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As well as lighting, sound was used very effectively to stage the story. For example “echoes” were created in the alleyways, to make us think that Eddie’s house was a long way away. These echoes were also used to symbolise Eddie’s loneliness. This could show that there is emptiness in Eddie’s heart that can only be filled by a close friend or a brother. There was a bold use of sound especially in scary, dramatic or important scenes. This added to the drama of the overall performance, it made the audience feel a variety of emotions. In the scene when Mrs. Lyons tries to murder Mrs. Johnston, the sound affects really emphasised how Mrs. Lyons was feeling and her sheer madness. The use of surround sound made me feel like I was in the scene and it made the whole performance much more realistic.

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Tim Burton is a film director who has created many movies including Edward Scissorhands, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and Beetlejuice. These movies are all dark fantasies that use sounds, cinematic techniques, and camera movements to create mood throughout the text. The moods created help reveal the duality throughout Burton’s movies in order to ask the most important question, what makes something “human”? Throughout all of Tim Burton’s movies, diegetic and non-diegetic sounds create or enhance the feelings of the viewer.

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The music in horror movies are very similar to our modern time music but not the same. It is a great way to scare you because the sound can turn suddenly loud and scary music can also create suspense. Jaws had the best music technique. One example was when the shark comes attack the music used there made the movie one of the best.For another example when there are on the beach the music was really calm lt all sudden change to scary music that is used when the shark comes attack The Others used music for a fake scare also at the end when they know they are dead also the beginning.signs hads sunden music scares that was really good for scaring people but jaw was the best.If you use good

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The non-diegetic sound creates the mood of each scene. Haunting sounds set the pathway for fear of the characters and maybe even the viewer. During the opening credits of Burtons of 'Edward Scissorhands' creepy sinister music plays. The music and images shown puts the though that something is wrong in the viewers mind. The music basically states that a problem has occurred and during this film at some point it will be solved.

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Noise is possibly one of the most important parts of sound in this film. There are so many different motifs, the most prevalent being the clicking sound. The film opens with the credits and the ticking of clocks. The ticking of the clocks is both diegetic and nondiegetic; At times when the clocks are shown onscreen, it is obvious that those sounds are heard by the characters whereas often the ticking is used as not only a reminder of time, but also to keep

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Since it’s infancy at the beginning of the eighteenth century, horror has followed certain conventions that results in an awakening of the senses, evoking intense emotions of fear and terror in the audience. Horror feeds off triggering the primal fears embedded within all of humankind, creating a sense of menace that is the very substance of this genre. Furthermore, the central menace of a piece tends to enlighten the human mind to the world of the paranormal and the enigmatic, dark side of the unknown. The movie “Psycho” directed by Alfred Hitchcock is a perfect example. Infamous for its shower scene, but immortal for its contribution to the horror genre, “Psycho” was filmed with great tact, grace and art in regards to horror conventions.

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Some of the instruments John Debney (the composer) uses to create these brisk and intriguing sounds are violins, drums for the loud and fast tempo and trumpets and flutes to add in a lighter and mischievous touch. An example of a scene in the movie where it has this touch is when the boy Max lights an enchanted candle in a creepy house. The soundtrack that plays for this scene has instruments like violins, trumpets, drums and flutes to create the affect that something was going to happen and it wouldn’t be good. The violin plays a mix of forte and piano

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The horror genre has proven to be timeless, and has become a favourite for those who crave the thrill, and love to experience the apprehension of horror. The existence of evil in humanity is a common theme, shown in classics such as Psycho, The Twilight Zone, and Tell Tale Heart. Throughout these films, texts, and television shows, the horror genre demonstrates that evil is not always evident. It is the evil that lurks within us that has the greatest impact on us. We distance ourselves from characters in these classics and grasp onto our own sanity and humanity to try to justify our own actions.

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Noise is possibly one of the most important parts of sound in this film. There are so many different motifs, the most prevalent being the clicking sound. The film opens with the credits and the ticking of clocks. The ticking of the clocks is both diegetic and nondiegetic; At times when the clocks are shown onscreen, it is obvious that those sounds are heard by the characters whereas often the ticking is used as not only a reminder of time, but also

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Moreover they deal with our most primal nature and its fears: our nightmares. Some horror films exhibit a substantial

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In 1928 ground-breaking technology made it possible for movies to have sound. This revolutionized horror films because sound gave an extra dimension to terror. Noise built suspense and signaled the presence of a threat. (Wilson) Instead of a monster suddenly making an appearance without warning, music would signal that they were near. Growls, Snarls, footsteps, and screams allowed the audience members to feel like the victims of the movie.

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Horror films are known for their ability to scare audiences, to get the audience’s hearts racing, their blood rushing. A good horror film will cause viewers to be on the edge of their seats and having their perception of reality distorted as they attempt to understand the unraveling plot of the horror film. The tone of the film aides in the amount of suspense that a horror film produces, since a much darker film will create a more suspenseful atmosphere than one that is more focused on campy monster makeup. But the tone of a film is determined by the sound of the film, or in other words, the score. Sound or music in a horror film, or the lack thereof, make the intense scenes and without the addition

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In a lot of Tim Burton’s films, he uses sound, camera angles, and lighting to give off many different effects from menacing to feeling safe, and sympathy to

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Based on Stephen King’s horror novel of the same name, Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining features hallways filled with butchered daughters, and their guts and blood splashed down the hall. Horror and realism fuel Kubrick’s notoriously disturbing films and The Shining stands clear-cut amongst them. Although in the case of this movie, Kubrick shifts emphasis from visual horror to psychological fear and instills mounting dread from the sequence of disturbing events. Kubrick states, “one of the things that horror stories can do is show us the archetypes of the unconscious; we can see the dark side without having to confront it directly.” Never falling flat, The Shining provides a psychological horror masterpiece complete with brilliant acting, tight camera angles, haunting score, and unanswered questions.

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H.P. Lovecraft, in “The Call of Cthulhu,” and Stephen King, in “Gramma,” use psychological horror. In “The Call of Cthulhu,” the buildup of suspense is more prominent than the shock factor, and in “Gramma,” the shock factor is more

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