From book to stage to screen: semiotic transformations of Gothic horror genre conventions

This paper adopts a multimodal social semiotic approach for exploring the semiotic changes involved in the transformation of a novel into stage and screen productions. It examines how semiotic resources are deployed in each medium through elements of mise-en-scène, such as speech, music, sound, ligh...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Tan, Sabine, Wignell, P., O'Halloran, K.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Routledge 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/20178