When I heard about horror movie, even when I want to watch, I give up at the end almost all the time. The sound always makes me feel scared and sometimes the lighting, costume did make me feel uncomfortable. However, with other perspective, the movie uses successful ways to make the movie successful in horrifying. Just like Mis en scene, non-digetic sound and digetic sound.
According to the class notes that provided in the blog, “Mis en Scene consists of setting, lighting, costume and figure expression and movement, and also consider camera placement”. Then, back to the movie “Buffy”, there was a situation that the light turned down quickly which made the classroom dark, after that, there were just two people left and then the skull showed up. It just horrified me and I feel cared. Actually, not only this action happened in the movie, if this situation happened in daily life, people should be scared in a short time.
The digetic sound is the sound “whose source is visible on the screen or whose source is implied to be present by the action of the film” (Class notes). There were two actors stuck into an elevator. At that time, it was really nervous for them to get out of that situation. One of the actors puffed hard when he tried to get out the elevator. The sound of the breathing from the actors just made the situation more nervous.
The non-digetic sound is the sound that “whose source is neither visible on the screen nor has been implied to be present in the action, and is represented as coming from a source outside story space” (Class notes). The music which plays during the boy and girl kissing each other were actually not related to this situation, but it made me more immersed in the situation. I think this is non-digetic sound and this sound is invisible and made the atmosphere more strange and horrified, it let people have more time to think or feel the situation.
When I heard about horror movie, even when I want to watch, I give up at the end almost all the time. The sound always makes me feel scared and sometimes the lighting, costume did make me feel uncomfortable. However, with other perspective, the movie uses successful ways to make the movie successful in horrifying. Just like Mis en scene, non-digetic sound and digetic sound.
According to the class notes that provided in the blog, “Mis en Scene consists of setting, lighting, costume and figure expression and movement, and also consider camera placement”. Then, back to the movie “Buffy”, there was a situation that the light turned down quickly which made the classroom dark, after that, there were just two people left and then the skull showed up. It just horrified me and I feel cared. Actually, not only this action happened in the movie, if this situation happened in daily life, people should be scared in a short time.
The digetic sound is the sound “whose source is visible on the screen or whose source is implied to be present by the action of the film” (Class notes). There were two actors stuck into an elevator. At that time, it was really nervous for them to get out of that situation. One of the actors puffed hard when he tried to get out the elevator. The sound of the breathing from the actors just made the situation more nervous.
The non-digetic sound is the sound that “whose source is neither visible on the screen nor has been implied to be present in the action, and is represented as coming from a source outside story space” (Class notes). The music which plays during the boy and girl kissing each other were actually not related to this situation, but it made me more immersed in the situation. I think this is non-digetic sound and this sound is invisible and made the atmosphere more strange and horrified, it let people have more time to think or feel the situation.
Hi, Yiran
I really like that you cite many information from the class notes, which can not only make the article convincing, but also make the readers have a clear understanding of the definition of Mis-en-scene, non-digetic sound and digetic sound. And the article also makes some examples of the Mis-en-scene, non-diagetic sound and digetic sound. The example successfully explains Mis-en-scene, non-digetic sound and digetic sound in a vivid way.
However, as the topic is about “enjoying horror”, besides the how horrifying the horror films are, I think you need to describe the how horror can make the audiences feel the sense of pleasure as well. Moreover, you may also provide the reason why the examples are used to make the films horrifying. I believe that as long as more evidences and theories are provided, and you take more emphasis on how the horror films give rise to the sense of pleasure and contribute to the aesthetic of horror, the article will be perfect. ^_^
Shelly
I enjoyed reading your blog, Yiran. Neither of us enjoy watching horror films because it makes us feel uncomfortable. You selected three examples that are representative of the mise-en-scene, non-diagetic and diagetic sound. There are an abundance of examples from the film, and we chose different examples which goes to show that each viewer is affected more substantially throughout different scenes.The last slides in our powerpoint challenges us to think about whether or not watching horror causes people to act in unhealthy manners. Do you think that’s true? I would argue that both of us dislike horror because it is morbid and melodramatic.
Nicole
Hi, Nicole
I definitely do not enjoy horror movies at all. For your question, I would like to say fifty-fifty..Actually, I am not sure about it, but I can use myself as an example. I remember 3 years ago, I watched a horror movie with my friends, when I back home I was so scared and the story just full of my mind. Then, I cannot sleep until very late, the I had a lot of nightmare which horrified me and made me uncomfortable all day long. I think horror movie just makes me feel bad instead of unhealthy manners. Maybe is because I am not that young, some young children would act abnormal after they watched horror movies. For example, some of them like self-talking, some of them like to scare others. I believe it is more related to how those people regulate themselves. Therefore, I think that young children may have higher possibilities to act in unhealthy manners if they watch horror movies.
Yiran
Hi Yiran,
Like you, I am really scared with horror movies. I don’t think that I have ever watched one and I am certain that I have never finished one. You post was interesting and I thought that you found good examples of all the sound. I used the kissing scene as well for the non-diegetic sound. One thing that I would like to bring up is that do you think that during the elevator scene, diegetic sound was really what made it freighting? I thought the best effect in that scene was the mise-en-scene. The darkness and the eeriness of the situation portrayed by facial expressions and lighting, are what add to the horror in my opinion. Good job overall and I look forward to reading more of your posts in the future. It seems like both me and you are similar in the way we react to horror, something that was talked about a lot in the class slides!
Christian M