Jump scare
As a jump scare ( alternative spellings: jump scare and jump scare ) refers to a suddenly played film - or sequence of images being played by an equally suddenly to loud noise is accompanied. The purpose of jump scares is to frighten the viewer.
background
Sudden sequences of images with loud music or loud noises are often a basic component of horror films and survival horror computer games . Usually, an exciting atmosphere is gradually built up first, which maintains the expectation and nervousness of the viewer or player for a while and temporarily occupies the victim. Then a mixture of nervous tension and a sense of security is created. With the jump scare, the first expectation is finally fulfilled, but in a literally shocking way. Good jump scares are characterized by the fact that they basically occur unexpectedly. In terms of film technology, jump scares are created using a cutting technique called smash cut , a deliberate and abrupt change between two fundamentally different image sequences. Usually the fright sequence shows a monster or a disfigured face jumping towards the viewer. Jump scares are thus something like virtual box devils and their principle is the same.
literature
- John Rosenberg: The Healthy Edit: Creative Techniques for Perfecting Your Movie . Focal Press Publishing, Burlington 2013, ISBN 1-13604-073-0 , p. 104.
- John Kenneth Muir: Horror Films FAQ: All That's Left to Know About Slashers, Vampires, Zombies, Aliens, and More . Hal Leonard Corporation, New York 2013, ISBN 1-480-36681-1 , p. 20.
- Laurent Jullier: L'analysis de séquences - 5e éd. Armand Colin, Paris 2019, ISBN 9782200625504 , p. 23.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ jump scare - Encyclopaedia of film terms. In: filmlexikon.uni-kiel.de. Retrieved December 25, 2014 .