creating suspense in horror films - a video essay

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  • čas přidán 26. 06. 2024
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    0:00 - intro
    2:31 - cinematography
    5:34 - editing
    8:34 - sound
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Komentáře • 91

  • @AcademyOfEdits
    @AcademyOfEdits  Před 2 lety +17

    The first 1,000 people to use this link will get a 1 month free trial of Skillshare: skl.sh/academyofedits10211
    Note: there are a lot of dark scenes in this video and youtube compression has really decided to be a hater, if you select 4K quality for the video the compression will be a bit better so I recommend that!

  • @skullabaloo1325
    @skullabaloo1325 Před 2 lety +115

    Oh that was beautiful! I know you said no jump scares but I had goosebumps throughout. That initial scene I think your explanation made it even more frightening somehow haha.

  • @dukatelo
    @dukatelo Před 2 lety +59

    This channel could really evolve beyond tutorial videos (which are great themselves, no doubt) into videos based on topics such as these. You really put everything in this video together nicely, and a lot could be learned from this.
    As Palpatine once put it, "We will watch your career with great interest."

    • @AcademyOfEdits
      @AcademyOfEdits  Před 2 lety +6

      Thanks! I definitely want to sprinkle more video-essay type videos in because they're really fun to do (although extremely time consuming) so expect more to come in the future!

  • @EllyValentini
    @EllyValentini Před 8 měsíci +12

    I really appreciate the "no jumpscare" reassurance xD
    I'm editing a horror-ish video but im not a really a fan of the genre

  • @iCookMe
    @iCookMe Před 2 lety +55

    Loved the way you tackled jump scares (warning and using several techniques to "soften the blow") and incorporating the editor's view.
    Fantastic!

    • @AcademyOfEdits
      @AcademyOfEdits  Před 2 lety +13

      Thanks! I didn't want people to get distracted by the possibility of being jumpscared so tried my best to either remove them or take away as much of their impact as I could haha

    • @iCookMe
      @iCookMe Před 2 lety +1

      @@AcademyOfEdits good choice. learned a lot bc of it. Keep up the good work!!

  • @hardeepdhull3793
    @hardeepdhull3793 Před 3 měsíci +4

    Bro dropping goldmines for free. Unbelileveable. God bless you , super duper content

  • @prathamraina9445
    @prathamraina9445 Před rokem +19

    extremely helpful and high value. I'm a writer but still I learned a lot. sending this to all my filmmaking friends so keep it up. a suggestion: if you could mention all the movies used in the video in the description, that would be great, for us to watch those films, and come back to this video with a deeper understanding.

  • @saraaa221
    @saraaa221 Před 2 měsíci +2

    73k views on this video is fucking criminal this video genuinely deserves 1 million views wth are you doing CZcams

  • @iCookMe
    @iCookMe Před rokem +6

    Comin' back almost a year later to say that this is still one of my favorite videos and I've rewatched it several times, especially when working on my own stuff. Thank you for this, love your stuff and hope you're doing well!

  • @falconfilms1990
    @falconfilms1990 Před 9 měsíci +3

    There is an alternative way to do the increasing anxiety that i like where you have a constant sense of anxiety paired with a incredibly low audio after the people are used to it you cut the audio allowing them to feel the weight they were under without realizing it. This form is harder to get to working but it works well for DnD.

  • @Silas_Edel
    @Silas_Edel Před měsícem +1

    That was the most insightful 12m this whole week

  • @MyCuteBeautyChannel
    @MyCuteBeautyChannel Před rokem

    LOVE your channel. Thank you for this.

  • @flickeringcandle3168
    @flickeringcandle3168 Před 2 lety +6

    This is really well done! Such a clear introduction/summary of horror techniques in film. Also really a fan of the video essay format!

    • @AcademyOfEdits
      @AcademyOfEdits  Před 2 lety +2

      Thanks! hoping to do more like it sometime soon!

  • @Mozeh
    @Mozeh Před 2 lety +2

    this video was a masterpeice keep making more i love these

  • @Yvenou
    @Yvenou Před 2 lety +1

    Great video as always, as a fan of horror movie I really enjoyed it ! Thank you for all your advices I think you deserve a lot more viewers and I hope this will be soon!

  • @unseen.pixels
    @unseen.pixels Před 2 lety +2

    Really great break down! So much good stuff here to keep in mind.

  • @KimochJesper
    @KimochJesper Před měsícem

    This is such a great essay. Beautiful work, hope to see more essays like this from you!

  • @biksw
    @biksw Před 2 lety +3

    This channel should blow up already

  • @jkapp374
    @jkapp374 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Glad you gave some shout-outs to the Invisible Man from 2020.. that was such a highly underrated, intelligent, and suspenseful scary movie

  • @9arold9
    @9arold9 Před 2 lety +2

    Super video as always!

  • @nonox2387
    @nonox2387 Před 2 lety

    Your work deserve way more visibility

  • @Not-Natpex
    @Not-Natpex Před 6 měsíci +1

    7:36
    Hold Shots really do work, that clip terrified me

  • @biksw
    @biksw Před 2 lety +2

    Such a good subject to talk about. Thank you!

