Soundtrack Research- Screams and effects

In our production, it is important that we have screams and conventional sound effects to make sure our trailer entices the audience as much as possible. Having sound effects in horror trailers helps to bring it all together. It helps to add emphasise to the scene, and make the audience feel like they are actually part of the film. For our trailer we need music, diegetic and non-diegetic music which compliments what we capture within our shots. This suggests that we have to research into the soundtrack in lots of depth and detail as we don't want music which takes the audience away from the trailer, we want them to lose themselves when watching this. I decided to research this by using the software "Youtube." This allowed us to hear soundtracks easily and we can also save the sounds to folders on our computers which also makes it an easier process.

Scream One: 

We thought that this scream was the most simplistic. It is a women screaming, which is helpful considering the actors in our trailer are all females. The scream sounds genuine, but this fades out towards the end of the clip, as the women's screams slightly deteriorates. The clip is short, which is ideal as we can then edit it into our trailer, along with the fast paced editing which would help to reinforce the tension filled atmosphere in our trailer. This scream is powerful and emphasises how frightened or in pain she is due to the strain of her voice. . We want to make our audience feel like our trailer is as realistic as possible, and this scream would bring emotion towards them. 

Scream Two: 

The second scream that we researched demonstrates a man screaming in a graduational way. The scream starts off short and quick, and then becomes louder and harsher. This cements the idea of tension, which is an attribute that we want to have our audience feel in our trailer.  This create many images, such as, him realising the pain he's in or it could come across as if he is going mad.  This scream may be good within the fast pace editing at the end of the trailer as when the shots increase in speed, this scream can be editing over, revealing the last shot of him finally screaming. 

Scream Three: 

In the third scream that i researched, the scream has a group of individuals screaming. The scream witnesses the presence of males and females and also the contribution of children. In our trailer, we will not be featuring any children, our target audience is aimed at 15 year olds, therefore, not suitable for children.  This would not be ideal for our trailer as it comes across tacky and more suitable for a comedy.  However, this type of scream may be ideal for parody horror trailers such as the "Scary Movie" films.  Due to the  plot we have for our trailer this is not suitable for our trailer, therefore we would not use something like this. 

Scream Four:

 For the last scream that i researched, i feel that this was is very effective, but maybe not suitable for our trailer. In the clip, there are squelching sounds, presumably to symbolise the presence of flesh and blood. Therefore, this type of scream would be compatible with a zombie horror, or a gore horror such as the SAW franchise.