Scary Entertainment

Scary Entertainment

What Makes Horror Music Scary?​

By la Teacher

Watch the following extracts from a Youtube video and answer the questions.

Clip N. 1

Multiple Choice

In the video, the narrator says "horror films have always been dismissed as "low-brow...", what is the meaning of "low-brow"?

• important

• not highly intellectual or cultured.

• boring and slow

• having low brows in the face.

Multiple Choice

Which movie changed horror music forever?

​CLIP N. 2

Multiple Choice

What type of movie may be a "talkie"?

• A silent movie

• A walkie-talkie

• A name given to the first movies with sound.

• A name given to the first movies with synchronized sound.

Multiple Select

What is a"leitmotiv"

• A phrase that is repeated often in a work of art, literature, or music and that tells you something important about it.

• Short recurring musical ideas that signify the presence of a villain.

• A show by Buenafuente

• Some who is late to a date.

CLIP N.3

Multiple Choice

What is the extreme adjective for "scary"?

• scarily

• frightening

• gigantic

• terrifying

Clip N. 4

Multiple Choice

Which of the following techniques is NOT exclusive to horror films?

• The Devil's Interval

• The leitmotiv

• Using the 13th century chant "Dies Irae".

• Using familiar music into a creepy context.

Open Ended

What is the meaning of "creepy"? You can define it or use a synonym.

Poll

Which type of music or technique gives you more "creepy vibes"?

• Religious/Gregorian chants.

• Little kids signing children's songs.

• The Devil's Interval (using two tritones a half-step apart).

• Leitmotivs

• Disturbing experimental compositions.