How Audio Enhances the Horror of Five Nights At Freddy's
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For Halloween, I'm analyzing the sound design in the first Five Nights at Freddy's game, which demonstrates the unique roles audio can play in a horror game! Sound isn't just a scare tactic; it can support or diminish the amount of control a player feels over a nightmarish scenario.
After this video, I made a follow-up video about this game's sequels! • Sound Intensity and th...
Thanks to my friend Wolfgang for help editing the script!
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This video's gotten a bit of information wrong. For instance, the animatronic scream in FNAF 1 is not a recording of a child screaming, it's a sound clip of a woman's scream from an 80's sci-fi horror film called _Inseminoid_ (1981). Apologies for that!
i haven't gotten scared by FNAF in a long time, this video actually got me a few times!
During the third phase of the power out when everything is dark you can hear freddie walk into your office.
I was just about to comment this
I felt a bit happier that you didn’t play jump scare cause I’m watching this late
@@TheRealBatabii
That's cool... thank you for that
i love how everyone in this comment section has trust issues
I AM SCARED
i cant trust that everyone has trust issues
literally when he said "I won't add a jumpscare here" I still was tensed up just incase he lied lol, good thing he didn't
I have the biggest issues, because I worry that everyone who says "Oh there's no jumpscares" is conspiring against me.
@@gruccinishikino12 Yeah. They mislead you and make you relax so jumpscare catches you off-guard.
And since you know there are trolls who do like that, you expect a jumpscare all the time.
I don't know who said that but it said "expecting something scary to happen is scarier than not expecting it to happen".
Just like Freddy waiting for 3 seconds before jumpscaring you when the power goes out.
I just like to imagine scott fumbling around with a bunch of kitchen utensils and banging on a door and just doing whatever else to make the sounds
I think he actually got most of the root for the sound effects from pre existing places. And then he just mixed and combined stuff as he saw fit
@@Zelnyair no, its using resources provided.
Same
@@joshuamaldonado1721 using the resources provided to do what a Foley artist does
yea the sound effect isn’t by Scott but from a free sound library
16:40 the fact he didn't play a jumpscare to demonstrate how well the sound design was done in this game is my favourite part of the video
Same here because I was so tense, waiting for one
I hardly waited for a jumpscare, I had felt myself being tricked by him :)))
I read this as jumpscare warning so when I got to that point I was terrified waiting lmfao
16:07 So theres this theory that I find quite interesting. The theory is that when the pizzeria was open and the power were to go out, Freddy would start playing his song and lighting up his eyes to attempt to calm down distressed children. Since his song seems to be in a music-box-lullaby-style, this would make a lot of sense.
Yeah, that's actually a good theory. Because why else would he have that function installed?
I think that sort of design idea exists a fair amount in the series. iirc the Toy-series animatronics attack you because they’re programmed to protect children & the Glamrocks (at least Freddy & Chica) are designed to actively aid lost or stressed children until their parents or guardians can find them. In both cases you’re just sufficiently unfortunate that they’re instead trying to kill you.
@@samboi123 i think the toys have facial recognition and either recognize or mistake you for a killer probably William (I don't know the lore)
@@ak4pro689 facial recognition so they can tell the difference between children/friendly adults & William. Only issue there is that the player character is Michael so they try to kill him
@@samboi123 ok thats what i thought but i wasn't sure
"I'm not gonna play a jumpscare here"
*Press X to doubt*
X
X
I doubted but he didn't do it...
I was still waiting for him. Guess he didn't do it.
X
B
it's weird how Freddy's laugh sounds like it could be laughing or crying.
Or maybe *both*
@@lore6488 probably is
He has feelings too! They all do!
its actually a childs cry slowed down
the ones that possesed the animatronics
14:23 If Bonnie or Chica get in the office, they'll force the camera down and kill you. If Freddy gets in the office, he will only kill you when the camera is down. So, if you know that Freddy is the one in the office - and it's close to 6 am - you can hide in the camera until the night ends, assuming you have enough power left to do so.
Shoutout to Freddy for being polite & letting you finish using the camera, even if doing so contributes to his failure to kill you.
@@samboi123 no wonder why he wears that dapper hat and bow tie.
@@samboi123 he’s a gentleman.
freddy is so polite
I remember trying to do that but still lost :/
13:24
HONESTLY THE MOST HORRIFYING SOUND EFFECT IN THE GAME.
the labored breathing makes you aware that they are not only right in front of you, but also somewhat alive. the breathing sounds so painful and its so scary 10000/10 horror
This made me thinking: These animatronics are possessed by children, so something that you know... lived. Is this their poor attempt to go after their habits by nature trying to breath... without any sort of lungs? Just by analysing this is giving me shivers down my spine which once again shows how perfect this horror game is.
