final video

A Surrealist Film example

The shaking head make me very impressive

I can use this concept on my video.

finish recording the sound

Make horror movies sound effect

The research from 

How to Make Special Effects for a Horror Movie

Edited by Jonathan E., Sondra C, Blabla96, Travis Derouin and 37 others

This is the sound effects part.

1. Fill darkness with sounds. Being unable to see much of what's happening in the background is scary enough; adding a bump in the night can make it downright terrifying. Accentuate your shadow play and creepy lighting effects by punctuating the gloomiest shots with sound effects.
   • In most cases, a subtle ambient effect is appropriate. If nothing is actually going to jump out of the shadows, try adding the faint sound of wind blowing or a wooden board creaking. Even some soft radio static can work wonders. Try to pick something the audience won't consciously notice, but which will make them shift a little in their seats just the same.
   • From time to time, add a more definite sound. A shot that lingers on a darkened living room after its owner has left for the evening can be made scarier with a scraping, shuffling, or thumping sound. Your audience will know someone or something was inside the room with the character and went unnoticed, giving them big chills. Don't overuse these clearer effects, though, or they'll lose their power.
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   Learn about sound attack. The attack of a sound is the time it take for that sound to reach its maximum volume, before decaying and returning to no sound at all. Sounds with a fast attack include doors slamming, balloons popping, and dogs barking; sounds with a slow attack include wind whistling, boxes sliding down a ramp, and wolves howling. Generally speaking, the faster a sound's attack is, the more frightening it can be; loud volume enhances the effect.
   • Some of the most effective horror sounds are the result of mixing fast attack effects into a longer series. Footsteps slowly coming up the basement stairs, for example, is a classic effect that combines fast attack sounds (footsteps) into a repeating sequence that makes each one more dreadful than the last.
   • Try combining a fast attack sound and a slow attack sound to create an uneven, twisted feeling. A thump on the staircase is bad enough; a thump followed by a wet dragging sound (with slower attack) is truly horrifying, because the audience can hear that whatever's climbing the steps is misshapen or broken in some way.
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   Take advantage of free stock effects. For the budget-conscious horror film maker, there are many high-quality sound effects that are licensed for free use. Most of these are now available online at sites like SoundBible.com. Caskets opening, zombies groaning, and people screaming are just a few of the effects you can use without having to pay.
   • Be sure to check the license associated with each free sound effect. Many of them are only free to use if you properly credit their creators.
   • Don't just check horror sound effects. There are many other sounds that can be easily repurposed for a horror film, with some creativity and forethought.
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   Add original Foley effects. Foley Editors have what is arguably one of the most entertaining and creative jobs in the film industry: they create sound effects, usually with everyday items, that approximate just about any noise imaginable. Some Foley effects are closely guarded secrets, but there are plenty you can do yourself to add a fresh, unique sound to an action or event. Get a good quality microphone and set it up near a nook with all the Foley prop items you need, and have at it.
• Break bones or splinter limbs with wood or celery. To make a bone-snapping sound, wrap a thin dowel rod in soft paper (paper towels work) and snap it near the microphone. For a more sickening crunch, twist and snap a bunch of celery instead.
• Add a gory effect to axe and club strikes. Use a length of garden hose slapped hard against a baseball glove to produce a meaty impact noise. A mallet on a pumpkin can accentuate a particularly devastating head strike.
• Make a sickening impact noise with rags. To simulate the sound of something wet and disgusting falling and/or bursting on the ground, load up a bucket with soaked rags. Set up a short ladder on a concrete surface, then dump the rags from the top of the ladder onto the floor.
• Add a sizzling effect to burn scenes. The quickest and easiest way to do this is to stretch a piece of wax paper near the microphone and then steadily pour uncooked rice down it. For a more authentic (albeit less dramatic) effect, put a hot iron in a tray with just a tiny amount of water. For sizzling fat, add a bit of oil on top of the water

http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Special-Effects-for-a-Horror-Movie#Sound_Effects

The 4th part is using everyday items, it is interesting so I want to try it.

