It’s 200 years since Thomas De Quincey wrote On the Knocking On the Gate in 'Macbeth', the first serious consideration of the strange and powerful psychological impact of sound effects - sounds which ...

Sound effects are some of the most underappreciated aspects of cinema. Indeed, the visual nature of film as a medium often ensures that sound is taken for granted, particularly when it comes to ...

Doctor Who is always at its best when it’s scaring the pants off you. Whether it’s the fang-baring Weeping Angels, the flesh-burning Shade from Heaven Sent or the spiders crawling out of the rocks in ...

From noises off to the sounds of tomorrow, composer Sarah Angliss and some of the world’s greatest effects artists celebrate 200 years of the awesome power of sound effects. Show more It’s 200 years ...