I WAS ABOUT TO COMMENT ABOUT THIS I HAVE EARBUDS IN IN A DARK ROOM AND I HID UNDER MY BLANKET
Why haven't I ever heard that in the game then? I've played it on the Switch, and I've also watched other people play it, and I've yet to hear that sound in the fame even once!
@@BigAlvideos101 yeah I haven’t heard it in game either
@@jackiepop09 Then why was it mentioned here?
Scott: Hey son, want to play with the pots and pans?
Son: Why?
Scott: *(holding microphone)* Reasons...
"My goals are beyond your understanding"
-Scott, during the making of FNAF
“Out of every any animatronic i made i think Bonny is the scariest.”
-Scott Cawthon in the Making of the game, and Me who just thought i should say that
I read that Ben Burtt, the sound designer for Star Wars, once hung a microphone over his sleeping wife's mouth to capture her snores. Get material where you can!
@@tempwaffle *my goals are beyond your understanding
@@Fred_the_1996 ah thanks
Man had every chance to jumpscare us but didnt. *Respect*
He is definitely going to have a positive afterlife because of this.
@@Gryffix i hope he is, im such a loser that i never play these game cus im scared
@@thebruhmachine2955
I hope you get the courage too! These games are very fun.
And when there is one. There's a countdown
just about to watch this you better not be jebating me
16:42 a small detail that didn’t get mentioned is that right after you reach that point of total silence and total darkness, you can very faintly hear muffled footsteps in the blackness. This ramps up the stress and anxiety to the top as the player knows what’s coming. They can hear it coming, but have no way of telling when it’s going to happen. The very monsters you’ve been warding off are *right there* but you are powerless to defend yourself
You quite literally are powerless (because the power is down)
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I'm gonna see myself out now
@@EclipseGamin_ 🤣🤣🤣 pun def intended now
This is correct my dudes. And it just makes it scarier because you either make it to 6, or you die
@@sealink129 lmao
@@EclipseGamin_ i was literally about to make that joke
This guy and the guy who disassembled the animatronics A.I. are working together to reduce FNAF to tiny bits and pieces and they make it way less terrifying. Thank you.
I'm still waiting on that guy to do a video on FNAF 2 A.I. like he promised
@@an-animal-lover he did I think
@@Peachy_kitten he hasn't. He said something about it in a community post recently, I think. Give me a minute
@@Peachy_kitten he said in a post that there isn't quite enough for a full video going on in FNAF 2's AI, so he's going to throw some other FNAF games in and dissect _all their_ AI's
@@an-animal-lover Whos the AI guy?
He should do fnaf 4, which is heavily dependent on audio.
I agree. A bunch of red herrings- and a bunch of helpful cues.
Also fnaf 2 is heavily dependent on audio if you play 10/20 mode
@@zoroxtreme867 Fnaf 2 is very easy, fix you cam in the cam11, when you put down the monitor you try to wear the mask instantly, and always flash the light to make Fox go away
@@Jarubimba yeah easy to talk
BRUH what about fnaf 6? which is basically just sounds at that point
Good thing freddy warns us that he’s coming. He’s like someone who can’t stop giggling when preparing to scare someone.
Yeah, it really reminds me of a small child trying to scare another kid...
@@beanbudd2059 its a child scaring a man...... oh god..
@yeah up yours too buddy
Freddy laughs when he moves to another room. His last stop before your office is the bottom right corner of the map. He doesn’t go into the camera blind spot on that side like Chica.
If your door is open, Freddy is in that corner and you hear his laugh, then yes, you are already dead, and you can expect Freddy to suddenly be in your face a few seconds later.
@yeah up yours too buddy
I don’t remember the camera numbers, but if that’s the bottom-right camera, then yes. Just like all the animatronics, if you look at Freddy in the camera, he’ll be frozen in place for a bit. The amount of time he’s stuck for is dependent on what difficulty he’s set to.
A big part of winning 4/20 mode is doing a loop of closing both doors, looking at Freddy, looking at Foxy, open both doors, repeat. It’s still really tough because the strat is mostly based on Freddy taking his time when the power runs out, which he is much less likely to do on 20 difficulty.
@yeah up yours too buddy
It is fun every now and then. Glad you enjoyed it!
okay, the swirly sound is actually somewhat advantageous. It's programmed to play every now and then once an animatronic comes too close for comfort. As in, somewhere right outside your office. It gives you the information that you are in immediate danger.
EXACTALLY. That is true and it actually took some people to realize that
Everytime i play this albeit not often either i miss that audio cue or it never plays. Does play with others tho
In addition, I'm pretty sure the more subtle, "darker" audio that he shows just after plays after one of the animatronics leaves the stage, or whenever their "aggressiveness level" gets above 0. I can't remember which.
@@heheheiamderpmatter375 Afaik, the weird swirling noise actually plays when the animatronics move in general, and the other one plays when they're super close.
Reminds me of the "something lurking" noise from Fnaf 3, that sound sends terror down my spine.
