Sound is a vital element of any film and the way it is used helps the audience feel connected throughout the different scene in any genre to sets the scene for the audience and creates the atmosphere. sound is especially a key element in horror films. In horror films there are diegetic sound, which is sound which is within the film such as, a characters speech, window shutting, door opening etc. But also non-diegetic sound which is sound added when editing the scene to create the tension and cause suspense on the audience. This video clip below shows that the use of sounds in horror movies is extremely important as without it you can't really tell which genre it fits into. With the sound it makes the audience Tense, on edge, but without the sound you won't get that effect.
Some movies to this type of genres radio sounds, inference in radio and mumbling sounds. This fills the darkness in the scene with sound. Soft radio static even works because it is constantly there but the audience don't realise it but when they do it doesn't go away. Common movies in which this occurs in Paranormal Activity and Sinister.
By doing this research it will help us, to when editing our horror opening, to pick and understand the right sound to create the 'horror effect'. its not only picking the right background music for the opening but it is also sounds such as, radio sound effect, static sounds and the dynamics of the sounds.
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