The diegetic camera: narrative legibility and documental verisimilitude in found footage horror films

Authors

  • Rodrigo Carreiro UFPE

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-7114.sig.2013.71682

Keywords:

Horror film, stylistics, found footage, mockumentary, diegetic camera.

Abstract

ake found footage horror films have been massively made in the last two decades. To shoot a fictional script and give to it the texture of a documentary, a filmmaker has to deal with a number of creative restrictions in order to impose to images and sounds an effect of reality present in amateur footage. This essay examines recurring patterns of style, in this subgenre of movies, which have been used to combine narrative clarity and documental verisimilitude – a combination imposed by the presence of recording devices on the diegesis.

 

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Author Biography

  • Rodrigo Carreiro, UFPE

    Professor do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Comunicação da Universidade Federal de Pernambuco. Doutor e mestre em Comunicação pela UFPE. Atua principalmente nas áreas de teoria e história do cinema, com ênfase na análise fílmica, nos estudos dos gêneros fílmicos e nos estudos do som. Tem interesse especial na pesquisa da estilística cinematográfica e no cinema de horror. E-mail: rcarreiro@gmail.com

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Published

2013-12-25

Issue

Vol. 40 No. 40 (2013): Dossiê: História e Audiovisual

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How to Cite

The diegetic camera: narrative legibility and documental verisimilitude in found footage horror films. (2013). Significação: Journal of Audiovisual Culture, 40(40), 224-244. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-7114.sig.2013.71682