Also, Foxy only sings his song in his first phase. If you are taking too much care of Freddy and cant/don't check Foxy, you can tell if you have a lot of time if you haven't heard his song in a long time
8:41 Circus is extremely stressful to hear when you put it at full volume playing fnaf. The song goes so fast and quick that it feels like a lot is happening even though not much is happening. I get so anxious and I sweat when I hear it while playing on night 5-4/20 mode. I have an anxiety disorder and songs like these at full volume enhance it.
Circus scares the hell out of me Squimpus McGrimpus made it worse 😂
Im so glad someone else is talking about this that song freaks me the fuck out
aghh its so stressful- like oh god whats abt to happen
It gets really bad when it transitions into gangnam style
The “labored breathing” sounds bonnie and chica make once they’re in the room have always been the scariest to me.
Yeah, it's honestly the only thing about the game (besides some of the lore, of course) that legitimately disturbs me. It's just horrifying.
It's the bodies, Rotting, They're just somehow alive, and want to scream for help.
Agreed! It feels like it would be a sound effect you’d hear in Silent Hill or something. I love how creepy it is.
Agreed. I'm completely unfazed by the jumpscares, but that sound is so... RAW. And once you learn about exactly why they make that sound at all, it becomes even worse.
They're just kids, man... they didn't deserve this.
@@heavenlydusk That's What I Image When I Hear It.
_intensely lowering down volume when he starts counting down_
Did you bring it back up when there was this little pause between "one" and the actual scare? Because that got me good.
and then he waited another half second after the countdown which spooked me
It really isn’t scary
@@InsaneJumpscare Maybe not for someone who’s seen it a million times, but this video is still creepy
@@curtandrewsjr.8163 I’ve just played Fnaf and jumpscares don’t get me
16:45 the instant relief i felt hearing his voice is insane and that also shows how unsettling the silence is like i dont particularly love his voice but in this instant i felt so happy to be hearing him and it became soothing and this became the nicest most calming voice i have ever heard --- how just a few seconds of silence can make that impact is so cool to me i love the use of noise in horror its just so interesting:)
tbh he gave me a jumpscare more than the actual jumpscare 😅 i had my volume at 100 and knew he’d start talking instead of a jumpscare (I had just seen it at a lower volume) and I still jumped 😭
@@kwingle Same honestly but i was still so relieved lol
One of my favourite audio clips from the game is foxy’s “singing” in FNAF 1. That little “dum dum diddley dum dum” is really creepy, and when you first play through you have no idea what it is. It really adds to the game.
I didn't even knew it existed until mobile version got updated to be on par with pc. But I really liked it, it's so in character of animatronics and actually makes me safer.
In the files it calls it a pirate song
So it’s foxy
Also foxy sings that whenever he hasn’t even moved a stage in pirates cove so hearing that is a good thing
"I'm not going to play a jumpscare here"
*holds breath, fully expecting a jumpscare*
same eh ._.
Actually waiting for a jumpscare to happen while not knowing the exact moment when it will happen nor having controll over it is actually scarier than receiving the jumpscare: the jumpscare actually ends everything while not receiving it lets you in constant stress and anxiety
Im just scrolling the comments to not look at the screen lol
It's not that scary the new game will be scary tho
"Now would be a good time to hold your breath"
just when the silence hit, my moms phone started ringing and i almost lost my shit
Same!! I’ve been getting random calls from Russia labeled as “spam risk”.
Same, but when it was silent my dad tapped on my shoulder to ask me something, I think I never was that scared in my lifetime
LOL
@@Lovinia1 good god the irony
@@garlicbreadstick404 lol
That ominous droning sound reminds me of some of Minecraft's cave noises.. **Shudders** Those things gave me the creeps when I was a little kid. So much so that I was _terrified_ of going into those caves, so I basically couldn't play Minecraft in its entirety until I got older and braver. Lmao.
My personal least favorite (the one I'm most scared by) from all these sounds is definitely the labored breathing. It really hammers home the point of these animatronics being possessed and likely in some form of horrible, unimaginable suffering. 😣
Fun fact: Apparently according to a reply to another comment that also brought up Minecraft's creepy ambience, there's actually a set time it occurs. By hitting F3 to open that special menu, you'll find a meter labeled "mood" that gradually increases based on if you're underwater, somewhere really dark, in another dimension, and so on. And once it hits 100% the ambience will play.
Also the fun part about cave sounds is that they don’t just occur in the dark or underground, you can get them perfectly safe in a nice bright field above ground
To this day, I will not go mining in minecraft caves. I will, however, go into actual caves, and mines, for fun.... weird how things work out. The game is scarier than real life, which is actually the opposite of scary!
