How Sound Is Used To Create Suspense In Horror Movies | Movies Insider

[@brettsnell3663]

"When should we add in the voice over?" "Definitely when he's demonstrating how he makes each sound."

[@lynxfx]

Don't forget background music. Gotta have that over the sounds you are showing being made.

[@brendonmilligan4520]

I felt the same I was like, just shut up so I can hear his sounds!

[@hamnchee]

Seriously. Christ almighty.

[@Zraknul]

Don't forget to have really loud narration while they're inviting you to turn up the volume for the effects. No Richard attenborough going on here. If only we knew were to find a sound engineer to mix it together.

[@cory924]

Right please mute the dialog we don't need the wimpy woman voice kinda ruined the video completely for me

[@willowoodz]

chimes in the real world : 🛎🤗🎶🌈🌿 chimes in horror movies : ☠️😰🔪👤🌬

[@amisusiati1541]

Nah in the real world there still creepy add reverb now there creepy

[@kim7990]

🤣🤣🤣

[@jocomfiresin6982]

Even scarier if your bumming Jimminy cricket.

[@Jessebadga]

Midsommar is both lmao

[@mighty_robo]

I love the 👤emoji you added in there lol

[@HandbagDiva]

This is so fascinating, what an interesting job

[@90sBabyNERD]

Why’d the Invisible Man look like a golf ball when she poured the white paint on him 😂😂

[@KingOfYourMouth]

Wow this job looks like a good workout too.

[@cadebecker2486]

This is the sound of objects in horror movies. If you KZbin (Sounds of the nightmare machine) that is how the creepy sounds are made from horror movies.

[@mikep3813]

Watch Julie Nolke as a Foley artist, she's the all time greatest

[@yourlocalguardsman]

when you pause the video but the sounds wont stop

[@thehauntedstream7206]

1:34 hey I’m really good at making this sound!! I think I need a change in careers

[@Will-gq6gn]

Crazy how the sound artists are literally 95% of horror movies with 0 recognition

[@3nertia]

They're 95% of most tv shows and movies lol

[@anguishedcarpet]

@@deutschdois he means recognition from the consumers, not just getting credit in the film lmfao

[@zanzikapsalon4090]

Its better cause they dont have to live the famous life

[@devroopsaha4020]

And make up artists too..

[@RAYMOND75600]

That's why this video exist and when you see these movies have you seen their names in the end credits or the openings I mean I must say are underrated for what they do

[@sportstacker56]

It's not the graphics that are scary at this point, it's the sound You can mute the sound in a horror movie and come out perfectly normal Edit: WOW IM FAMOUS

[@seorinto]

Yas Done that hshshs

[@letsplaypokemongo3153]

Nor true at all. Else someone with hard hearing would never be scared of a horror film.

[@joey_ramone_96]

@@letsplaypokemongo3153 I mean, I tried watching horror movies with barely any volume and it was.. kinda boring to watch, and definitely not scary, I don't know where your "not true at all" comes from. It's more common for sounds to be scary even on their own, while visuals mostly rely on sound

[@FarikoWishless]

@@letsplaypokemongo3153 A muted horror movie isn’t scary to me at all. Me plugging my ears is more effective than covering my eyes actually.

[@LeftvsReich]

Music and sound effects definitely play a big role in the best of the best horror movies. For instance, "The Thing" and "It Follows" have amazing soundtracks that really make your skin crawl.

[@theatrekid-hi9207]

I love how horror movies are becoming more and more focused on the sound of it, it doesn’t rely on cheap jump scares. Jump scared are welcome but I feel as if many movies and franchises are using them every chance they get. Sometimes a suspenseful moment where you are waiting, sitting on bated breath, for the jump scare, only for it not to happen. In my opinion, those moments are better then any. And I feel as if sound adds more feel to if you are really in the scene itself.

[@sakuragihanamichi8527]

@@joeybaseball7352 Cringe

[@joshuadavis5899]

Once the jumpscare hit we know we're safe but with continued tension we can never rest always expecting something to jump at us

[@LeftvsReich]

One of my favorite horror movies of all time, "It Follows", doesn't rely on jump scares at all, but it has, IIRC, two of them. The movie relies so heavily on suspense and panic that the two jump-scare moments really surprise you. I was just watching the movie for the third or fourth time a couple nights ago and both jump-scares legitimately startled me. And the rest of the movie is even better.

