Framing Anxiety. Intermedial Techniques of the Uncanny

Michaela Wünsch

doi:10.2478/ausfm-2023-0022

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Framing Anxiety. Intermedial Techniques of the Uncanny

Acta Universitatis Sapientiae, Film and Media Studies

Volume 24 (2023): Issue 1 (November 2023)

By: Michaela Wünsch

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|Dec 2023

Abstract

The article deals with techniques of the uncanny that are used in horror films, especially in movies that show frames within the image frame and particularly frames of television sets. The author situates the concrete device of framing in the context of medial technology and intermediality, not least the mediality of the television, its representation in movies and the resultant uncanny aspects. Distinctions are then made between the uncanny and anxiety with regard to the effects of framing, especially in relation to the specific status of a framed gaze. The author uses examples from Japanese and US-American horror films.¹

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ausfm-2023-0022 | Journal eISSN: 2066-7779

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Language: English

Page range: 217 - 228

Published online: Dec 6, 2023

Published in print: Nov 1, 2023

Published by: Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

uncanny,

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