@@wyster14 *when you accidentally build your house on top of a minecraft cave and get cave noises* anyway, actual caves don't make sounds (if they do then you should probably get out of there pretty fast lol) and are actually very fun and pretty to explore in real life. Mines are 10x more fun and interesting than you would expect
The Minecraft cave noises will forever haunt me
Personally, I think the circus song is the scariest part of the fnaf 1. It's incredibly loud and makes you feel like something is coming to get you. It can genuinely make you jump every time it happens
This is kinda small but... when Foxy sings his song you can hear him take a breath in the middle of it. Which, honestly unnerves me
69th liker eyy
I did not know this
didnt know this.
Realistically, it’s because the original recording in Foxy’s voice box picked up the original singer’s breathing.
But it might just be a child’s soul.
Dum didili dum dum doom (Inhale) dum dum dum dododom
Anyone else ever notice how much Freddy's laughter sounds like crying
Well crying _is_ just laughing in minor key
I don't know why reading this made me extremely sad.
I laugh outside and cry inside
@TMRapp No, it's actually Scott's son, who he recorded the laugh of and pitched and slowed it down. You can find it in the interview he did with Dawko. (I believe that's the spelling.)
Scott's children playtest every one of his games, and lend themselves for some sound effects, as well as Scott himself (Phone Guy, namely).
Especially the first one he played where he gasps in the middle
the amount of relief i got when he said “it’s stressful, right?” is off the charts
ONGGGGG
13:27 is gotta be the most terrifying sound in the game for me
Two of them hit me the hardest... The two with snorting in the middle and especially the one at the end. It's absolutely frightening to just hear this groan right in my ears, especially in VR.
FAX I WAS ABOUT TO CRY😅
*Gives out a warning about the jumpscare with a countdown*
Still gets scared
he delayed it JUST long enough after 1 that it was still a little startling!
@@Maya-jg7nj The delay was so you could brace and hold it through the whole scare..
Im not scared if scary movies or dolls but this game is the only thing that's scarys me whole else agrees
I don't think it helped that it didn't actually come straight after the countdown.
They delayed it JUST long enough for you to let your guard down...
I just learned that freddy’s laugh is when he is moving, that means in 20/20/20/20 mode he is literally sprinting all over the place
with all that weight, it's possible for the whole building to fall
thats exactly whats happening, actually. the 0-20 aggression system is basically a chance out of 20 for the animatronic to move when it gets a chance. at level 20, they move literally every time they get a chance, because the chance is 20 out of 20. so in 20/20/20/20 mode every character is moving every few seconds
@@Kevin-dt9xm where do yall get these from. I have watched every game of the series. Still i have 0 idea of the mechanics
@@Baboner984 theres a subreddit called r/technicalfnaf, and theres a great video about dissecting fnafs code
@@Kevin-dt9xm Oh i see! Well there is probably real wiki for stuff like this but i have always been too scared to check incase of spoilers🤣
9:30 The "pirate2 song" can actually be tied to the begining of foxys AI cycle because it happens early in the night and earlier depending on which night you are on.
Five Nights at Freddy's might have had janky mechanics at times, and a weird complex story, but god damn the atmosphere and audio made up for it big time
I remember when the first fnaf game came out and it was just so simple, no lore whatsoever. Just creepy and fun gameplay. Now its just so complicated.😢
@@lkb_runner4893 what do you mean by complicated?
@@starmaroad1194probaly the story, people deciphering the mechanics behind the game (what sound does this, what action does that, etc)
I hate the "it's me" message, something about human eyes without eyelids scares the piss out of me.
To me, it's just like the eyes are like.
👁👄👁
@William Fishman Pasta????
@William Fishman Yeah dont fucking dare its fucking creepy.
@@wetube6513 yes pasta is yummy but seriously though that creepy pasta gives people nightmares dint let the curiosity take over
@William Fishman perfect.
I never realized that Freddy’s laugh sounds a little like distorted crying too. Which can tie into a lotta theories and stuff.
I didn’t realise his laughs actually signalled something other than he’d left the stage. Like I didn’t realise with each laugh he gets closer.
His "Laughs" have little hics like a crying child would
@Mamta Singh Michael didn't die though? So he wouldn't be able to possess Golden Freddy
@@agaytoaster I think he or she is talking about the crying child (Chris Afton).
Actually most of the sounds the animatronics make can be interpreted as the the children suffering. Bonnie and Chica's moans could be Jeremy and Susie in pain, Freddy's and Golden Freddy's laugh could be Gabriel, Cassidy and Evan crying, besides we know from the original movie scene that the jumpscare sound was taken from that it is a scream of a child, so that makes it a lot more disturbing
You know Scott loves messing with people when he adds an entire song that indicates nothing yet is fully audible at the random times that it plays.
The aesthetic (lack of color) of this channel makes me think we’re seeing through the eyes of someone who can’t see so they use sounds to “paint” the world. I really love it
9:34 Actually it does. Foxy only sings when he’s farthest away from the office, letting the player know that they have quite some time before he runs down the hall.
that doesn't help you at all though. you still need to constantly look at him or you'll die, so the audio cue is useless and doesn't allow the player to do anything differently or better. the sound also doesn't play regularly enough to rely on it for that.