  • @Hannah13402
    @Hannah13402 Před 16 dny

    The fact that it said "no jump scares are included in this video" and she moved and i got jump scared😅😅

  • @DiverseKitty
    @DiverseKitty Před 4 měsíci

    This is so amazing , great tips

  • @bliiblaablue
    @bliiblaablue Před 27 dny

    great video and good insights

  • @vriyvn
    @vriyvn Před měsícem

    Man, this is top quality content, well done👌🏽❤

  • @valentinjoubrel
    @valentinjoubrel Před 2 lety

    wonderful video, thanks a lot for these really interesting analysis !! won a subscriber 👍

  • @boenje
    @boenje Před 10 měsíci

    such an underrated channel!

  • @PotatoGaming048
    @PotatoGaming048 Před 2 lety

    Never Seen such cool tutorials 🔥🔥

  • @sayeFX
    @sayeFX Před 2 lety

    Awsome video Ty!

  • @19Eighty8Media
    @19Eighty8Media Před 9 měsíci

    Amazing and informative. Thank you!!!!

  • @serasaurusrex
    @serasaurusrex Před 7 měsíci

    Great video, thank you for no jump scares!

  • @donnafluff_
    @donnafluff_ Před 8 měsíci

    what a great video. thank you for teaching

  • @NoName-oq2ei
    @NoName-oq2ei Před 6 měsíci

    This was su usefull and so well explained! Thank you!

  • @perfectblow555
    @perfectblow555 Před 3 měsíci

    Dude, i started to watch the video just expecting to be entretained for a while, but the knowledge you poured is fckn amazing, now im taking notes

  • @KhanstJanu
    @KhanstJanu Před 2 lety

    Superb Video...Very Informative.💕

  • @Spidercation
    @Spidercation Před 3 měsíci

    this video deserves a million views

  • @RattyYoutube
    @RattyYoutube Před 2 lety

    i need more video essay's please cheers!

  • @javeedvfx3083
    @javeedvfx3083 Před 2 měsíci

    12 minutes of valuable content. Thank you for sharing ;)

  • @lucyy1077
    @lucyy1077 Před rokem

    Great video!

  • @YPVFX
    @YPVFX Před 2 lety

    I really love your videos I never miss a video

  • @matiasnava6138
    @matiasnava6138 Před 11 měsíci

    Great explanation video

  • @lazykid9167
    @lazykid9167 Před měsícem

    Wow. Just wow. An epic video creation , very awakening and inspiring and cool. Thank you

    • @lazykid9167
      @lazykid9167 Před měsícem

      This video is a piece of Art ( especially the brainfood content )

  • @johnreskusich2324
    @johnreskusich2324 Před 5 měsíci

    Great video.

  • @dramamine6199
    @dramamine6199 Před 7 měsíci

    Great video, do you use secondary sources? If so I would love to know which ones. Super interesting

  • @YPVFX
    @YPVFX Před 2 lety

    Scariest tutorial ever for the best youtuber ever

  • @alohaworld
    @alohaworld Před 8 měsíci

    Brilliant info graphics

  • @mn-ru4li
    @mn-ru4li Před 8 měsíci

    There's a 4th sound in horror - silence. Highly Underrated, under used but ultra effective... oh, you just said that

  • @wisdomseeker3362
    @wisdomseeker3362 Před rokem

    This is a great _learning_ video .
    Thank you. I am just now starting to reach it and learn everything I can to create my own true crime animated channel.

  • @Rafopla
    @Rafopla Před 2 lety

    Jesus christ I know shit like this is said in the comment section of so many beginning youtube channels BUT DAMN ! You DO deserve more views for that work.
    The sheer volume of analysis, the seamless flow of it, the perfectly appropriate visuals. Not to mention your voice and tone which are premium video essay ear juice.
    Im sharing this and really hope you get a larger audience because this content will interest people.
    Also, even though I don't fuck with AE or Blender, I still love watching your tutorials because of the wealth of info and soothing flow of it. They are short and sweet to the point which is something I'd love to say about all the other tutorials out there. Kudos and hang in there

    • @AcademyOfEdits
      @AcademyOfEdits  Před 2 lety +1

      Hey thanks for all the kind words and thanks for sharing the video as well! I really loved making this video-essay type video and although it under-performed on the channel compared to my usual content, I still think it has it's place on the channel and I'll continue to make more like it in the future. Glad you enjoyed it and thanks again for hyping it up homie :)

    • @Rafopla
      @Rafopla Před 2 lety

      @@AcademyOfEdits My pleasure :D
      Sharing the word in France hehe

  • @fearthesmeag
    @fearthesmeag Před rokem

    awesome breakdown and understanding into Horror sound design. I mostly watch horror through my fingers, I should rather mute the sound instead :)

  • @SHTALKS
    @SHTALKS Před rokem +1

    Sir, please upload more of these types of videos your style of telling anything is impressive, Please tell me some amaizing books' names?

