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terror en directe

English translation: live horror

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Catalan term or phrase:terror en directe
English translation:live horror
Entered by: Comunican

17:47 Jan 27, 2010
Catalan to English translations [PRO]
Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
Catalan term or phrase: terror en directe
"L’edició del Festival de Sitges 2007 va ser l’inici del «fenomen REC», va significar el triomf d’un nou cinema de gènere fet a Catalunya, el «terror en directe»."

Any bright ideas about how to translate this, please...? Best I have so far is "horror filmed as live", or "horror filmed in real time", neither of which are too snappy!

Thanks
Comunican
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:29
live horror
Explanation:
Simplest option

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Note added at 26 mins (2010-01-27 18:13:37 GMT)
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I guess it's not really live, but that's what they're calling it in Catalan (for the sake of being snappy, no doubt).
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Ross Andrew Parker
Local time: 19:29
Grading comment
Thanks Ross and agreers
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3live horror
Ross Andrew Parker
5found footage (horror film)
Sonia Martos


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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
live horror


Explanation:
Simplest option

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Note added at 26 mins (2010-01-27 18:13:37 GMT)
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I guess it's not really live, but that's what they're calling it in Catalan (for the sake of being snappy, no doubt).

Ross Andrew Parker
Local time: 19:29
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks Ross and agreers

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  margaret caulfield
6 mins
agree  Montse Ballesteros: No només en diuen així en català, en anglès també. Són pel·lis que parlen de cinema dins el cinema o falsos documentals, com The Blair Witch Project.
34 mins
agree  Berni Armstrong: ...or even "Camcorder live horror" - since most of them are designed to look like they've been shot on hand held home video recorders - or even are!
37 mins
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15 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
found footage (horror film)


Explanation:
I found this after a bit of research. It even lists REC and REC 2 as part of this relatively new genre within horror films.
Here is the definition:
Found footage is a genre of horror filmmaking in which all or a substantial part of a film is presented as an edit of recovered footage, often left behind by missing or dead protagonists. The events onscreen are seen through the camera of one or more of the characters involved, who often speaks offscreen. Filming is often done by the actors themselves as they recite their lines, and shaky camerawork is also often used to maintain realism.


    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Found_footage_%28genre%29
Sonia Martos
Spain
Local time: 19:29
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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