Objectives:
-Explore the psychological and emotional curiosity for and impact of horror art on individuals and society
-Analyze the unique aesthetic qualities of horror art.
-Understand and utilize some basic principles of film and television analysis.
Original Post:
According to this week lecture, we know that diegetic sound is the sounds in the stories, including the actor’s words, the voice of the objective object, the voice of the instrument and so on. And it is used to achieve the most natural, real effect on the stories moreover, non-diegetic is the sounds out of the stories, such as adding music make the story forward, is the most common narrative voice. As I see, I agree with that diegetic sound and non-diegetic sounds could be the factors to create horror atmosphere.
In the article, “ The sound of horror: Why hearing stuff is scarier than actually seeing stuff”, the author Renee believes sound is the key to unlocking the horror potential of film. For example, in Buffy the vampire slayer video, I remembered vampires were occurring when the background music started. And at that moment, the scene was scared me, so I agree with sounds could create horror in movies. Furthermore, the author described the reasons why sounds scare people. The first one is being sudden; the second one is by generating a frightful tone. Thus, sometimes sounds plays same rule as image in horror movies. Just like we have learned from this lecture, sounds can be contributed to the aesthetic of horror for the video.
In recently years, there are increasing number of people enjoy to watch horror movies. People may curious about ghost or vampire, which does not exists in our real life. However, I do not like to watch that kind of movies. Horror movies scare me, and I can’t sleep after watch horror movies. Because I always think of horror scene when I close my eyes.
In the article “ Why our brains love horror movies?”, the author Sharon Begley mainly discuss the reasons why people love horror movies. According research, she thought to watch horror movie is a good way to get excited. By looing this idea, I think people may want to experience something that is differ in our real life. Or their life is peace, so they wanna experience something to stimulate their brain or soul. Moreover, Sharon states, “Horror movies help young people learn to manage terror. They can either succumb to frightening images or learn to manage”. So maybe could control their bearing ability better via horror movies. It’s pretty similar as Carroll’s opinion. As Carroll mentions in his article “Why horror?”, “Many of us seek out horror fictions of this sort despite the fact that they provoke disgust, because that disgust is required for the pleasure involved in engaging our curiosity in the unknown and drawing it into the processes of revelation, rationcination,etc” (284). As I see, maybe people like to watch movies for fun or to satisfy their curiosity. And some people may want to challenge their bearing capacity on horrible things. To sum up, some times watch horror movies is good for us, but its depends on you thought.
Sharon B., (2011). “ Why our brains love horror movies?” The daily Beast.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/10/25/why-our-brains-love-horror-movies-fear-catharsis-a-sense-of-doom.html
Carroll, N. (2002). Why Horror?. In Neill, A. & Riley, A. (eds.) Arguing About Art: Contemporary Philosophical Debates (2nd ed., Chap. 17). New York, NY: Routledge.
Renee, V(2011). The sound of horror: why hearing stuff is scarier than actually seeing stuff. No films school
http://nofilmschool.com/2013/11/why-hearing-stuff-is-scarier-than-actually-seeing-stuff/
Reflection:
From this week’s assignment, I learned few basic principles of film, such as Mise en scene, diegetic sound and non-diegetic sound. And all those elements could contribute to the aesthetic of horror for the video. As Renee states, “Sound is the key to unlocking the horror potential of film.” Therefore, sounds are creates horror atmosphere some times.
However, at present, there is an increasing number of people would like to see the horror movies. So I am always think why people need horror movies. Recently I read an article called “Why our brains love horror movies?” which wrote by Sharon Begley. As she states, “ To watch horror movie is a good way to get excited”. I think it’s true. People can experience different things that are differing in our real life. Moreover, horror movies could satisfy people’s curiosity some times.
Sharon B., (2011). “ Why our brains love horror movies?” The daily Beast.
http://nofilmschool.com/2013/11/why-hearing-stuff-is-scarier-than-actually-seeing-stuff/
Future:
Actually, I do not like to watch horror movies or anything about horror. I can’t sleep when I saw the horror scene. But in the future, I may try to look horror movies. Maybe it’s a good way to challenge myself.
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