[@onesaucynougat7471]

@@joeybaseball7352 cripes man go bother someone else

[@stealthycore]

to be honest i particular critique movies based on the sound design. i wear headphones when watching movies and the volume is moderate and if the sound design is crazy, and its immersive, it makes me 🥜. 🕊

[@PhilleShy]

Horror movies nowadays: Normal scene: *50% sound volume* Jumpscare scene: *200% sound volume*

[@jeffreytenthije]

The jumpscare, the louder it is, the worse the shock. Tell me, would you be faster scared by a regular volume knock or a loud knock?

[@pjjustice5014]

@@jeffreytenthije Well yes, a loud music gives more horror and tension to a scene, but I think it still depends. I have seen quite a few movie jumpscares that don't come along with startling music but still shake the viewers to the core.

[@afiqula]

David Lynch did jumpscares better than some horror movies lmao

[@7zipx73]

KZbin ads : 3000% sound volume

[@ikhoonyejelem2967]

Fax

[@teeth_denier]

Imagine how quietly foley artists have to breathe while recording in studios According to the comments in this, it probably is true that they hold their breath

[@JstKingx]

That’s dumb

[@desireandfire]

I breathe really quietly easily so I guess it wouldn't be that hard for them

[@sakuragihanamichi8527]

And who even asked

[@sup_a]

@@sakuragihanamichi8527 the comment section is a place for people to express their opinion

[@sandra-jones]

@@sakuragihanamichi8527 same person who asked you to comment 🙄

[@dennisbartalsky3570]

The real horror starts when you put voiceover while Leslie is demonstrating his skills

[@beebee33]

Agreed.. I kept wanting the narrator to stop talking when he was demonstrating

[@punchingcrow5486]

The biggest horror is the afterlife. People who have gone thru and come back have seen horrors. Like the Lazarus Phenomenon movie

[@eggmcguffin4794]

@@punchingcrow5486 how do you know

[@eternalproductions]

I wish we could actually hear the scene instead of telling us what we're supposed to be hearing

[@AnaLuizaHella]

Exactly!

[@OysterPir8]

Yes! WAAAY too much explaining.

[@littleboss2006]

Fr

[@Pruuc]

Then go watch the movie

[@KesleyBenedet]

Oh my God, YES!!!

[@TheDanaYiShow]

I am watching this even though I scare easily and don't like horror movies, but the sound engineering/creation behind these scenes is so cool!

[@cuber100]

Hello dana yi

[@TheDanaYiShow]

@@cuber100 Hi :)

[@hanikazuha]

I'm not the only one!!

[@sakuragihanamichi8527]

@@entername_ The Invisible Man

[@ebinmarshall753]

Same lol

[@Morehangouts]

9:41 “but it holds a sh...ton of water” 😂 I love how he caught himself. This video was incredible though

[@owensweitzer8270]

I was looking to see if somebody else caught this! Dude was like 'oops, keep it G rated'

[@misterguy2329]

Me too!

[@beeblebrux2112]

Dude definitely looks like he swears a sh...ton 🤣🤣

[@kendra_t]

Gee, sure is great hearing all those Foley sounds totally unimpeded by pointless background music!

[@pugsabi]

Lol

[@SewFloSewing]

Background music? Couldnt hear any over the constant narration!

[@DungeonTracks]

Do you mean in movies or in this video? or both?

[@realityofbeingalive7491]

The narrator needs to follow "show, don't tell". It's irritating how she keeps on explaining obvious things on the screen.

[@theatrekid-hi9207]

9:15 It would have been an amazing reveal if they didn’t show it in the trailer. It was an amazing movie but the trailer gave a lot away to be honest.

[@breakthecode4634]

Every movie does this now. Sadly theres no reason to watch them now

[@connorglover8440]

I've quit watching trailers and my movie going experience has become insurmountably better.

[@seeyafornow2642]

always watch the trailer after the movie lol. if you want to know a little about the movie beforehand go read up wiki description a bit rather than watching the trailer

[@harshvithlani9399]

Hollywood should learn from Bollywood trailers. Doesn’t give too much away but also gives what to expect.

[@arothmanmusic]

Any trailer over 45 seconds is too long.

[@miays7288]

me while watching this video: pls dont show me the jumpscare pls dont show me the jumpscare

[@ethanperry8]

lmaooo I was so anxious watching this

[@Complete_Stranger7050]

My heart is beating real hard while watching this video

[@maruugo]

I was soooo scared lol

[@gothnate]

Insider: Video about sound design and foley. Also Insider: Proceeds to describe every sound instead of letting us hear it. Sure. Let's just talk over everything you're describing...