The tools

Victims

Lets start!!!

The storyboard for now

Project idea Synopsis

•A Surrealism Film

•BINARY: the two sides of human personality

•To present the inner sense/ opposite side of ourselves,     reveal the original undomesticated of a human being.

•Visual Design:

•Making a comparison with a mirror.

•the one inside the mirror represents the ‘original me’

•the character outside the mirror is the ‘face’ that we use to confront the public.

Character Design:

One character with the opposite personality: ‘Good’ vs ‘Bad’

Black and white contrast to show the ‘bright side’ and ‘dark side’ as to match ‘good’ and ‘bad'.

Screen capture from Better Than I Know Myself Music Video By Adam Lambert

Surrealist cinema

In his 2006 book Surrealism and Cinema, Michael Richardson argues that surrealist works cannot be defined by style or form, but rather as results of the practice of surrealism. Richardson writes: "Surrealists are not concerned with conjuring up some magic world that can be defined as 'surreal'. Their interest is almost exclusively in exploring the conjunctions, the points of contact, between different realms of existence. Surrealism is always about departures rather than arrivals."^[1] Rather than a fixed aesthetic, Richardson defines surrealism as "a shifting point of magnetism around which the collective activity of the surrealists revolves."^[1]

Surrealism draws upon irrational imagery and the subconscious mind. Surrealists should not, however, be mistaken as whimsical or incapable of logical thought;^[2]rather, most Surrealists promote themselves as revolutionaries.^[2]

Surrealist works cannot be defined by style or form, but rather as results of the practice of surrealism.^[1] Rather than a fixed aesthetic, surrealism can be defined as an ever-shifting art form.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrealist_cinema

un chien andalou

Examples of Surrealism in the Cinema

These are some example of surrealism in cinema and showing its development in last century.

after 1st review

after 1st review, Jeremy told me it better to focus on my sound work and develop it. So in the following weeks i will do more research and develop my soundtrack. It's also I love to do that.

Animatic work

the drawing

After drawing picture, I will try to make them to be a stop motion animation

example of first person view movie

First person view movie!!!

A very good example for the first person view movie! This video can be a very good tutorial to make me know how to film the first person view and create the scaring vibe. The movie also using the flashlight for their main light!!! What a perfect example!

1 min sound effect

The tutorial of Audacity

This tutorial help me to know how to find the sound materials and edit them by Audacity.
The left things is to create them

Preparing for 1 min soundtrack

This sound for 1 min trying. I used the sound recorder to record the sound such as step sounds on the wood floor or the sound of door open and close.

This is my SONY recorder. I used this one to record all sound materials for my subject.

 My house is wood floor, it easier to record the step sound and my room's door is quite old.When I open and close it, the sound will be very loud and clear, it's a good source to record.

Storyboard of idea

Storyboard

Please forgive my drawing skill!!!

CONCEPT IDEA

 First person view movie

The camera will follow the character’s view in the whole video. The character back to home at night. When he open the main door and try to turn the light on. He found the house is power off. He take his flashlight from his pocket and turn on. The camera will follow the light and there are some bloodstain on the wall and also has some blood marks. Character will walk forward slowly and carefully. When he walk to the corridor, he sees the women is standing in the front of his room. This women is bowing her head and character cannot see her face. When he come close, the women rise her head and show her horrible demon face with a harshly scream.

First person view is the good way to create some special atmosphere especially in the horror movie.

The camera position in this movie is always on the character shoulder.  Because of this, the video image will keep first person view and the audience only can see the character’s arms.

The sound of the video is my focus one. I will create the effects to make the video feel more scary. 

The idea of research from Horror movie

This ghost film's VFX shows us how to make people disappear and make special effect on people's motion. This video gives my concept about how to put the effect on the person. I can not only put effect on person but also put effect on anything such as wall; goods and animals.

This video shows a good example for sound effect to create a scary vibe. I would like to catch up to study how the soundtrack influence the video and create my own spooky soundscape.