Looking into a typical Horror Soundtrack...

The soundtrack used in this clip from "The Shining" focuses on portraying a typical horror theme, due to its suspenseful music. The music played consists of string instruments and woodwinds. The use of strings portray a screeching and eerie atmosphere which helps build up the suspense and terror. Cymbals are used when Andy turns the corner to a shock of two twins standing there, despite the hotel being empty. This builds up the tension rapidly. It begins with strings to let the audience know that this scene isn't a mellow calm scene, but one that shows the true horror of the movie. The brass and woodwinds are used when the flashes of the twins appear, this is because it helps develop a tense atmosphere, and utter shock due to their appearance. The instruments mimic Andy's breathing and restlessness. this is an additional portrayal of his emotions and thoughts.

Several horror soundtracks consist of these type of instruments, classical strings really help induce the portrayal of suspense and a build up of tension.

Foley

What is it?

We don't always notice Foley being used in the Media industry, however, in the horror genre, we do. It's the one thing that stands out to us and the one thing that helps emphasise the effect of what is going on in the scene.

How to use Foley:

Most sound effects are made in the most simple ways such as breaking bones which is normally done by using celery. But with blood, you can create this effect in many ways such as praying a water hose in your mouth or spraying water OUT of your mouth. Depending on the scene and genre, you can also adjust the pace of it to make it either seem like blood or a tap.

Font Practice Titles

   inhabitant

ɪnˈhabɪt(ə)nt/

noun

noun: inhabitant; plural noun: inhabitants

1. a person or animal that lives in or occupies a place.

   synonyms:

   resident, occupant, occupier, dweller, settler; More

   • US

     a person who fulfils the residential or legal requirements for being a member of a state or parish.

These are the film titles we intend our film to have "Inhabitant" this word suggests something or some one who lives in a place. This links in with the story plot of our film as there is supernatural being living with in the same household as the couple in this film.This title is effective in making our target audience curious as to who or what is living and where. The font of it will be bold in either black or white so that it catches the readers eye and as these two colors have very different connotations.  This is a practice of different fonts which connote the genre of horror .

Script for "Inhabitant"

Setting: Inside House where the story takes place.
(A young couple are unpacking boxes as they settle into their new house)
scene begins with hand shot footage suggesting it is a home movie as the shot has random movement.  .
Ellie (while moving the camera around) "Wait...how does this work again how do you focus on this camera...oh wait I got it"
cuts to a medium shot of Lisa (Ellie's partner) in a room kneeling in front of boxes.
Ellie"There she is! (laughs) say hi to the camera"
Lisa:(while laughing) "what are you doing with that?"
Ellie"Aww look at you unpacking you look beautiful "(laughs)
Lisa: (while holding up her index finger to the camera) "Day one moving into our new house!"
Ellie " we are moving in finally and just look at her shes so happy !"
Lisa "You know you should really be helping me unpack" (glares at Ellie disapprovingly)
Ellie "yeah yeah" "I'l help later"
Ellie "first lest admire this beauty" Says jokingly (Laughs)while coming closer to Lisa with the camera
Lisa:(picks up Green box by her side and stands up with it while looking directly at the camera smirking) "Babe this box goes up in the attic can you put it up there?" (extends green box towards the camera)
Ellie:"yeah sure.. let me just zoom into your pretty face"(laughs)
Lisa (while laughing pushes hand into camera lenses "Oh Stooooop"
Black out to show home video footage ending and pass of time.
camera cuts to a medium shot done by camera on a tripod to keep the camera steady, medium shot from behind Ellie standing looking up at the latch door of the Attic above her. Ellie picks up a long stick beside her with a hook at the end of it and extends it to the latch door of the attic above her.
Camera cuts to low angled shot from the side of Ellie as she opens the latch door and it swings down.
Ellie extends Stick to the attic and pulls down the metal stairs. (Sound of the layers of the metal stairs scrapping past each other is heard)
camera cuts back to a medium shot from behind Ellie as she grabs the camera beside her and puts the strap of it around her neck indicating that she is going to film the attic. Ellie cautiously climbs up the ladder. Camera shot switches to a hand filmed footage as the shot is quite shaky depending on the movements of the person filming , this suggest to the audience that Ellie is filming the attic by hand with her camera.  Cuts to a panning shot as the camera pans from left to right analyzing the dim lit attic, revealing boxes and blankets and cluttered objects.
Ellie:"so this is our new Attic then ?"
a light switch sound is heard as if some one had just switched the lights off and the light is turned off so that the camera sees pitch black darkness.
Ellie:"woah what? Hey! Lisa?.. what happened?"
Ellie:"SHIT!"
Camera is shaking about as if the character is moving their hands, camera then stills and focuses on a close up shot of Ellie's hand holding her Mobile phone in front of the camera, we see her turn on the torch setting on her mobile indicating to the audience that she is going to use the torch on her Mobile phone as a source of light so that she can see. This small source of light creates tension for the audience as you can only so much with a torch you are only revealed what ever direction you shine the torch to but not all of your surroundings is shown.
Camera then pans up along with the torch that Ellie holds up,
(Non diegetic incidental background music starts to play, the music is accelerating and eerie this creates tension in the scene and adds to the acceleration  indicating to the audience that the music is leading up to a climax making us feel scared for the character as something might happen to her)
Camera slowly pans to the right according to Ellie's movement of the torch.
Ellie:"What the hell?" shinning torch to the wall in the attic where a metal chain is hanging
(Volume of the background music increases and quickens to accelerate the scene)
Camera slowly pans to right where the torch shines on a Strange looking figure dressed in white in the corner of the shot. Shot lasts 1 second in total
Ellie(gasps) (while dropping camera to the floor)
Sound: rapid panting is heard from Ellie as well as tapping sounds on the floor of the attic suggesting that Ellie is feeling the floor for the camera and her torch.
Music accelerates and volume increases suggesting it is leading up to the climax quickly causing tension and suspense.
Ellie:"shit, shit!!"
Camera is picked up and quickly pans up along with the torch in a low angled shot of The strange figure suddenly pouncing at the camera lens. to create the "pop up" effect.
Sound:background music reaches the peek of its climax as the figure pops up in the shot to cause a greater impact.
Ellie:screams
Black out
Text along side the screen reads "Inhabitant" in BOLD font.

Institution Research

Institution in Film are companies that make or are associated with a production.

Parmount Pictures:

Paramount was founded in 1912. From then on, they proceeded to operate a film studio in Hollywood; "From the advent of motion pictures, to the emergence of television and onward through the digital revolution". Paramount stands as the longest running film studio, over a century old.

Paramount pictures have worked along with some of the biggest selling movies and televised programmes, along with several well known popular titles...

Film 4:

Film 4 is channel 4's television feature film division. They develop and co-finance channel 4 productions in film. They are a British company, who have been associated with some of the countries highest grossing films, such as 12 years a Slave, Suffragette, and Carol.  

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