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Found Footage Horror Films

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Found Footage Horror Films book

A Cognitive Approach

Found Footage Horror Films

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Found Footage Horror Films book

A Cognitive Approach
ByPeter Turner
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2019
eBook Published 15 February 2019
Pub. Location New York
Imprint Routledge
DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429425486
Pages 204
eBook ISBN 9780429425486
Subjects Behavioral Sciences, Humanities
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Turner, P. (2019). Found Footage Horror Films: A Cognitive Approach (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429425486

ABSTRACT

This book adopts a cognitive theoretical framework in order to address the mental processes that are elicited and triggered by found footage horror films. Through analysis of key films, the book explores the effects that the diegetic camera technique used in such films can have on the cognition of viewers. It further examines the way in which mediated realism is constructed in the films in order to attempt to make audiences either (mis)read the footage as non-fiction, or more commonly to imagine that the footage is non-fiction. Films studied include The Blair Witch Project, Rec, Paranormal Activity, Exhibit A, Cloverfield, Man Bites Dog, The Last Horror Movie, Noroi: The Curse, Autohead and Zero Day

This book will be of key interest to Film Studies scholars with research interests in horror and genre studies, cognitive studies of the moving image, and those with interests in narration, realism and mimesis. It is an essential read for students undertaking courses with a focus on film theory, particularly those interested specifically in horror films and cognitive film theory.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter |37 pages

Introduction

Why Found Footage Horror Films Matter

chapter 1|16 pages

Genealogy

chapter 2|25 pages

Narration and the Diegetic Camera

chapter 3|40 pages

Priming the Viewer and Mediated Reality

chapter 4|28 pages

Camera Operator Interaction with Viewers and Profilmic Subjects

The Case of Home Movies

chapter 5|28 pages

Problematic Allegiance with Charismatic Killers

Man Bites Dog, The Last Horror Movie, and Zero Day

chapter |11 pages

Conclusion

The Future for Diegetic Cameras
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