  • @MR_EXCELLENT_
    @MR_EXCELLENT_ Před 8 měsíci

    THANKS BROTHERRRRR 💯💯✨✨

  • @alexadraws123
    @alexadraws123 Před 10 měsíci

    This is so helpful thank you! Rn I’m trying to work on short animated horror films 😅

  • @Spectalys
    @Spectalys Před 2 lety

    Good, thanks

  • @Covencraft
    @Covencraft Před 4 měsíci +1

    Jump Scares are not scary they are startling.

  • @ShamellAntone
    @ShamellAntone Před rokem

    great vid..

  • @flowendt6263
    @flowendt6263 Před 8 měsíci

    Damn, i wish i discoverd you earlier ^^ Great Content mate. keep it up ;)

  • @maddieberry6625
    @maddieberry6625 Před 2 lety +1

    Just in time for Halloween month haha

  • @Mai2727
    @Mai2727 Před 8 měsíci

    Great video! although I found the second example scarier lol

  • @martialutd8599
    @martialutd8599 Před 8 měsíci

    nice

  • @blakerice7928
    @blakerice7928 Před měsícem

    Question… how do you put a movie into premiere?

  • @eyesuckatgames8226
    @eyesuckatgames8226 Před rokem

    That boo was traumatic have any recommendations for therapy 😂

  • @vinhdo1609
    @vinhdo1609 Před 2 lety

    we need to help this guy teach youtube algrithrom which video should be popular.

  • @ptr_mzr
    @ptr_mzr Před 2 lety +1

    Please algorithm fix this

  • @nezby3945
    @nezby3945 Před 2 lety

    The building suspension part is very true when I was small at a camp with my school we would always have something called the walk of fear it would always occur only once per camp and it went like this: We would have to go alongside a path in the woods when it was completely dark outside and there was only a few occasional candles left by the side of the path so you wouldn’t get lost in the woods and there was a point in which a couple of teachers with scary costumes would scare you and then you went back.
    So here comes my story I went on this so called “walk of fear” and I was the last one of all the kids going there and it was pitch black outside and it was raining so when I was on my way on the path, the rain extinguished one of the candles right in front of me and that made me kind of scared cuz if it happened to all of them I could’ve gotten lost there. So I was walking and walking and no one was there I walked an entire kilometer so the building of tension just kept becoming larger and larger when suddenly a man shouted at me and flashed me in the eyes with a flashlight and told me what am I doing on his property which I replied to that I don’t know I think I got lost while crying my butt off so then he luckily new the camp where I was and he helped me find a way back there. After that when I was safe and at the camp the teachers told me that they’ve already returned like an hour ago that they canceled it and they didn’t even know why I still went even thought one of them sent me there all by myself so my 10yo me scared out of my mind survived that rough night in the end.

    • @AcademyOfEdits
      @AcademyOfEdits  Před 2 lety +1

      wow yeah I'll have to pass on doing any "walks of fear" cause that sounds pretty awful dude haha, also a perfect example of building the suspense!

    • @nezby3945
      @nezby3945 Před 2 lety

      @@AcademyOfEdits Thanks yeah really terrifying especially for a 10yo me xD. Also thanks for the greatest filmmaking content out there Imma try out the skillshare thing just to support you as best as I can and maybe learn a thing or two along the way. I really appreciate these vids I wish you a happy weekend :D

  • @princesssudera
    @princesssudera Před 2 lety +1

    🤯🤯🤯

  • @justtrim
    @justtrim Před 2 lety

    I have major trust issues, first thing I read is "there are no jumpscares in this video" and immediately I'm suspicious. Guess i'l find out in 12 minutes 😂

    • @justtrim
      @justtrim Před 2 lety +1

      Okay, I'm alive. I wasn't lied to. Fantastic content, and what I can only assume is an INSANE amount of editing that went into it. Awesome stuff!

  • @tamakaramaena
    @tamakaramaena Před rokem +1

    Not all the time though lol
    You're very subjective in the horror genre
    Theirs a level of psychopathy, therapy (like what they did in "us") NEUROLOGY, psychology, philosophies, ECT and so on
    You have to tap into the human emotion
    This goes for you hypothesis/psychology/philosophy on the first scenario you spoke about

  • @deepakjaybhaye4031
    @deepakjaybhaye4031 Před 8 měsíci

    What is the name of the movie? Which is in the intro? Please share the movie name?

  • @AldyPradana17
    @AldyPradana17 Před rokem

    👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

  • @Matt_bhg
    @Matt_bhg Před 2 lety +1

    Suuper vídeo

  • @user-zs6xw3nr1t
    @user-zs6xw3nr1t Před 2 lety

    Dude wtf only 650 views?

    • @AcademyOfEdits
      @AcademyOfEdits  Před 2 lety

      The algorithm has not been kind on this video lol

    • @user-zs6xw3nr1t
      @user-zs6xw3nr1t Před 2 lety +1

      @@AcademyOfEdits Damn your videos are so professional! You really deserve more recognition. Thank you so much for your videos man

    • @AcademyOfEdits
      @AcademyOfEdits  Před 2 lety +2

      I’m glad you like ‘em and thanks! :)

  • @lua-gc4gy
    @lua-gc4gy Před 2 lety

    this dude hot asf i just know it

  • @ry_higgy
    @ry_higgy Před 2 lety

    Great video!