As The Woman in Black continues to spook audiences across the UK, raking in plenty of cash at the box office, Nic Ransome of Hammer Films discusses what tricks film makers use in order to scare audiences:
1) Music - from the stomach-knotting insistence of John Williams’ Jaws theme to the violin stabs of Bernard Herrmann’s Psycho, from the repetitive droning of Terminator 2 to Hammer’s often-discordant scores, music can instil unease, suspense and distress in an audience, softening them for the Shock to come.
2) Camera movement - the slow track, whip pan and dolly zoom are all used in horror. The slow track builds suspense; the audience knows something will be revealed but must wait for the camera to find it. The whip pan mirrors a film’s hero suddenly turning to face his foe, as yet un-glimpsed. The dolly zoom, though rarely used (Vertigo and Jaws are the...
1) Music - from the stomach-knotting insistence of John Williams’ Jaws theme to the violin stabs of Bernard Herrmann’s Psycho, from the repetitive droning of Terminator 2 to Hammer’s often-discordant scores, music can instil unease, suspense and distress in an audience, softening them for the Shock to come.
2) Camera movement - the slow track, whip pan and dolly zoom are all used in horror. The slow track builds suspense; the audience knows something will be revealed but must wait for the camera to find it. The whip pan mirrors a film’s hero suddenly turning to face his foe, as yet un-glimpsed. The dolly zoom, though rarely used (Vertigo and Jaws are the...
- 2/26/2012
- by Kat
- Nerdly
With just over three weeks to go until Empire’s Big Screen hits London’s o2 arena there’s a definite buzz around the event, which is billing itself as the biggest of its kind held in the UK.
The full details of the three day programme are due to be revealed over the next few days but we’ve got our hands on the full line-up for one of the event’s key programmes – Kim Newman’s Chamber Of Horrors.
Newman is an estabished author, long time Empire contributor and is a bit of a legendary figure in the UK movie scene having been the man who, thanks to his countless TV appreances, converted many a shy, retiring movie fan into blood-hungry horrorphiles and he’s just the man to preside over the darker side of the Big Screen event.
The full details are below but a few obvious...
The full details of the three day programme are due to be revealed over the next few days but we’ve got our hands on the full line-up for one of the event’s key programmes – Kim Newman’s Chamber Of Horrors.
Newman is an estabished author, long time Empire contributor and is a bit of a legendary figure in the UK movie scene having been the man who, thanks to his countless TV appreances, converted many a shy, retiring movie fan into blood-hungry horrorphiles and he’s just the man to preside over the darker side of the Big Screen event.
The full details are below but a few obvious...
- 7/21/2011
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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