[@DJReRun]

This. 💯 Hard to appreciate and absorb what is going on in the scene because the explanation and additional background music is played over the scene. 🙄

[@jessicadutoit2827]

Thats the exact reason I gave it a dislike

[@littleboss2006]

Fr, annoying

[@chefadammenard]

Narrator talking over half the sound effects was really cool

[@bubba5268]

Woman: listen as Elizabeth mom turns off the sink in the scene Also woman: *heavily breathes into mic*

[@YorrickLiu]

For horror movies, sound is sometimes more important than image because you can be too scared to keep your eyes open but you still want to hear it

[@haleyanne86]

Foley is just such a cool thing.

[@redgreen6436]

I liked him better when he was Dude Love

[@haleyanne86]

@@redgreen6436 huh?

[@chadwick6710]

That faucet scene without the score looks like it came from a depressing drama movie

[@johnfitzgeraldkennedy5265]

Well if the lady would stop talking for a moment and let me listen that would be nice! 🤙

[@zrspangle]

Man I love when a video about sound design doesn't let you hear the sounds

[@kkronkk]

Nice video, I actually learned something interesting

[@letsplaypokemongo3153]

The narrators voice was very loud compared to the sounds tho

[@kkronkk]

@@letsplaypokemongo3153 True

[@andersburrows1085]

this was a cool video that was damaged by how often all the subtle sound stuff being talked about was being talked over by the narrator. they be like, listen to the sounds being made here, are you listening? good, next... but they never really gave time to HEAR the sounds. the video would have been much better with a little more breathing room for the sound. often youd get just the tiniest sliver of the sound you are listening to before the narrator jumps in again completely overpowering the sounds you are supposed to be listening to. it should have left more time for the sounds themselves. i dont want to WATCH the foley artist make the sound, i want to LISTEN to the foley artist make the sound! a 12-15 minute video would have been just as easy to watch as a 10 minute one and would have left more time for the actual sound, which was the whole point of the video.

[@Nsodnoajdjksl]

Some of the sounds tend to be short...

[@MacamTV]

Thanks for sharing this. I now have extra respect to horror movies 💯

[@keus7453]

Check out the film Berberian Sound Studio

[@TerrorLTZ]

only the good ones cuz some cheap out on jumpscares.

[@achaides]

Really interesting! I wish they would have let the artist speak and let the sounds shine rather than the narrator jabbering the whole time

[@ElijahGaviola]

Japanese horror movies have been doing this for a long time , they don't rely on loud scary music.

[@GamesForNoobs]

Music is sound :|

[@vogelvogeltje]

OMG JAPAN NUMBA 1

[@bagelthug]

USA been doing it longer

[@chokichocat3083]

OWO WOW REALLY THATS CRAZY NO WONDER IM DEAF DAMN JAPAN IS BEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD EVERY OTHER COUNTRY SHOULD DIE

[@user-xh6ju3pg8c]

Higurashi ;/

[@goggleassistant]

I learned to close my ears in horror movies when it comes to tense scenes since i was a child since this sounds really make horror movies scary for me.

[@ascended8174]

Man, the subtle sound design would be great to listen to if you actually stopped talking for a minute to actually let the audience listen to it instead of narrating what they can hear for themselves

[@FurryEskimo]

“Listen to the sound of this wind/wind chimes” (Low, reverberating rumble) Have you heard wind before?

[@zuppilup]

There was a very silent tone afterwards

[@keithandrei19]

That's what wind kinda sounds like in recording, at least that's what my fan sounds like

[@Miss_Nina.]

I love those Insider videos! Horror movies are absolutely amazing so I love to see how they're doing some sound- and visual effects.

[@DanteYewToob]

I didn't think that was diagetic sound in Invisible Man... I thought that noise was the soundtrack... like the stinger leitmotif of Adrian. Hunh, maybe I'll rewatch with headphones.

[@esoteridactyl]

I guess it's kind of a hybrid. I definitely would consider it more as a soundtrack but it's not exactly music so idk.

[@יוכבדשםבדוי]

I still didn't understand which aound is the scary one

[@DanteYewToob]

@@יוכבדשםבדוי Yeah, it was confusing that they kept saying wind... It's that "vvwwwooommmp vvvwwwwoooowmmp" sound that sounds like your own heartbeat in your head when you're anxious or sick. That's what they were referring to. Honestly, a lot of the subtlety just gets lost for 99% of people... I have pretty great headphones and still could barely make out the chimes and stuff if I focused hard. I think they got a bit carry away with their expensive Hollywood sound system and forgot that no one but millionaires own that kind of setup. Most of us are watching the movie on a plain tv, a laptop and earbuds or a basic soundbar. A small percentage of us have headphones over 200$ or decent surround sound, even fewer have true audiophile gear. It's not your fault...

