Music and Sound in HORROR Films-FULL LESSONS-Distance Learning

This lesson and supporting resources provide an extremely detailed account of Sound Design and Music used within the horror film genre. It covers a very wide range of horror films and even looks into the development of music within horror throughout the decades, from early cinema to the modern horror movie. The material in this resource would easily cover 3 to 4 lessons over roughly 3 or 4 weeks and would be excellent for Music technology, Film Studies and Media lessons.

All material, presentations and worksheets, within this resource has been recently updated and now includes links to online ‘Distance Learning’ versions through Google Slides™. This allowing extra flexibility and continued support if students are learning and engaging from outside the classroom at home.

The presentation/lecture covers a VERY wide range that of what makes sounds and music scary; why do people like horror movies, the main film conventions of horror movies, Nonlinear & Infrasound, the Ghost Frequency, how Jump Scares are used, Character Motifs & Leitmotif and Common Instruments used. Moreover, Minor Keys & Dissonance, used of Juxtaposition, Minor Keys & Dissonance and Rhythmic Pulses. The presentation has 50 detailed slides, these with embedded video links and examples to YouTube, thus providing an excellent addition to the resource.

This resource also comes with 5 classroom tasks that can be completed alongside the lesson/presentation and integrated videos, and will aid learning and revision for learners throughout. Part of this is a very interactive lesson where students write and compose a short piece of scary music to match some scary footage (video provided in resource). Moreover, all these classroom tasks come with Answer-Sheets, to aid marking of student’s submitted work.

Furthermore, each of these Classroom Tasks come in a “No Style”, black and white print out or an attractive, “Styled” version to help engage learners.

This resource also comes with an Infographic/Study Aid resource to aid learning. This covering the major film conventions of horror films.

WARNING – Before you buy this resource PLEASE READ!
Some of the music and video game examples and embedded YouTube videos may not be suitable for learners of all ages. It is the teacher/lecturer’s responsibility to monitor and check before engaging with learners. We have tried to ensure that music examples are suitable for all classrooms, but this really depends on the learning environment and age range of your learners. Thank you for understanding!