Sources of Inspiration (Sound)

SOUND: Sources of Inspiration 

 - Narrative overlay, protagonist commentary of events as a monologue whilst scene continues and dialogue is still continuous give the audience insight into the plot.

(This could be used in horror as news report or eye witness account to describe death or supernatural event.)

- Non diegetic eerie high frequency crescendo sound is used to create suspense as the scene builds up, allows audience knowledge of the impending danger the victims onscreen are not fully aware of. Therefore giving the audience advantage over victims.

(Could be beneficial within a supernatural horror to inform the audience that everything is not as ordinary as it may seem to be.)

- Voices edited to echo make the dialogue sound inhuman and emphasise the unnatural essence of the speech. Allows the audience to differentiate between those who are evil and those who are victims.

(Useful if both evil and innocent are children, could be used in a supernatural horror to show whether a child is speaking or the demon possessing it etc.) 

- Only quiet, diegetic sounds leading up to climax of scene create an eerie isolation of the victim and act as a relation to reality, causing the audience to have no advantage over victim, being equally as unaware.

(This could be useful within a scene that is intended to resemble ordinary reality, using a contrasting loud/high frequency sequence of sound to follow could be beneficial in creating more fear within the audience if set in a natural, modern location.) 

 - Overlay of multiple whispering voices at once, only protagonist/victim(s) onscreen can hear.

(Could be adapted to a horror film, victim could hear voices from inside their head or from the source of evil, creates confusion within the victim and fear as the audience also becomes disoriented and views the scene exactly from their view.)