Hello all, I'm doing some research into theories behind reversing sounds. Mainly, how our unconscious senses pick up and emotionally react to these sounds,...
Hi Russ! In Ingemar Bergman“s film "The silence" (1961) the people living in the city where the film takes place speak an unknown language that in fact is...
Hi Russ Interesting, have a look at Garry Hills 'Why do things get in a mudlle; (Come on Petunia), just google it, its a 30 min piece with actors rehearsed in...
Peter Wobser
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Sep 19, 2006 8:48 pm
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Hi Russ, Although we can reverse sounds, they are not reversible, at least they way the images are. Chion discusses this in Audiovision. Why? Because the ...
Hi Gustavo and Russ! In a sense Gustavo is perfectly right, but only on a strictly theoretical level, just like Chion. Obviously the difference between sound...
Hi Klas, Let me tell you that one of my favorite things is to play anything backwards, invert, reverse, whatever! This way we discover a lot of things about...
Hi everybody, after reading Gustavo's interesting opinions on reversed sounds I thought I would bring this one up: one of my next projects will be a horror...
Hi Peter, If I were to think of the most interesting sound design for a horror film, as far as sound being used as a continuous medium through out the whole...
I recently watched "The Changeling" with George C Scott again. Subtle, creepy, well done. What kind of horror film are you doing? gory? psychological? Peace,...
hello peter when i was watching (THE OTHERS) i found that there is no need to make too many sounds to creat the horror scenes.that was very simple and...
amir ghassemi
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Sep 24, 2006 4:18 pm
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Hej Hej, A few of the most interesting horror films I like is Brad Anderson's 'Session 9' and Janusz Kaminski's 'Lost Souls'. The exorcism scene in Lost Souls...
... Since this thread started I've been trying to remember the name of that film so I could mention it also :) I very much liked the sound design in that film....
Hi Bob, thanks for the recommendation. The horror movie I'm doing is a bit in the Asian style - "The Ring", "Vital", "Dark Water", etc., - which means that...
Sounds that strike us as new and compelling almost always, I think, contain elements that are familiar as well as elements that are exotic. Reversing a sound...
Hi Peter I'm a student at the South African school of Motion Picture. We studied horror films last term, with specific reference to J Horror. Among some of the...
Anelda Mulder
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Sep 25, 2006 9:36 am
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the original 'omen' has an incredibly creepy score, but for sfx, 'the others' has a very tasty edit / mix. using silence and subtleness to achieve great...
Hi there, Most recent favorites: The Hills Have Eyes (Remake), The Ring (North American Remake), Saw, Amytyville Horror (Remake), High Tension, Wolf Creek,...
Great topic! I am curious if anyone know how sound has been incorporated in the screenplay of horror. Which screenplays have thought about the creation of ...
Steve Ericsson
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Sep 25, 2006 11:49 am
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There is a wonderful discussion via taped radio show that Brian Carpenter in Boston hosted called "the Sound of Horror" on a CDR set. I found it available on...
here is the link http://www.freeassociationradio.com/horror.htm ... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo!...
Hi, just to say that Audition was directed by the bizarre and unique Takeshi Miike. Probably, Audition is his masterpiece. He recently directed another horror...
Hey Steve, I recently just finished a horror project that Brad Anderson wrote/directed in which sound was an integral part of the story. The lead character has...
Hi Kris & the rest, ... <snip dribble-creating-script-outline> This sounds like an amazing project, I'm sure you would've mentioned the title if you could've;...
Anton Woldhek
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Sep 26, 2006 8:15 am
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try cronenberg's videodrome the score (while mono) is fantastic in setting a very dark mood. eclectic experimental electronica art damage part of the...
Many of us mentioned The Exorcist as a milestone in Sound Design, but maybe we did not mention some of the best moments. In that regard, I want to mention two...
Gustavo highlighted a couple things that I've often considered while thinking about the uniqueness of horror sound. First that silence, or relative silence, is...
Kris, I have to say I am very curious about the project you are working on, particularly the sound design audio commentary that you mentioned. As an educator...
johnotter@...
Sep 27, 2006 5:53 am
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Thank you so much for sharing thoughts about the sound of horror! One thing do trouble me though - if it is true that screenwriters do not think about sound...
Steve Ericsson
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Sep 28, 2006 7:50 am
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Hi Steve, You probably allready heard this: http://www.freeassociationradio.com/horror.htm but just thought I'd point you to it. Cheers Anton...
Anton Woldhek
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Sep 28, 2006 8:02 am
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Hey John, Here's a link to a to a list of DVD extra features that specifically relate to Sound Design... ...
