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Affective Intensities and Evolving Horror Forms: From Found Footage to Virtual Reality - Softcover

Daniel, Adam

 
9781474456364: Affective Intensities and Evolving Horror Forms: From Found Footage to Virtual Reality
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1474456367 ISBN 13: 9781474456364
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press, 2021

Synopsis

Horror cinema is a genre that is undergoing constant evolution, from the sub-genre of 'found footage' to post-cinematic new media forms such as YouTube horror, horror video games and cinematic virtual reality horror. By investigating how these new forms alter the dynamics of spectatorship, this book charts how cinema's affective capacities have shifted in relation to these modifications in the forms of cinematic horror. It applies a rich theoretical synthesis of phenomenological and Deleuzian approaches to a number of case studies, including films like The Blair Witch Project, Paranormal Activity and Creep as well as video games such as Alien: Isolation.

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About the Author

Adam Daniel is a member of the Writing and Society Research Centre at Western Sydney University. His research investigates the evolution of horror film, with a focus on the intersection of embodied spectatorship and new media technologies. He has published on film, television and popular culture, and is the Vice-President of the Sydney Screen Studies Network.

From the Back Cover

Horror cinema is a genre that is undergoing constant evolution, from the sub-genre of 'found footage' to post-cinematic new media forms such as YouTube horror, horror video games and cinematic virtual reality horror. By investigating how these new forms alter the dynamics of spectatorship, this book charts how cinema's affective capacities have shifted in relation to these modifications in the forms of cinematic horror. It applies a rich theoretical synthesis of phenomenological and Deleuzian approaches to a number of case studies, including films like The Blair Witch Project, Paranormal Activity and Creep as well as video games such as Alien: Isolation. Adam Daniel is a member of the Writing and Society Research Centre at Western Sydney University.

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Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Publication date
2021
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1474456367
ISBN 13 
9781474456364
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
232