Sound in the American Horror Film - Jeffrey Bullins

Sound in the American Horror Film

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Buch | Softcover
120 Seiten
2024
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-9068-1 (ISBN)
44,85 inkl. MwSt
An examination of the horror film’s soundtrack that builds on film sound and genre scholarship to demonstrate how horror, perhaps more than any other genre, utilizes sound to manipulate audience response.
The crack of thunder, a blood-curdling scream, creaking doors, or maybe complete silence. Sounds such as these have helped frighten and startle horror movie audiences for close to a century. Listen to a Universal classic like Dracula or Frankenstein and you will hear a very different soundtrack from contemporary horror films. So how did we get from there to here? What scared audiences then compared to now?

This examination of the horror film's soundtrack builds on film sound and genre scholarship to demonstrate how horror, perhaps more than any other genre, utilizes sound to manipulate audience response. Beginning with the Universal pictures of the early 1930s and moving through the next nine decades, it explores connections and contrasts throughout the genre's technical and creative evolution. New enthusiasts or veteran fans of such varied films as The Mummy, Cat People, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Psycho, Halloween, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Scream, The Conjuring, Paranormal Activity, and A Quiet Place will find plenty to explore, and perhaps a new sonic appreciation, within these pages.

Jeffrey Bullins is a sound designer and educator living in Greensboro, North Carolina. He has worked in the sound department for several horror films and has written on various aspects of the genre.

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo ca. 60 photos, notes, bibliography, index
Verlagsort Jefferson, NC
Sprache englisch
Maße 178 x 254 mm
Themenwelt Kunst / Musik / Theater Film / TV
Kunst / Musik / Theater Musik Klassik / Oper / Musical
ISBN-10 1-4766-9068-5 / 1476690685
ISBN-13 978-1-4766-9068-1 / 9781476690681
Zustand Neuware
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