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The Wilhelm Scream is a film and TV stock sound effect that was first used in the 1951 film Distant Drums. Since then, it has been used in Star Wars, the Indiana Jones series, Disney cartoons and many other blockbuster films, TV series and video games. It is used when a character (mostly someone that we don’t really care about) falls from a great height, is thrown from and explosion or is hit with a bullet, arrow or other wounding missile.
It’s also the inspiration for the James Blake song Wilhelm’s Scream, which is a pretty cool song if you ask me, but doesn’t actually contain the Wilhelm Scream.
The use of the Wilhelm Scream has become a bit of an insider joke. It has been used in over 225 movies in 2011 alone!
Let’s play a game, next time you watch a movie, listen out for the Wilhelm Scream. Where else does it pop up? Are there more places you’ve heard it?
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Competition Results
Competition Results!
The winner of our ‘Identify the films from their loglines’ comp is Robert Kelsall from the UK. Well done Rob. A Film by Democracy t-shirt is will be on it’s way to you soon.
Thanks to everyone who entered. See results here:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/logline_quizFor more fun stuff, check out the Film by Democracy website
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I will never, EVER tire of seeing this pop up in my internets.
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Bernard from Black Books, planking
