Shantell Powell

I'm doing an infographic project for my visual design class, and I've decided to make an infographic based upon the Wilhelm Scream.

I've used several sources to compile my information:

• Disney Wikia: Wilhelm Scream: lists Disney/Pixar films which use the scream. Gives a total of 23, not counting Star Wars films.
  
• Reading The Scream in Berberian Sound Studio and the films of Peter Strickland by Matthew Melia. Notes there are six variants of the scream. "Among the dense layers of sound effects, music and dialogue of the films is a stock sound affect that has transcended its status as a relic of old Hollywood to become a fixture of contemporary cinema…the Wilhelm scream."
  
• Mario, Sonic, the Eds, and Friends Ride: The Wilhelm Scream: Contains large list of films using the sound and describes the scenes it is used in.
  
• Letterboxd: The Wilhelm Scream: large list of films using the sound. I primarily compiled my list from here.
  
• Filmsound: The Wilhelm Scream: Describes scenes where the sound appears. Explains where the sound got its name (named for character who screams in 1953's "Charge at Feather River"), and who first named it (Ben Burtt).
  
• Hollywood Lost and Found: The Wilhelm Scream. Lists movies and scenes, but stopped being updated in 2010.
  
• The Wilhelm Scream: Discusses the history of the sound effect. Theorizes it is the voice of Sheb Wooley.
  
• wilhelm.wav: Has a good copy of the sound and also has spectral analysis.
  

I also installed the Movie Filmstrip font from DaFont.com.



And, in order to create my own data set, I made a very short poll: The Wilhelm Scream Survey with the following question:

Do you notice the Wilhelm Scream in movies?
1. Yes.
2. No.
3. I don't know what that is.

After collecting my data from my various sources, I figured out some statistics and interesting points.

Next, I looked up different sorts of infographics. I went to a blog post called 8 Types of Infographics: Which Is Right For You?. It lists the following infographic types:

1. Visualized Article
   
2. Flowchart
   
3. The Timeline
   
4. Useful Bait
   
5. Versus Inforgraphic
   
6. Number Crunch
   
7. Photo Infographic
   
8. Data Vis
   

My information could be represented well through Visualized Article, The Timeline, Number Crunch, or Data Vis. I decided to go with Visualized Article as it allows for some writing, and some of the points I wish to share are not numeric.

I found a good article on creating visualized articles at The Do's And Don'ts Of Infographic Design.