{"id":2222,"date":"2021-07-26T08:00:58","date_gmt":"2021-07-26T08:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scientifica.ch\/event\/does-terrifying-film-music-scare-us-by-mimicking-human-screams\/"},"modified":"2021-10-01T11:05:53","modified_gmt":"2021-10-01T09:05:53","slug":"does-terrifying-film-music-scare-us-by-mimicking-human-screams","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/scientifica.ch\/en\/event\/does-terrifying-film-music-scare-us-by-mimicking-human-screams\/","title":{"rendered":"Does Terrifying Film Music Scare Us by Mimicking Human Screams?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Film soundtracks are expertly crafted to influence and manipulate our emotions. They have the power to make us laugh, cry and even cover our eyes in fear. For scary film scenes, the terrifying music accompanying them is often described as \u201cscream-like\u201d. A well-known example is Bernard Herrmann\u2019s violent, shrieking violin cue that accompanies the infamous shower murder scene in Alfred Hitchcock\u2019s film Psycho (1960). Although \u201cscream-like\u201d is a common descriptor, how similarly do these scary film soundtrack excerpts actually sound to real human screams? Do composers imitate key acoustic features of human screams to scare us? In this presentation, we will look at examples from horror film soundtracks and accessible reports on acoustic analyses and psychological research to find out how film composers can use synthetic musical versions of human vocal sounds to communicate similar emotional meanings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Film soundtracks are expertly crafted to influence and manipulate our emotions. They have the power to make us laugh, cry and even cover our eyes in fear. For scary film [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[61,68,56],"class_list":["post-2222","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","hentry","tribe_events_cat-english","tribe_events_cat-short-lecture","tribe_events_cat-scientifica_2021-en","cat_english","cat_short-lecture","cat_scientifica_2021-en"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Does Terrifying Film Music Scare Us by Mimicking Human Screams? - Scientifica<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/scientifica.ch\/event\/does-terrifying-film-music-scare-us-by-mimicking-human-screams\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Does Terrifying Film Music Scare Us by Mimicking Human Screams? - Scientifica\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Film soundtracks are expertly crafted to influence and manipulate our emotions. They have the power to make us laugh, cry and even cover our eyes in fear. For scary film [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/scientifica.ch\/event\/does-terrifying-film-music-scare-us-by-mimicking-human-screams\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Scientifica\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-10-01T09:05:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/scientifica.ch\\\/event\\\/does-terrifying-film-music-scare-us-by-mimicking-human-screams\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/scientifica.ch\\\/event\\\/does-terrifying-film-music-scare-us-by-mimicking-human-screams\\\/\",\"name\":\"Does Terrifying Film Music Scare Us by Mimicking Human Screams? - Scientifica\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/scientifica.ch\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-07-26T08:00:58+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-10-01T09:05:53+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/scientifica.ch\\\/event\\\/does-terrifying-film-music-scare-us-by-mimicking-human-screams\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/scientifica.ch\\\/event\\\/does-terrifying-film-music-scare-us-by-mimicking-human-screams\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/scientifica.ch\\\/event\\\/does-terrifying-film-music-scare-us-by-mimicking-human-screams\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Startseite\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/scientifica.ch\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Veranstaltungen\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/scientifica.ch\\\/events-overview\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Does Terrifying Film Music Scare Us by Mimicking Human Screams?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/scientifica.ch\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/scientifica.ch\\\/\",\"name\":\"Scientifica\",\"description\":\"Z\u00fcrcher Wissenschaftsfestival\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/scientifica.ch\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Does Terrifying Film Music Scare Us by Mimicking Human Screams? - Scientifica","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/scientifica.ch\/event\/does-terrifying-film-music-scare-us-by-mimicking-human-screams\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Does Terrifying Film Music Scare Us by Mimicking Human Screams? - Scientifica","og_description":"Film soundtracks are expertly crafted to influence and manipulate our emotions. They have the power to make us laugh, cry and even cover our eyes in fear. For scary film [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/scientifica.ch\/event\/does-terrifying-film-music-scare-us-by-mimicking-human-screams\/","og_site_name":"Scientifica","article_modified_time":"2021-10-01T09:05:53+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/scientifica.ch\/event\/does-terrifying-film-music-scare-us-by-mimicking-human-screams\/","url":"https:\/\/scientifica.ch\/event\/does-terrifying-film-music-scare-us-by-mimicking-human-screams\/","name":"Does Terrifying Film Music Scare Us by Mimicking Human Screams? - Scientifica","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/scientifica.ch\/#website"},"datePublished":"2021-07-26T08:00:58+00:00","dateModified":"2021-10-01T09:05:53+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/scientifica.ch\/event\/does-terrifying-film-music-scare-us-by-mimicking-human-screams\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/scientifica.ch\/event\/does-terrifying-film-music-scare-us-by-mimicking-human-screams\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/scientifica.ch\/event\/does-terrifying-film-music-scare-us-by-mimicking-human-screams\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Startseite","item":"https:\/\/scientifica.ch\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Veranstaltungen","item":"https:\/\/scientifica.ch\/events-overview\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Does Terrifying Film Music Scare Us by Mimicking Human Screams?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/scientifica.ch\/#website","url":"https:\/\/scientifica.ch\/","name":"Scientifica","description":"Z\u00fcrcher Wissenschaftsfestival","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/scientifica.ch\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scientifica.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/2222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scientifica.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scientifica.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scientifica.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/scientifica.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/2222\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4161,"href":"https:\/\/scientifica.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/2222\/revisions\/4161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scientifica.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scientifica.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2222"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scientifica.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=2222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}