PPT-II. Film Sound Theories

5 Filmic Sound Spaces Sound Theory Sound Practice Edited by Rick Altman 1992 With essays by James Lastra Michel Chion and others The Soundscape of Modernity Architectural Acoustics and The Culture of Listening in America 19001933 . presentation.. Description of the audience and purpose of the film. Description of audience.. O. ur 5 minute video will be aimed at pupils aged between 11 to 18 year olds who also go through what our pupils do in the SSC. The video will also appeal to other teachers especially support teachers to show them how we run things in out student support centre.. Introduction: Sound and the Study of Sound. What is sound?. What is sound?. What is sound?. What are the differences between hearing and vision?. What is sound?. What are the differences between hearing and vision?. Chapters 3 and 4 . A scene is a section of narrative that gives the impression of continuous action taking place in a continuous time and place . A shot is an uninterrupted strip of exposed motion-picture film or video that represents a subject during an uninterrupted segment of time . 4. Film Music. TWO PERSPECTIVES & PERIODS:. Unheard Melodies: Narrative Film Music . by Claudia . Gorbman. (published in 1987). Hearing Film: Tracking Identifications in Contemporary Film Music. 2. Silent . Film Sound. Professor in Cinema and Comparative literature at University of Iowa. Also written books on the musical film genre, and edited a book on sound theory and practice that we will read from later this semester.. 3. Feminist Film Theory. She is Keith and Kathy Sachs . Professor of Art History . of . Art. . at the University . of . Pennsylvania. She is . the author of . nine books, including works that draw from psychoanalysis: . Sound. Though we might think. of film as an essentially visual experience, we really cannot afford to underestimate the importance of film sound. A meaningful sound track is often as complicated as the . By Hayden Collins 13p1. Brief History . Before the 1930s, film often used compiled tracks and other pieces of music from famous composers in order to accompany the film that was being showed on the screen. The music that went alongside film at this time was live (performed under the screen), and only near the end of the 30’s did film makers produce their own scores.. By Hayden Collins 13p1. Brief History . Before the 1930s, film often used compiled tracks and other pieces of music from famous composers in order to accompany the film that was being showed on the screen. The music that went alongside film at this time was live (performed under the screen), and only near the end of the 30’s did film makers produce their own scores.. Questions. 13. . Choose a film or television drama in which the setting in time or place is important.. Explain how the film or programme makers use media techniques effectively to create this setting.. Introduction. It . is often said that an audience . will . forgive an ordinary shot but not poorly recorded sound. . What usually sets student . work apart from professional productions . is . the quality of the . (1894-5) Dir. William Dickson and Thomas . Edison. Broken Blossoms. (1919) Dir. D.W. . Griffith. Old San Francisco. (1927) Dir. Alan Crosland.  . Bonus scene: . Singin. ’ in The Rain. (1951) Dir. Gene Kelly and Stanley . Silent Era. Sound and synchronization started in 1923 so all films before this were silent with accompanied orchestras.. 1920-1930 America was the leading producer of film. . “The Sprinkler Who Sprinkled”- The First Comedy. A scene is a section of narrative that gives the impression of continuous action taking place in a continuous time and place . A shot is an uninterrupted strip of exposed motion-picture film or video that represents a subject during an uninterrupted segment of time .