Sayad, Cecilia (2016) Found-Footage Horror and the Frame's Undoing. Cinema Journal, 55 (2). pp. 43-66. ISSN 0009-7101. (doi:10.1353/cj.2016.0003) (KAR id:42009)
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Abstract
This essay finds in the found-footage horror cycle an alternative way of understanding the relationship between horror films and reality, which is usually discussed in terms of allegory. I propose the investigation of framing, understood both figuratively (framing the film as documentary) and stylistically (the framing in handheld cameras and in static long takes), as a device that playfully de-stabilizes the separation between the film and the surrounding world. The essay’s main case study is the Paranormal Activity franchise, but examples are drawn from a variety of films.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| DOI/Identification number: | 10.1353/cj.2016.0003 |
| Uncontrolled keywords: | paranormal activity, found footage, documentary, horror film, frame, realism, reality, scream, cloverfield, [REC] |
| Subjects: | P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN1993 Motion Pictures |
| Institutional Unit: | Schools > School of Arts and Architecture > Arts |
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Film Centre for film, media and cultural research Divisions > Division of Arts and Humanities > School of Arts
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| Depositing User: | Cecilia Sayad |
| Date Deposited: | 28 Jul 2014 17:30 UTC |
| Last Modified: | 20 May 2025 08:25 UTC |
| Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/42009 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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Sayad, Cecilia.
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