Iconic Sounds

There are various iconic sounds in the thriller genre, and each sound changes depending what is required by the film.

Iconic thriller contain diagetic sounds such as gun shots, screams and sounds of weapons

The music used in thrillers mainly start off slow pace and gets fast throughout to build up intensity of the film. Iconic sounds either use very low deep sounds or very high pitch sounds.

Examples of iconic sounds:

creaking doors
smashing glass
car skids
footsteps
breathing

Majority of films use screams as well as a deeper noise eg. music to create tension. Some of the sounds, sound like they syncronize with the heartbeat to build tension gradually speeding up tempo until reaching the escalated scene.

Understanding iconic sounds enables us to distignuish the different ranges of sounds in thriller to therfore create the biggest effect on our audience and create a mode to build tension and suspence.

By Nya Browne

Like in psycho, films mainly use repetitive sounds throughout the film, that become louder and louder as the intensity builds.

Sounds are one of the most important parts of a movie as it tells the audience what is going on and create suspense. It is also often used to symbolise both the protagonists and antagonist’s movements in the scene.

Diegetic sounds which are sounds that the characters can hear such as a telephone ringing, music playing, dialogue etc.

Thriller films normally have non diegetic music in the background which is what the characters can't hear, only the audience. This non diegetic music creates a tense atmosphere as its usually fast paced and usually crescendo.

Silence is also a major sound within the thriller genre. Alfred Hitchcock did many silent films such as ‘Blackmail’ where silence was used most often during moments of suspense.

ICONIC SOUNDS

By Nya Browne

Sounds are one of the most important parts of a movie as it tells the audience what is going on and create suspense. It is also often used to symbolise both the protagonists and antagonist’s movements in the scene.

Diegetic sounds which are sounds that the characters can hear such as a telephone ringing, music playing, dialogue etc.

Thriller films normally have non diegetic music in the background which is what the characters can't hear, only the audience. This non diegetic music creates a tense atmosphere as its usually fast paced and usually crescendo.

Silence is also a major sound within the thriller genre. Alfred Hitchcock did many silent films such as ‘Blackmail’ where silence was used most often during moments of suspense.

By Lolita Lind