[@sakuragihanamichi8527]

@@DanteYewToob For some reason i cant click the read more button because you do this [Sentence]

[@Gargoyal09]

I love how you guys have a video about sound, yet have a music track playing over pretty much everything. Absolutely abysmal post work here.

[@jothishprabu8]

This is the real deal

[@FernandoMoodyMusic]

Someone needs to fix them call of duty steps. Sounds like they're stomping the yard even when they're walking slow or crouched.

[@Spon01]

Alternative title: How no sound is used to create comedy in horror movies

[@amisusiati1541]

Those are spoof movies specificly the scary movie series

[@1001Hobbies]

I LOVE people like Leslie. He associates sound things make with completely different objects or events "regular people" would never dream of. So creative.

[@M_Nificent]

Such details are very important. It’s the little things that makes a big difference

[@stardust7129]

It'd be amazing, if I could actually hear the sounds 😮

[@mrkitloin]

Hearing a music box irl: 😴😌😊🎶🌈 Hearing a music box in a horror movie:💀⚰️🔪😱😰

[@Bizarro69]

I'm worried about this guy's back.

[@juster1269]

Depending on one stream of income in this pandemic would be the most naive thing to do at the moment

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You are right man, investment is the key

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[@adalenebella1356]

Do you really know him?

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@@adalenebella1356 I made profit of $8000 trading with him last week

[@Madamoizillion]

I love watching foley artists working. But apparently not LISTEN TO THEM. THANKS NARRATOR.

[@npv1860]

Who close ur eyes watching horror movies?😁

[@ilovemitaka]

Not me

[@redgreen6436]

I can't see with my eyes closed

[@ultraman_99]

The ghost in my room.

[@lokeshloki8628]

My cousin 😂

[@ultraman_99]

@@lokeshloki8628 your cousin closes your eyes in horror movies?

[@josefprinc3613]

I believe that Mozart said music isn ´t in notes but in gaps between them And for horror movie works of course also

[@literallytrash1869]

Well, it's the note intervals that make the music because it can create tension. In horror movies the music used is very dissonant.

[@pr9039]

Y'know, I actually LIKE Insider magazine. It's like, you see these other publications that just pulled all the worst parts of their articles and went for it. Like Vox, Vice, etc, they all went off the deep end and it's just annoying. But this is informative, calm, fun, and I gotta say, keep this apolitical and interesting stuff up, it's great to see this in 2021!

[@AmusementLabs]

"listen to the sound" *IMMEDIATELY starts talking again* 🙄 Will you let us hear THE GOD DAMN SOUND!

[@gauravgaikwad880]

This is amazing to watch rather than Movie's BTS👍

[@natalieklein9945]

Thank you for covering this 😍❤️🙏 I have a masters degree in acoustics and audiology, so I'm nerding out over anything sounddesign related anyway, but this video in itself was equally entertaining / jarring and informative at the same time 😍👍 great job 👍

[@anthonymisiano256]

The irony being that over this entire video they're playing terrible stock music and drowning out the clarity of all the brilliant foley work being done. :/ I really wish they wouldn't have done that.

[@SavageMinnow]

I would love to see this movie but I can't support anything where the lead is a Scientologist. Sorry but I can't pay for something knowing that some of my money will go to a cult.

[@Spudandrowback7D]

facts

[@dexusmensch]

Don't get me wrong, foley is always going to be fascinating. However, this highlighted style of sound design, specifically for horror movies, is one of the main reasons why everyone I know doesn't take Blumhouse/modern horror projects seriously. When everything is shot like a domestic thriller/drama, a phone that sounds like a jackhammer or a house that silences like it's in a vacuum doesn't sound suspenseful or horrifying; it just sounds funny

[@esoterichorrorstudio6393]

Sound design is what makes a horror movie! Horror movie sound design is one of the main reasons I am pursuing sound design.

[@samsonsoturian6013]

You're giving me prank ideas.....

[@jerwinjaudines6098]

I love horror movies (especially bloodbaths), but jumpscares with intense sound it's traumatazing.

[@amiami3540]

How so wonderful , love it how the sound is produce in movie. So knowledgble to know it

[@jetbot33]

It would be cool to hear the sounds in this video without the annoying background music

[@franvdf]

The narrator for this video needs to be at a lower volume. She's too loud when you're trying to hear the sound effects. I kept having to adjust the volume, it was really annoying.

[@hamnchee]

What a stupidly frustrating video about sound where you constantly talk loudly over the sounds you're describing as important.

