Game of Thrones as a Gothic Horror in Quality Television

Quality television at its heart is designed to reward sustained viewing and involvement on the part of the audience. It has distinctive visual styles, serial characters and storylines and a filmic quality, all of which is evident in Game of Thrones (2011–2019). This article discusses how the scale a...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:0e2030375100434eb6fe5944ecf9d9232021-12-05T14:11:06ZGame of Thrones as a Gothic Horror in Quality Television2066-777910.2478/ausfm-2021-0017https://doaj.org/article/0e2030375100434eb6fe5944ecf9d9232021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.2478/ausfm-2021-0017https://doaj.org/toc/2066-7779Quality television at its heart is designed to reward sustained viewing and involvement on the part of the audience. It has distinctive visual styles, serial characters and storylines and a filmic quality, all of which is evident in Game of Thrones (2011–2019). This article discusses how the scale and cinematic production values of quality television, adds value to the Game of Thrones series through the enhancement and articulation of the Gothic horror.Rutherford AmandaBaker SarahSciendoarticlegame of thronesgothic horrorfantasyquality televisionviolenceVisual artsN1-9211ENActa Universitatis Sapientiae: Film and Media Studies, Vol 20, Iss 1, Pp 111-128 (2021)
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Game of Thrones as a Gothic Horror in Quality Television
description Quality television at its heart is designed to reward sustained viewing and involvement on the part of the audience. It has distinctive visual styles, serial characters and storylines and a filmic quality, all of which is evident in Game of Thrones (2011–2019). This article discusses how the scale and cinematic production values of quality television, adds value to the Game of Thrones series through the enhancement and articulation of the Gothic horror.
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