Sound Proposal

I love films and storytelling.  I want my sound project to be able to tell a coherent short story by using sounds.  It will be a success if I am able to transport the listener into my world of fiction that I create. Due to the time of the year, I plan on creating a horror story.  I believe that this is also a genre that relies heavily on sound and sound cues to relate a story.  I'm thinking a Blair Witch Project type sound story.  In that I can pretend to be a protagonist that is in a haunted house.  These homes can creak their own atmosphere through their sound.  The creaks and moans of old floorboards and doors, maybe some rattling of windows.  It would be able to quickly draw in the listener to this spooky environment.  I also think that horror movies lose their power when they show the villain or monster.  Usually whatever the viewer is creating in their mind is scary than what is shown on the film.  This would not be a problem for this project because this is all being created in the mind of the listener. Using McKee's bullet points of sound, I believe that the project will be a success.  I can use silence to create suspense, then break it with a creak or a noise.  It will be simple to get many of the sounds as they are all around me anyway.  It wouldn't be a problem to record floor creaks or door squeaks, maybe even some screams.  I will provide the voice as the curious person who messes with something that doesn't need messing with.  I may ask some friends to provide their voices as well to create a larger and more intricate story. I have not really planned out the script yet, but I see no problem in breathing new life into the tired genre stereotypes that horror movies fall into, through the use of sound.