Timo B Another thing that I feel the need to point out is that you don't need to look right at foxy to keep him in place, you just need to have the cameras active. Tech Rules did a video where he broke down the animatronic AI in the game, and this was one of the things he found.
@@andrewlucia865 yup, same with freddy. that still means you have to look at the camera anyway, it's not really saving you any power to know if foxy is far away from you
I always thought that was Freddy singing. I'm glad I know now
The audio give me ptsd
This guy: Warns people for upcoming jumpscare
The internet: *Everybody liked that*
gave u 1k likes
*Thank you for 1k Likes 👆👌*
I got angry at first because he didnt go with the counting tempo, so it still was a surprise for me xDD
nice
This is my favourite FNaF essay video I've ever seen. It's so well-made, and puts in the spotlight how beautifully crafted the original atmosphere of the series was.
The progression of the series is just the most surreal, terrifying, disturbing thing. The slow descension into pure insanity with each game coming out is what really gets me.
Its literally comming on me
Nice pfp lmao
so real@@eusoumacaco1322
There’s the animatronics’ blood-curdling scream, and then there’s Markiplier’s enraged yelling when he dies.
YES
Real
"GAHD DAMN IT"
-markiplier, after being scared for the umpteenth time
always the king's screaming
At times old Markiplier seems able to even give Golden Freddy a run for his money
I can't deny that FNAF1 is a brilliantly made masterpiece of its genre.
And then it got put on Xbox game pass and they removed toreador march endgame sequence, dammit microsoft
No it's not the lore is messy the jump scares aren't scary and the fandom oh god the fandom
@@theofficialobamaprismacoun4659 Saying that a game is bad for its fandom makes someone looks like a stupid
@@theofficialobamaprismacoun4659 In Fnaf 1 by itself there is barely any lore btw, so it cant be messy he said fnaf1 not the entire series
funny thing is, scott rushed the game
at 10:07 the buttons having finger smudges on the numbers for 1987 is so good
One thing I didn’t hear you mention in this is that what makes the atmosphere wayyy creepier in Freddy’s jumpscare after you run out of power is that after he does his little jingle you sometimes hear footsteps as if he’s walking right up to you and getting ready to scare you at any moment but you can’t tell for the life of you when he’s gonna do it.
"i wont add a jumpscare here"
i pray to god this man lives a long life
BLESS HIS SOUL
The Golden Freddy part got me tho
That silence scared the shiz out of me
thing is he didn’t need to play a jumpscare to get you
Bless him in particular
Instead of those TOP 10 things and stolen clips, this guy drew his own visuals and explained in a non obnoxious voice
That's why you use patreon instead of ads as income. RUclips money isn't stable. Stable money makes you motivated more with your work.
But I admit that's frickin hard. Even I'm still struggling with simple and enjoyable voice over. Kudos to scruffy
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Love that
That's why essay video contents are more interesting on RUclips than any Top 10 lists.
I'm a bit late to this video but I love how he added tiny scary details to immerse us further. Like how Bonnie looks at us(breaking the 4th wall) at 13:39 or how he does a itty bitty jumpscare at 5:32 with the eyes in the violin. THAT is great story-telling, little details like that go a looog way(at least for me).
3:28 that freddy laugh is still so good to this day
The breathing has always been the worst for me. The children are somehow alive in that suit, and they want help.
This lore is funky, i mean springy is literrally purple guy *who is still fucking alive in that suit*
@@MyLifeIsAFrickingMess_MRPOLSKA The lore is real funky, yeah.
@@mirage5401 child in suit be like. *VYUUEEEHH, HUUREEHHHH*
Ikr, I hate it-
I do wonder how they are alive though
@@vibrantgleam they aren't
I love the visual of Scott beating the love of God out of his kitchen and then recording him at 3 am getting the c h e e s e, mixing the audio and slamming it into the game
Yea my dude is beating the fuck out of his kitchen
It's probably a stock sound effect like the others
@Griffin Stewart your welcome, random citizen!
It's true, I was the oven
@@Trainer67 you good man?
Its a tradition to come back to this masterpiece every few months.
5:17 The origin of that sound has been found. It comes from the movie The Woman in Black (2012) at about 1:01:40. The little sounds at the end is footsteps, because someone in the movie is running.
I used to work night shifts at an Ikea, and Scott managed to nail the atmosphere a retail space has after closing hours. It's not even exaggerated all that much, large buildings just naturally make creepy noises and are full of scary silhouettes after nightfall.
Good to know! That's pretty cool actually
what Ikea? In Sweden?
Were there faceless employees with distorted physical features mauling you while saying “the store is now closed,please exit the building”?
