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|text=The [[Draft:Dharma Productions|Dharma Productions]] draft was rejected, and the rejection mentioned how it doesn't include a jump scare despite the warning (which I do agree with). So that got me thinking: What is a jump scare in this context?

Obviously, something like [[Horror Factory Entertainment]] or [[Video Game Videos]] would be considered as jump scares, and something like [[Tigon Studios]], which while less over the top, would still be considered a jump scare by viewers. But then we have some less clear cases. The [[Anchor Bay Entertainment (1995-2006)]] first and third logos, though, are a different story. Neither of them at the cited moments feel like jump scares to me, and the comments are full of childhood nostalgia on both. That those are considered as jump scares but not [[Slaughterhouse Entertainment]], which has a sudden loud scream out of nowhere, or the third [[Valve Corporation]] logo, which used to make me jump all the time even without the turning head variant, aren't listed gives me mixed signals. There's also the fact that some logos that would generally be considered jump scare-inducing like [[Caution Video]] or [[Gajaraja Films]] already have the too loud audio warning, but not the jump scare one, while others like [[Zoro Light Production]] or [[Jayasimha Pictures]] have both a jump scare and volume warning.

So my question is, when does the warning become warranted? Is it any sudden sound or image on screen, regardless of whether it was meant to frighten or not?
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|timestamp=8 November 2024
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