creating suspense in horror films - a video essay

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0:00 - intro
2:31 - cinematography
5:34 - editing
8:34 - sound
11:02 - sponsor
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[@AcademyOfEdits]

The first 1,000 people to use this link will get a 1 month free trial of Skillshare: skl.sh/academyofedits10211 Note: there are a lot of dark scenes in this video and youtube compression has really decided to be a hater, if you select 4K quality for the video the compression will be a bit better so I recommend that!

[@skullabaloo1325]

Oh that was beautiful! I know you said no jump scares but I had goosebumps throughout. That initial scene I think your explanation made it even more frightening somehow haha.

[@dukatelo]

This channel could really evolve beyond tutorial videos (which are great themselves, no doubt) into videos based on topics such as these. You really put everything in this video together nicely, and a lot could be learned from this. As Palpatine once put it, "We will watch your career with great interest."

[@AcademyOfEdits]

Thanks! I definitely want to sprinkle more video-essay type videos in because they're really fun to do (although extremely time consuming) so expect more to come in the future!

[@EllyValentini]

I really appreciate the "no jumpscare" reassurance xD I'm editing a horror-ish video but im not a really a fan of the genre

[@iCookMe]

Loved the way you tackled jump scares (warning and using several techniques to "soften the blow") and incorporating the editor's view. Fantastic!

[@AcademyOfEdits]

Thanks! I didn't want people to get distracted by the possibility of being jumpscared so tried my best to either remove them or take away as much of their impact as I could haha

[@iCookMe]

@@AcademyOfEdits good choice. learned a lot bc of it. Keep up the good work!!

[@hardeepdhull3793]

Bro dropping goldmines for free. Unbelileveable. God bless you , super duper content

[@prathamraina9445]

extremely helpful and high value. I'm a writer but still I learned a lot. sending this to all my filmmaking friends so keep it up. a suggestion: if you could mention all the movies used in the video in the description, that would be great, for us to watch those films, and come back to this video with a deeper understanding.

[@saraaa221]

73k views on this video is fucking criminal this video genuinely deserves 1 million views wth are you doing KZbin

[@iCookMe]

Comin' back almost a year later to say that this is still one of my favorite videos and I've rewatched it several times, especially when working on my own stuff. Thank you for this, love your stuff and hope you're doing well!

[@falconfilms1990]

There is an alternative way to do the increasing anxiety that i like where you have a constant sense of anxiety paired with a incredibly low audio after the people are used to it you cut the audio allowing them to feel the weight they were under without realizing it. This form is harder to get to working but it works well for DnD.

[@Silas_Edel]

That was the most insightful 12m this whole week

[@MyCuteBeautyChannel]

LOVE your channel. Thank you for this.

[@flickeringcandle3168]

This is really well done! Such a clear introduction/summary of horror techniques in film. Also really a fan of the video essay format!

[@AcademyOfEdits]

Thanks! hoping to do more like it sometime soon!

[@Mozeh]

this video was a masterpeice keep making more i love these

[@Yvenou]

Great video as always, as a fan of horror movie I really enjoyed it ! Thank you for all your advices I think you deserve a lot more viewers and I hope this will be soon!

[@unseen.pixels]

Really great break down! So much good stuff here to keep in mind.

[@KimochJesper]

This is such a great essay. Beautiful work, hope to see more essays like this from you!

[@biksw]

This channel should blow up already

[@ugurkoksal2976]

Zor

[@jkapp374]

Glad you gave some shout-outs to the Invisible Man from 2020.. that was such a highly underrated, intelligent, and suspenseful scary movie

[@9arold9]

Super video as always!

[@nonox2387]

Your work deserve way more visibility

[@Not-Natpex]

7:36 Hold Shots really do work, that clip terrified me

[@biksw]

Such a good subject to talk about. Thank you!

[@Hannah13402]

The fact that it said "no jump scares are included in this video" and she moved and i got jump scared😅😅

[@DiverseKitty]

This is so amazing , great tips

[@bliiblaablue]

great video and good insights

[@vriyvn]

Man, this is top quality content, well done👌🏽❤

[@valentinjoubrel]

wonderful video, thanks a lot for these really interesting analysis !! won a subscriber 👍

[@boenje]

such an underrated channel!

[@PotatoGaming048]

Never Seen such cool tutorials 🔥🔥

[@sayeFX]

Awsome video Ty!

[@19Eighty8Media]

Amazing and informative. Thank you!!!!

[@serasaurusrex]

Great video, thank you for no jump scares!

[@donnafluff_]

what a great video. thank you for teaching

[@NoName-oq2ei]

This was su usefull and so well explained! Thank you!

[@perfectblow555]

Dude, i started to watch the video just expecting to be entretained for a while, but the knowledge you poured is fckn amazing, now im taking notes

[@KhanstJanu]

Superb Video...Very Informative.💕

[@Spidercation]

this video deserves a million views

[@RattyYoutube]

i need more video essay's please cheers!

[@javeedvfx3083]

12 minutes of valuable content. Thank you for sharing ;)

[@lucyy1077]

Great video!

[@YPVFX]

I really love your videos I never miss a video

[@matiasnava6138]

Great explanation video

[@lazykid9167]

Wow. Just wow. An epic video creation , very awakening and inspiring and cool. Thank you

[@lazykid9167]

This video is a piece of Art ( especially the brainfood content )

[@johnreskusich2324]

Great video.