SCP-3008 moment
@@s66s46 Why would you add if it is in Sweden if you had no info on it? also learn to use google (I know this was a joke you are simply not permitted to humor since you failed your test w/ this joke)
Everybody gangsta until the sounds still playing when u pause the video
Ah yes, a fan
@@SkimBee no he’s a human
@@saucymemes6696 no hes not human hes a jenno
@@saucymemes6696 ok that was pretty good lmao
@@marinamorton8458 I’m sorry I had to do it lol
I love the detail whenever the phone is on screen the 1,9,8,7 keys are all slightly worn. Nice.
i loved the (silence....) "its stressful right? i wont play a jumpscare here"
Unpopular opinion: Say what you want about fnaf, the first game was a cultural reset on horror games
True
thats a rather popular opinion
That's not an unpopular opinion that's the thing I most hear in fans and non-fans FNaF videos lol
I love the first game, all of the games are brilliant and the lore is amazing it’s just a big chunk of the fandom gives the games a bad rep
What they said ^
I personally think this one is the best in the series from a purely horror standpoint. It does so much to build the atmosphere, more than what just adding more animatronics can do. I miss the hallucinations, the rare environmental changes, the justified audial indicators of them being close rather than some high repeating tone...
As someone who is easily scared, I really appreciate the lack of jumpscares in this video
i feel like you’re lying
@@alexia4777 I see how it sounds suspicious but as far as I remember it was sincere
I was so suspicious of them at every turn
same i don't even know why i like the game i'm so sensitive
"lack" so there are some?
Moral of the story: sound contributes a lot in making a stressful and scary ambience, but nothing is scarier than the absence of sound.
Audio is such a MASSIVE atmosphere setting tool that’s so often easily overlooked, pauses of quite moments, loud effects like the jump scares , dying children, down to simple background effects such as a air conditioner or fan. They are really a make or break tool that people overlook and underate way to often
Can we all appreciate the fact he animated and drew all the visuals in this video?
Can we all appreciate the fact that he most likely had to sync up the animations with the dry labored breathing voice which probably took at least 20 minutes to get right?
No
No we cant
No
@@nedlagamer690 yes
@@dr_mafarioyt4313 hey, stop discriminating people’s hard work, imagine something that took you hours, and someone says “ive seen better” or “anyone can do that”
@@bariohuli145 Pretty sure that was a satirical comment man
I had this video running in the background while I was drawing. At the part were it goes completely silent, I felt so anxious. lol
bruh moment
Same but I was doing homework
I thought my internet bugged out
Wow
doing that right now lol
5:26 WHY IS NO ONE TALKING ABOUT HOW THIS SOUND IS USED IN THE FNAF 1 TRAILER??
I know right ?! The minute I heard that, I immediately thought of the Fnaf 1 Trailer.
Seeing how detailed and well used the sound design in this game is makes it so much more impressive to me that this was Scott’s first attempt at a horror game
fun fact: when Scott Cawthon was developing the game, he had nightmares about Bonnie, the first animatronic he made
When fnaf first came out, I played it straight for 4 days to beat it. I was getting Bonnie nightmares. Hearing the sound when it appears at the doorway and walking into my bedroom whilst I was sleeping. Then hearing the raspy breathing. It was stuff like this which is why fnaf 1 is so scary to me.
i feel like the eyebrows being not there and the headtwitch thing activates the fight-or-flight response, and theres only flight because how the fuck are you gonna fight with an over [original was 40] 150 pound hunk of metal trying to kill you?
@Tooth Fairy yeah probably im terrible at estimation
When bill skarskard had finished with having to play pennywise, he got very vivid dreams of pennywise every night and it was physically and emotionally taxing on him...they eventually slowed down and i believe they stopped completely at one point, but i just find it fascinating.
@Tooth Fairy i'd give it 200+
Fnaf has been so oversaturated in pop culture, I think people forget how brilliant Fnaf 1 was. It deserved to get popular.
I agree with until the second part.I just think the whole series is so overstated.The first one just locked the dev onto a crappy indie game series he most Likely hates now
@@mr.jakeoflash8884 From how much care he puts into the lore and the way its hidden i HIGHLY doubt he hates the series
@@mr.jakeoflash8884 what do you mean. Scott loves his series and is so passionate about it. I'm glad fnaf got so popular because Scott deserves it. He seems like a generously nice dude and he even pays people for fangames
@@mr.jakeoflash8884 he’s working on a new game.. I think he loves his game and will work on new projects in the future
@@mr.jakeoflash8884 Pretty presumptuous of you to assume hes "locked into it". And its completely subjective but I really disagree- its not a crappy indie game. The lore behind it is so interesting and deep. MatPat has like over 100 videos just on the lore itself because its always evolving, each game gives the viewer more and more information. Its one of the scariest games to me, not based on gameplay (though the tension of keeping all the animatronics at bay is terrifying) but based on the lore. I recommend looking into it if you have the time, you may find yourself having a newfound appreciation for the game.
The first FNAF came out when I was 13 and I was really into the series until the 4th one. That was around the time I started thinking that the whole series was "cringe" and for kids and stopped paying attention to it.
