What does adrenaline sound like?

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I need some sound design help here peeps!

So I'm editing and creating all te audio for this film right, and I've hit a road block.

There is one scene in the film that takes place in a dream state, well more of a nightmare actually, a nightmare that fills the main character with loads of fear.

Hes running from a rabid dog in one part and I'm sposed to take the dog barking and change it to make it sound like you're high on an adrenaline rush... heightened scenes

ways the director described how the sound should be

-exaggerated senses due to paranoia
-like throughout you're body
-prickly

I'm having a hard time getting it to sound that way....partly cause I have little idea how that would sound....

ANY help is much appreciated
thanks!!
 
Maybe the director could slow the clip down a little bit and then put it back to regular speed like 300/The Matrix. You could pitch shift it a little, and extra reverb. Perhaps even add a delay in.

The best way to get a feeling "throughout your body" is through bass. Maybe you can add some sub bass to the mix.

I'm not really a movie composer or anything, but you did say ANY help lol.
 
I would start by layering the dog barking with some relevant sounds, i.e aggressive rustling of a paper bag.

Adrenaline? To simulate that I might do the 'party next door' filtering on some parts and add a heartbeat, though that is quite cliche.

To make something pricky, I might go with something abstract. I can't think of the name but there's a film with a dream sequence where you see the room fall, visually, and theres a kid walking about and his footsteps sound like bells. Another e.g, in Raging Bull where the fighters make lion roars.

This might be a good watch, Skip to the part about sound. I loved the sounds from this, very nightmare-laden.

 
for slow scary scenes try some short stabs which are delayed, filtered and reverbed, for background music try keep your song on a limited range of notes use low pitched synths with long riffs and long progression etc. for the faster running pace try an arpeggiated synth which is heavily modulated but use a short riff with short notes so it repeats quickly creating impression of fast movement.
 
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