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Sørensen & Pedersen TABLE OF CONTENTS Abstract ...................................................................................................................................... 1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 2 Methodology .............................................................................................................................. 3 Affect Theory ............................................................................................................................. 5 Cinematography ......................................................................................................................... 8 The Things ............................................................................................................................... 10 The Thing from Another World ............................................................................................... 10 Ex 1: It Escapes - 34:08 – 37:26 .............................................................................................. 11 Ex 2: Suspicions - 37:26 – 43:37 ............................................................................................. 13 Ex 3: Attack - 49:54 – 52:14 .................................................................................................... 14 Ex 4: Concerns - 53:29 – 57:19 ............................................................................................... 15 Ex 5: Fire - 1:00:45 – 1:04:32 .................................................................................................. 16 Ex 6: Killing the Thing - 1:13:20 - 1:16:40 ............................................................................. 17 The Thing (1982) ..................................................................................................................... 18 Ex 1: Animal Instinct - 28:08 - 33:01 ...................................................................................... 19 Ex 2: An Alien Lifeform - 34:13 - 34:54 ................................................................................. 21 Ex 3: Infiltration - 45:30 - 48:23 .............................................................................................. 22 Ex 4: Who is Human? - 56:09 - 57:34 ..................................................................................... 24 Ex 5: Desperation - 1:03:10 - 1:04:30...................................................................................... 25 Ex 6: The Test - 1:19:06 - 1:26:36 ........................................................................................... 26 Ex 7: Acceptance - 1:39:12 - 1:42:07 ...................................................................................... 28 The Thing (2011) ..................................................................................................................... 29 Ex 1: Arrogance - 17:49 - 20:49 .............................................................................................. 29 Ex 2: Search and Destroy - 23:08 – 32:59 ............................................................................... 30 Ex 3: Dissection – 33:00 - 38:14.............................................................................................. 32 Ex 4: Realisation – 43:26 – 53:55 ............................................................................................ 33 Ex 5: Mistrust - 58:39 - 1:05:01 / 1:06:20 – 1:06:46 ............................................................... 36 Ex 6: Full-scale Attack - 1:10:14 - 1:14:48 ............................................................................. 38 Ex 7: The fate of Kate – 1:31:16 – 1:35:05 ............................................................................. 38 The Rings ................................................................................................................................. 40 Japanese Tradition and American Convention ........................................................................ 42 Soundscapes ............................................................................................................................. 44 The American Ring .................................................................................................................. 49 Sørensen & Pedersen 1 Gender Dynamics..................................................................................................................... 54 Ringu ........................................................................................................................................ 58 Ex 1: Negative – 05:55 – 08:17 ............................................................................................... 58 Ex 2: Lucid Dreaming – 48:08 – 49:42 ................................................................................... 60 Ex 3: A Mother’s Love – 1:18:39 – 1:21:57 ............................................................................ 62 Ex 4: Breaching the Barrier – 1:25:37 – 1:28:14 ..................................................................... 65 The Ring................................................................................................................................... 68 Ex 1: Vicious waters – 3:47 – 7:32 .......................................................................................... 68 Ex 2: Lucid Nightmare – 47:27 – 50:50 .................................................................................. 71 Ex 3: Neat Narrative – 1:20:12 – 1:23:45 ................................................................................ 75 EX 4: Glitch in Reality – 1:39:38 – 1:44:12 ............................................................................ 80 Media Anxiety ......................................................................................................................... 84 Videogames.............................................................................................................................. 89 Alien: Isolation......................................................................................................................... 89 Ex 1: The Xenomorph Appears – 25:36 – 26:41 ..................................................................... 91 Ex 2: System Glitch? – 27:35 – 28:21 ..................................................................................... 92 Ex 3: Core meltdown – 1:16:03 – 1:16:42 ............................................................................... 93 Ex 4: Playing with Fire – 1:35:17 – 1:36:07 ............................................................................ 94 Ex 5: Abducted - 1:41:01 – 1:42:15 ......................................................................................... 95 Ex 6: Final Sacrifice – 1:48:32 – 1:52:02 ................................................................................ 96 Until Dawn ............................................................................................................................... 99 Ex 1: A Gruesome Trap – 2:27:30 – 2:32:55 ......................................................................... 100 Ex 2: Caught Again – 4:02:15 – 4:05:46 ............................................................................... 102 Ex 3: The Wendigo Attacks – 5:04:44 – 5:06:36 .................................................................. 103 Ex 4: Derangement – 5:55:27 – 5:58:23 ................................................................................ 104 Ex 5: Final Battle – 6:20:57 – 6:26:17 ................................................................................... 105 Conclusion ............................................................................................................................. 106 Works Cited ........................................................................................................................... 111 Sørensen & Pedersen 1 Britt B. Sørensen & Michael G. Pedersen Master Thesis Marianne Kongerslev May 31st 2018 Reaching Beyond the Screen: A Study of Affective Horror Abstract Sound design and cinematography contribute to how we react to a horror film, creating a mood and an atmosphere designed to affect us as viewers. These elements can be utilized separately to engage certain senses and emotions of distress, as well as together, in order to cause a more intense affective response in the viewer. Some things can touch us in a physical way as if it is happening to our own bodies, which is especially true in horror film, where violence, jump scares and destruction of the body are prevalent elements. In an effort to separate gender from horror, we discuss the differences between various films and video games in relation to affect theory. Gender and horror seem to go hand in hand for the most part, especially due to the American slasher film featuring teenagers engaging in morally questionable behaviour, and subsequently being punished with terror and death. We discuss the three Thing films spawned on John Campbell’s short story “Who Goes There” in relation to the zeitgeist and the anxiety of the times, looking at how these aspects are conveyed in each film, and how they develop over time, as both society and technological advancements changes. One film even seeks to explain what happens before the original, as a prequel, attempting to give the viewer a better understanding of the creature and the characters, which is common in American cinema.