Now at 21 I've started to appreciate these games and how they were designed again (at least the first few games).
“I’m not going to play a jumpscare here.”
May you have a pleasant evening
The warning and countdown for the jumpscare noise, oh hell yeah. When I heard him say "I'm not going to play a jumpscare here" it felt so safe and reassuring. May his pillow always be cool, headphones never catch on doorhandles, phone charger be long enough for him to roll over, and sleep always be restful
now that
that would be a amazing blessing
Fr 🙏
I was looking for someone to mention this
While I'm happy you don't have to worry, I'm sad he didn't animate more of the jumpscares in the video, because his animating of Bonnie's was awesome.
@@apaterson147 not to be that guy buuuuut..
chica*
Ballora’s song and just...everything about her is terrifying to me.
Why? Once you know the lore you realize how you misunderstood all of them. They aren't even the real monsters here. That's William. And Ballora is a very calming being.
same
Ballora is pretty scary. I still haven’t watched a full gameplay, but that part where she dances around you and you have to be silent is horrifying
@@redacted8418 thats nothing compared to what you have to do on night 5 on sister location. You have to listen for babys directions while walking around in sheer darkness with the risk of being jumpscared by ennard.
@@manlyman793 that sounds terrifying, I’m planning on watching a gameplay of sister location lol
5:08 Not sure who else picked up on this, but when Bonnie fades out, his eyes are the same as they are in the Backstage cam, it's brief, 11 frames, but it's a nice touch (for those who don't know, the < and > keys are frame by frame when paused)
I think the sting when you catch them in the doorway is ambiguous re: whether it's diagetic or non-diagetic. Yes, the base sound file seems to be a string sting... _but_ with the processing it's been put through, it ends up sounding like a mechanical groan.
Also, the Freddy Laugh sound clue (in addition to still spooking you even after you know how it works) is a double-edged sword or maybe even an outright trap. Yes, it tells you about his position without checking the cameras... but focusing the camera on him is the best way to stall his approach. So having that audio cue can actually lead you astray.
You actually warned us, and counted down the jumpscare sound
*You are a good man, thank you*
It *was* a bit delayed though.
@@radekmaka1981 well, it may be to prepare you furthermore
He's playing the long con...
@@radekmaka1981 AND ur still knowing about it
bro man up
I love how when he's like, "I'm not going to play a jumpscare here" he sounds like he's trying to soothe an upset kid by telling them it's okay... Such a calming voice you have when you try
that's scruffy for ya'
right? it was super soothing
AAAAA
*ikr* It’s so soothing and it’s calming and I could sleep to it.
I did get a little stressed when it went quiet!😂
11:44 low key sounds like bonnie is saying "open the door, please" on loop and its terrifying
The creepy ambiance of red herrings gives me the chills, you feel the emptiness through the halls outside the office with slight underlying feeling of something twisted and gruesome going on within the pizzeria.
holy shit i never realised just how clever the sound design was for FNAF
Glad to see that 1000 people agree
This entire game series was genius
@@yourneighborhooddeadpool488 true
@@yourneighborhooddeadpool488 Absolutely true
@@yourneighborhooddeadpool488 very true
@@yourneighborhooddeadpool488 extremely true
I don’t know why, but there’s something about Scruffy’s voice that makes it nice to listen to. Like a good OST.
it's very soothing. it has a lot of bass without being too deep, and it's really comforting :) makes me feel safe
waiting for the day Scruffy narrates something
like a comforting version of the Narrator in Stanley's Parable
five night at freddys
He’d be a way better phone guy
Ikr like it gives me Oversimplified vibe because he kinda sounds like Oversimplified.
me and my cat named Scruffy watched this great video together (she was mostly asleep)
You know the silence is stressful when even when scruffy literally says "i'm not going to play a jumpscare right now" you straight up don't trust him (at least i didn't, sorry)
Edit: Scruffy, may your woes be few and your days many
“I’m not gonna play a jump scare here”
May both sides of this mans pillows always be cool, his toast never burnt, and have a long life
Lol
Burnt toast tastes good ngl
@@Jockec you're another species
May every leaf he steps on gives him that good C R U N C H
@@idash6545 YES
Can we all just appreciate how he didn’t jump scare us once, unlike a lot of other fnaf videos?
@@lincolnehret That’s not... a jump scare lol
@@lincolnehret Well yeah, but he warned us.
Thank god for this man appreciate it
Game Theory also does it, and I fucking hate it.
