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Horror Film Aesthetics: Creating the Visual Language of Fear Paperback - 2010

by Thomas M. Sipos


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This richly informed study analyzes how various cinematic tools and techniques have been used to create horror on screen--the aesthetic elements, sometimes not consciously noticed, that help to unnerve, frighten, shock or entertain an audience. The first two chapters define the genre and describe the use of pragmatic aesthetics (when filmmakers put technical and budgetary compromises to artistic effect). Subsequent chapters cover mise-en-scene, framing, photography, lighting, editing and sound, and a final chapter is devoted to the aesthetic appeals of horror cinema.

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  • Title Horror Film Aesthetics: Creating the Visual Language of Fear
  • Author Thomas M. Sipos
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 288
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher McFarland & Company
  • Date 2010-05-31
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780786449729 / 0786449721
  • Weight 1.15 lbs (0.52 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.9 x 7 x 0.7 in (25.15 x 17.78 x 1.78 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Library of Congress subjects Horror films - Production and direction
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2010013729
  • Dewey Decimal Code 791.43

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  • Reference and Research Bk News, 08/01/2010, Page 254

About the author

Thomas M. Sipos is the founder/manager of the Tabloid Witch Awards and a past film judge for the World Horror Convention. He has worked as a script reader, actor or extra on more than 70 productions and has contributed to Filmfax, Midnight Marquee and other magazines.
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