DAMIEN POLLARD Modern Languages

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Modern Languages
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Junior Research Fellow
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Biography

 My PhD research looked at the human voice in Italian giallo cinema (a sleazy, ‘trashy’ hybrid of the thriller and the horror film made in the 1960s and ‘70s). I was particularly interested in how these films’ voice tracks bound their auditory aesthetics to both the commercial imperatives of the post-war Italian film industry and, beyond that, to wider Italian and European socio-cultural issues. My post-doctoral research is currently investigating the subtle but significant role played by air in film aesthetics. 

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