Horror Sound Board

  
This is an example of a practice soundscape that I made that included some examples of sound effects that I may use in my final trailer. It includes a lot of affects that can be used to change the atmosphere and the ambiance. I also wanted to try and convey a story using just sound, in this case a kind of journey that comes to an abrupt and potentially fatal end. I tried to convey this in many ways, setting a scene for example, the water dripping can make it feel hollow and quiet. It must be quiet, unsettlingly so if you can even hear small water droplets and even a clock ticking. It also connotes that it made be a rundown place there, old and unloved. The weather is rough, wintery and you know that it will be dark and frightening if there is the involvement of a thunderstorm which connotes the opposite of calm as do the frantic dog barking. The footsteps lead us to follow this person in a pathway, it creates a kind of flow to the story, a journey. The dial tone and failure to call someone also can  create a sense of disturbance, unsettling that they are not there and a feeling of iscolation. There is no one you can contact. After that it picks up, a turning point in the story and the music leads us to a chattering room, seemingly normal until there is an abrupt end which leads us to ask questions as to what happened, who in this gathering of people is hurt.