Sayad, Cecilia (2016) Found-Footage Horror and the Frame's Undoing. Cinema Journal, . ISSN 0009-7101. (Full text available)
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Official URL https://doi.org/10.1353/cj.2016.0003 |
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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Uncontrolled keywords: | paranormal activity, found footage, documentary, horror film, frame, realism, reality, scream, cloverfield, [REC] |
Subjects: | P Language and Literature > PB Modern European Languages (inc film, TV and radio studies) > PB2994 Film Studies |
Divisions: | Faculties > Humanities > School of Arts > Film |
Depositing User: | Cecilia Sayad |
Date Deposited: | 28 Jul 2014 17:30 UTC |
Last Modified: | 19 Jan 2017 14:34 UTC |
Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/42009 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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