Horror Film Aesthetics: Creating the Visual Language of Fear by Sipos, Thomas M.

Horror Film Aesthetics: Creating the Visual Language of Fear (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780786449729)

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Horror Film Aesthetics: Creating the Visual Language of Fear by Sipos, Thomas M.

Horror Film Aesthetics: Creating the Visual Language of Fear

$29.95
Horror Film Aesthetics: Creating the Visual Language of Fear by Sipos, Thomas M.

Horror Film Aesthetics: Creating the Visual Language of Fear

$29.95
Format: Paperback
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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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Author: Thomas M. Sipos
ISBN-10: 0786449721
ISBN-13: 9780786449729
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Language: English
Published: 05/31/2010
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 9.90h x 7.00w x 0.70d

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Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2010 pg. 254
By Thomas M. Sipos
By Thomas M. Sipos
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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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