Horror Film Aesthetics

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here. Zusammenfassung Suitable for horror filmmakers! this book analyzes how cinematic tools such as acting! makeup! costuming! set decor! framing! cinematography! lighting! editing! and sound are used to create horror on screen. It explores aesthetic and creative considerations in conveying fear! suspense! and dread by examining scenes from popular genre films. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Preface 1. Defining the Genre 2. Pragmatic Aesthetics 3. Mise- en- Scène 4. Framing the Image 5. Photographing the Image 6. Lighting the Image 7. Editing the Image 8. Putting Sound to the Image 9. The Appeals of Horror Chapter Notes Bibliography Index

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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. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.

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Suitable for horror filmmakers, this book analyzes how cinematic tools such as acting, makeup, costuming, set decor, framing, cinematography, lighting, editing, and sound are used to create horror on screen. It explores aesthetic and creative considerations in conveying fear, suspense, and dread by examining scenes from popular genre films.

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Preface

1. Defining the Genre
2. Pragmatic Aesthetics
3. Mise- en- Scène
4. Framing the Image
5. Photographing the Image
6. Lighting the Image
7. Editing the Image
8. Putting Sound to the Image

9. The Appeals of Horror

   Chapter Notes
   Bibliography
   Index