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.
Subsequent chapters cover mise-en-sc ne, framing, photography, lighting, editing and soun.
The first two chapters define the genre and describe the use of pragmatic aesthetics (when filmmakers put technical and budgetary compromises to artistic effect).
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
