And now the screaming really starts!

• Main Author: Hamant Manjit Singh
• Other Authors: Brian Keith Bergen-Aurand
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Mass media::Broadcasting::Motion pictures and films::Film theory and criticism
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/45441
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This paper engages with the writings of Michel Chion and seeks to study the function of the human scream in cinema. It begins with an essential study of the human scream and the motivations behind it. This inquiry also reveals the relationship between the scream and language systems. The essay then...