LIKE I'M TRYING TO LISTEN TO YOUR THEORETICAL SPEECH ABOUT FNAF'S LORE AND BACKSTORY AND WHY YOU GOTTA HIT ME WITH THE PUPPET JUMPSCARE?! I GET YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WHO IS THE PUPPET AND WHO IS HE POSSESSED BY, A CHILD VICTIM, A FAMILY MEMBER OF THE PURPLE GUY OR SOMETHING BCJNFJFJF, BUT DON'T HIT ME WITH THAT
He jumpscared us once but warned us before so yeah
“Im not going to play a jumpscare”
My heart: I- I- THANK YOU
horror game videos like this are so fucking dope
Sound cuts out
Me: *rips off headphones* NOT TODAY SATAN
Lol
*Scare doesn't play*
Well I just wanted $20 on this headphone.
*BUNGEE GUM HAS THE PROPERTIES OF BOTH RUBBER AND GUM*
OOOOOHHHH CANNOLI
Hisoka fangirls after reading your username: So you have chosen death
Also I was just watching Hunter x Hunter like half an hour ago
Fun fact: The animatronic scream is basically a cutted version of a woman’s scream giving birth to an alien in the film „Inseminoid” from 1981.
(genuinely polite tone) care to share how you gained that knowledge?
@@TheEmeraldSword04 ruclips.net/video/-gTUTRuVWLo/видео.html
Birth to an alien? Irrelevant, unusual, bizarre information dear friend.
@@TWOSU-ty6ci well that wasn’t my decision from where i’d choose the original source :[
@@TWOSU-ty6ci bruh, he said it's the origin of the jumpscare scream.
almost 2 years have passed, this video is still holding up to its value
I'm pretty sure the buzzing mentioned at 6:33 is actually the florescent light boosted a bit to be distracting since the buzz made by those lights is a generally eerie sound
"Im not gonna play a jumpscare here"
**actually doesn't play a jumpscare**
Aight i love this guy and he's gaining a new sub
Lalaion~
I don’t trust you
Ok I trust you now.
Bro same xD
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Me: takes off headphones
Me: still hears footsteps
Wow, that is SCARY
@@TheBigenderGamer oHShit
If your working the night shift at a mall, don't worry, thats normal
It is still quite normal when you hear the exact noises in your house, trust me it isn't anything trying to kill you, and its definitely not a 6 foot robot no no! :)
hide the ds its your parents
@@tempwaffle
Uh oh. I think I was too late
Thank you for the constant efforts in editing to keep my anxiety down while explaining this topic
I deeply appreciate it
Okay so, what if the Freddy ”laughing“ is just Gabriel crying. And we have misunderstood, so we think hes laughing at us =
Friendly tip to you all: if you find that Foxy has left Pirate's Cove, DO NOT view the West Hall camera. Shut the left door first and then check the West Hall camera. It will prevent his "run" down the hallway.
It doesn't prevent it, but it does seem to delay it, at least in my experience
You've forgotten to mention that they have 25 seconds to close the door or else Foxy will start running anyways, so it is impossible for you to just not view West Hall to stop Foxy's death run
@@an-animal-lover you have 25 seconds to close the door if you don't check the cams. The only prevention is the door, not checking the cams is the delay. You can survive Foxy's run, you just need to be quick about it.
It doesn't prevent it entirely, just triggers it. Otherwise, Foxy would be far too easy to deal with and become completely obsolete as a threat
thanks
*HEADS UP* to everyone, no jump scares without warnings! I promise.
❤️❤️ thank you
❤️❤️ thank you
❤️❤️ thank you
❤❤ thank you
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Also, after Freddy finishes his song and it goes dead silent, you hear footsteps in the pitch-black. It really creates a sense of terror, since you can hear movement, but you don’t know where it’s coming from or what’s making the footsteps.
9:09 i think that audio is actually produced when bonnie is in the hallway, its also called "Mascot Tune" in the files.
If anyone is scared of jumpscares, he’ll warn you before playing them.
You’re a lifesaver, thank you :)
tysm :)
Etho the Creative absolutely!
He: a jumpscare is coming
Everyone: ok, when will it come?
He: *IT'S COMING*
Oh thank god
I must say, I thank you deeply for giving legitimate warnings as to when the jumpscare sound will play. I have seen and heard so many dumb "3, 2, haha just kidding I played it at 2 that's so funny" and it's refreshing to see someone who gives a real countdown.
Lol
I was waiting the entire time for him to betray us with a random jumpscare, but nothing came, not even at the very end. I already trusted this man just from his voice, now i trust him completely.
@@JohnSmith-kc6ov I was expecting the "I'm not gonna play a jumpscare here" part to get suddenly cut off by the familiar cry, but it wasn't. Quite surprising to me.
That actually makes it scarier. I once heard, can't remember from who, that the scariest things are the ones that you know are coming.
not in a jumpscare situation. the whole jump's been negated, and all you're left with is a mediocre scare
7:45 that swirling sound is when chica or bonnie change locations
Actually it plays whenever either Bonnie or Chica are in the hallway and come closer to you. This can be confirmed by the name of the folder for this soundfile, wich is called "Danger" After all you can hear the swirling sound even without the cam's, like if the game tries to warn the player that they are close and you should keep an eye out for them.