[@dramamine6199]

Great video, do you use secondary sources? If so I would love to know which ones. Super interesting

[@YPVFX]

Scariest tutorial ever for the best youtuber ever

[@alohaworld]

Brilliant info graphics

[@mn-ru4li]

There's a 4th sound in horror - silence. Highly Underrated, under used but ultra effective... oh, you just said that

[@wisdomseeker3362]

This is a great _learning_ video . Thank you. I am just now starting to reach it and learn everything I can to create my own true crime animated channel.

[@Rafopla]

Jesus christ I know shit like this is said in the comment section of so many beginning youtube channels BUT DAMN ! You DO deserve more views for that work. The sheer volume of analysis, the seamless flow of it, the perfectly appropriate visuals. Not to mention your voice and tone which are premium video essay ear juice. Im sharing this and really hope you get a larger audience because this content will interest people. Also, even though I don't fuck with AE or Blender, I still love watching your tutorials because of the wealth of info and soothing flow of it. They are short and sweet to the point which is something I'd love to say about all the other tutorials out there. Kudos and hang in there

[@AcademyOfEdits]

Hey thanks for all the kind words and thanks for sharing the video as well! I really loved making this video-essay type video and although it under-performed on the channel compared to my usual content, I still think it has it's place on the channel and I'll continue to make more like it in the future. Glad you enjoyed it and thanks again for hyping it up homie :)

[@Rafopla]

@@AcademyOfEdits My pleasure :D Sharing the word in France hehe

[@fearthesmeag]

awesome breakdown and understanding into Horror sound design. I mostly watch horror through my fingers, I should rather mute the sound instead :)

[@SHTALKS]

Sir, please upload more of these types of videos your style of telling anything is impressive, Please tell me some amaizing books' names?

[@MR_EXCELLENT_]

THANKS BROTHERRRRR 💯💯✨✨

[@alexadraws123]

This is so helpful thank you! Rn I’m trying to work on short animated horror films 😅

[@Spectalys]

Good, thanks

[@Covencraft]

Jump Scares are not scary they are startling.

[@ShamellAntone]

great vid..

[@flowendt6263]

Damn, i wish i discoverd you earlier ^^ Great Content mate. keep it up ;)

[@maddieberry6625]

Just in time for Halloween month haha

[@Mai2727]

Great video! although I found the second example scarier lol

[@martialutd8599]

nice

[@blakerice7928]

Question… how do you put a movie into premiere?

[@eyesuckatgames8226]

That boo was traumatic have any recommendations for therapy 😂

[@vinhdo1609]

we need to help this guy teach youtube algrithrom which video should be popular.

[@ptr_mzr]

Please algorithm fix this

[@nezby3945]

The building suspension part is very true when I was small at a camp with my school we would always have something called the walk of fear it would always occur only once per camp and it went like this: We would have to go alongside a path in the woods when it was completely dark outside and there was only a few occasional candles left by the side of the path so you wouldn’t get lost in the woods and there was a point in which a couple of teachers with scary costumes would scare you and then you went back. So here comes my story I went on this so called “walk of fear” and I was the last one of all the kids going there and it was pitch black outside and it was raining so when I was on my way on the path, the rain extinguished one of the candles right in front of me and that made me kind of scared cuz if it happened to all of them I could’ve gotten lost there. So I was walking and walking and no one was there I walked an entire kilometer so the building of tension just kept becoming larger and larger when suddenly a man shouted at me and flashed me in the eyes with a flashlight and told me what am I doing on his property which I replied to that I don’t know I think I got lost while crying my butt off so then he luckily new the camp where I was and he helped me find a way back there. After that when I was safe and at the camp the teachers told me that they’ve already returned like an hour ago that they canceled it and they didn’t even know why I still went even thought one of them sent me there all by myself so my 10yo me scared out of my mind survived that rough night in the end.

[@AcademyOfEdits]

wow yeah I'll have to pass on doing any "walks of fear" cause that sounds pretty awful dude haha, also a perfect example of building the suspense!

[@nezby3945]

@@AcademyOfEdits Thanks yeah really terrifying especially for a 10yo me xD. Also thanks for the greatest filmmaking content out there Imma try out the skillshare thing just to support you as best as I can and maybe learn a thing or two along the way. I really appreciate these vids I wish you a happy weekend :D

[@princesssudera]

🤯🤯🤯

[@justtrim]

I have major trust issues, first thing I read is "there are no jumpscares in this video" and immediately I'm suspicious. Guess i'l find out in 12 minutes 😂

[@justtrim]

Okay, I'm alive. I wasn't lied to. Fantastic content, and what I can only assume is an INSANE amount of editing that went into it. Awesome stuff!

[@tamakaramaena]

Not all the time though lol You're very subjective in the horror genre Theirs a level of psychopathy, therapy (like what they did in "us") NEUROLOGY, psychology, philosophies, ECT and so on You have to tap into the human emotion This goes for you hypothesis/psychology/philosophy on the first scenario you spoke about

[@deepakjaybhaye4031]

What is the name of the movie? Which is in the intro? Please share the movie name?

[@AldyPradana17]

👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@Matt_bhg]

Suuper vídeo

[@user-zs6xw3nr1t]

Dude wtf only 650 views?

[@AcademyOfEdits]

The algorithm has not been kind on this video lol

[@user-zs6xw3nr1t]

@@AcademyOfEdits Damn your videos are so professional! You really deserve more recognition. Thank you so much for your videos man

[@AcademyOfEdits]

I’m glad you like ‘em and thanks! :)

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[@ry_higgy]

Great video!