Showing posts with label theme. Show all posts
Showing posts with label theme. Show all posts
Monday, June 1, 2020

Character in Action: It's Elemental

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Copyright 2020 by Gary L. Pullman All elements of fiction besides those of character and action—conflict setting, point of view, ...
Thursday, May 7, 2020

Horror Again (and Again): Increasing Your Audience by Using Universal Themes

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Copyright 2020 by Gary L. Pullman Diogenes the Cynic observed that it is impossible to step twice into the same river. The writer ...
Tuesday, April 14, 2020

The Horror of Objective and Subjective Threats

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Copyright 2020 by Gary L. Pullman Some horror fiction, both on the page and on the sound stage, features threats which are both ob...
Saturday, April 4, 2020

"Eden": A Femme Fatale in the Homosocial Garden

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Copyright 2020 by Gary L. Pullman Eden (2019) is a short horror film, indeed, lasting approximately six-and-a-half minutes. Three som...
Monday, March 23, 2020

Writing Blurbs That Sell

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Copyright 2020 by Gary L. Pullman According to Tomasz Opasinski, a fifteen-year veteran of movie poster design, a movie poster fo...
Wednesday, July 18, 2018

Poster Pointers: Color, Imagery, Figures of Speech, and Horror

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Copyright 2018 by Gary L. Pullman Artists often learn from one another, especially with regard to technique. In particular, visual a...
Thursday, June 28, 2018

Underscoring Horror

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Copyright 2018 by Gary L. Pullman Horror movies aren't about stubbing one's toe. They're about life-and-death struggles, ab...