The Importance of Sound in Film

There's something about these high pitches that evokes the sound of a child or a woman screaming. I think that note tells us something's happening and it calls attention to the screen. And then they'll have other tropes come in like boom. You know that weird thing. Vwah, vwah,. vwah,vwah,Vwah. There's an article on Folcher which we should put in the show notes that actually explains why so many trailers use exactly the same auditory gestures. It's a copycat business.

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