed by Jonathan Demme

History of horror

in Games (classics)

Silent Hill (1999)

Resident Evil (1996)

System Shock (1994)

Saw (2009)

History of horror

in Games (Famous games)

Daganrompa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls (2014)

Five Nights at Freddy's (2014)

Doki Doki Literature Club (2017)

The Last of Us (2013)

Importance of Sound in Horror

Analysing the role of language, Music, SOund Effects and infrasounds in horror

Language

And its role IN horror

  • Body Language
  • Express feelings
  • Emotional changes
  • Helps set the ambience

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Music

And its role IN horror

What do you feel when you hear this music?

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Sound Effects

And its role IN horror

  • Helps set the horror atmosphere
  • Sound mixing
  • Creating scary sounds for fictitious characters/objects
  • Unexpected sound association

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Infrasounds

And its role In horror

  • Increases anxiety
  • "Shivers down the spine"
  • Sounds outside of our hearing range

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Older vs newer Techniques

In movies and games

Older Technniques

In Movies

  • Make-up
  • Realistic masks
  • Sound play
  • Shadow play

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newer Techniques

In horror Movies

  • Special Effects
  • Green screen
  • Predictability
  • Sound Effects

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Older Techniques

In Horror Games

  • Mainly on haunted houses
  • Mainly on the supernatural

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newer Techniques

In Horror Games

  • Its foundation has not changed
  • New topics
  • Breaking the fourth wall

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THANK YOU!