[@juddotto3660]

I never knew, but I'm pretty sure sound design is my favorite thing about movies now 🥳

[@squilliamfancyson5313]

9:42 he about slipped up and said a s???ton of water 😂

[@ash_tray]

Don’t get me wrong. I’m a sucker for older movies with cheaper scares and not the best sfx (compared to now) but movies like the invisible man really have my heart. The way that movie gave me so much anxiety and fear, and being domestic violence victim myself, this movie gave me a feeling not many scary movies have. And I think it’s beautiful that something that was all made up can do that.

[@murphtahoe1]

That’s pretty fascinating stuff that you take for granted in a film.

[@wesley9153]

Personally I found the second sink sounds more creepy. Yea it’s not as sudden, but it has a ghostly sound

[@satomi2176]

Does anyone have any actually scary movies that u can recommend? I watched so many but i just don’t get scared, if u know any pls comment.

[@etiennep1084]

Unfriended: dark Web is a really good horror movie on netflix, the style of filming really make you feel inside the movie

[@Daduu]

What we need in horror movies are disproportionate figures that we usually don’t think are possible or realistic..

[@CanisAnubis]

Yeah on the first example, there's no logical reason a shirt should rustle in that fashion, so my brain just interpreted it as the actor having the mic to close to their mouth as they exhale. Shirts don't rustle like that. The body is in fluidic motion, and would rustle more consistently.

[@verebellus]

this isn't the full story, at all. cuz the Foley is sound production, but there's also sound design, which an engineer makes, with so much more that goes in to it that rustling a shirt at the right moment. please get more of that, making a simple sound, amazing there's a lot with where the sound comes from, how loud it is, if it's distorted or not, if it's bassy or not. and i would love to see more of this

[@saigoneze4465]

love watching the behind the scenes stuff like this

[@jaykadir2578]

We all now 90% of the horror movies are scary bcuz of the sounds and music. I'm here to see those who made me sleepless.

[@le9038]

You had to keep the volume really low because it was scary, didn't you?

[@miserablebrian]

Dude that is LITERALLY THE BEST JOB ON PLANET EARTH!

[@Shucksofficial]

I completely disagree. The shot of the sink where it goes completely silent isn’t scary at all to me because as a horror fan, it’s expected and a trope now. So as soon as it’s fully silent in a movie I roll my eyes and say here we go, here’s a jump scare. The creepy part is the realistic sink turning off where you hear the water running. It’s not fully silent so you’re not sure if a scare is coming or not. So you have the element of surprise and some suspense.

[@skywellness8199]

lol i thought the 2nd version was scarier w/ the elizabeth moth scene

[@charoleawood]

3:51 But the bell isn't creepy outside of a creepy context, it's relaxing...

[@amisusiati1541]

I've been watching horror movies all the time that a children's song with a Xylephone or wind chimes scare me add some reverb to the song and now is creepy

[@TiNzZiiEe]

Now i can sleep soundly 😆😆😆

[@lilliank3542]

I absolutely HATE horror movies and have issues with night terrors and nightmares..... So why am I watching this right before bed?

[@vernawood8134]

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[@bobblowhard8823]

Ok, Mr. Smarty Pants. How did they do the sound effects in "Ernest Scared Stupid"?

[@lajuan4306]

Is this just for horror movies or for all of them? Genuinely asking. I think this is amazing, how do you even get into this field?

[@Photoped]

Maybe don't put a musical backing track over a video that requires listening to specific sounds

[@zadraking]

Folly artistry is yet another art form that fascinates me and makes me want to pursue the industry, I won't pursue it but it is inspiring and I respect the creative passion folly artists possess.

[@workingguitar1]

Why do you feel you have to narrate so much. We humans have comprehension skills and Imagination.

[@VVIICCTTOOR]

Sounds in horror movies: 😂🤣🌳🖼🎉 Sounds in horror games: ◾️☠️💀🔪🌑

[@SewFloSewing]

I was really interested by this but I wish the narrator wouldnt have talked over all the sounds!! And talked too much.

[@HectorCamacho67]

Why dont they just use a soundboard? Can make whatever sounds you want really

[@indiaajadee6194]

“An unnaturally loud echo” Heh clearly she’s never had her phone vibrate at school before

[@Zraknul]

Too bad an episode about sound artists, and they couldn't get anyone to balance the narration and the sound effects.

[@AllenHanPR]

I feel like I could start a sound studio with the junk I have in my garage.

[@CJ_1406]

If I were in a situation like this, I would randomly sing and play loud music.

[@aujax1]

what a cool job. lots of creativity and technical knowledge. love it

[@leeboriack8054]

The subtle sound effects create tension and anxiety...... mwa ha ha ha