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FILM SOUND
Introduction: Sound and the Study of Sound
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What is sound?
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What is sound?
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What is sound?
What are the differences between hearing and vision?
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What is sound?
What are the differences between hearing and vision?
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What is sound?
What are the differences between hearing and vision?
What are the similarities?
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How do we study sound?
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Can you define a culture of sound?
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Can you define a culture of sound?
If so, how does your definition of sound culture compare to your definition of visual culture?
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Key Concepts from Sterne:
• Hearing requires positionality (p.4)• The study of sound is an emerging
field• Sound studies is interdisciplinary,
reflexive, aware of its own historicity, and critical
• Sonic imagination (p.5)• Sound students (p.3)
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The Art of Noises A Futurist Manifesto
• Luigi Russolo (1833-1947)• Futurism in Italy• Art of Noises as a manifesto• Machine vs. Nature• Music vs. Noise
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Luigi Russolo
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Futurist Paintings by Luigi Russolo
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“The evolution of music is comparable to the multiplication of machines”
“We must break out of this limited circle of sounds and conquer the infinite varieties of noise-sounds.” “We want to give pitches to these diverse noises, regulating them harmonically and rhythmically.”
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Six families of noises of the futurist orchestra :
1. Roars, Thundering, Explosions, Hissing roars, Bangs, Booms;
2. Whistling, Hissing, Puffing;3. Whispers, Murmurs, Mumblings, Mutterings,
Gurgling;4. Screeching, Creaking, Rustling, Humming,
Crackling, Rubbing;5. Noises obtained by beating on metals, woods,
skins, stones, pottery, etc.6. Voices of animals and people, Shouts, Screams,
Shrieks, Wails, Hoots, Howls, Death rattles, Sobs
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Intonarumori
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Intonarumori Today
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FILM SOUND
I. ‘Silent’ to Sound Cinema
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1. The Coming of Sound
2. Silent Film Sound
3. Sound Technology and Early Cinema
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The Coming of Sound: U.S.
• Mid 1920s to early 1930s• Neoclassical economic theory - 3 phases:
invention, innovation, diffusion (Gomery)• Early efforts led by Warner Brothers,
working with Western Electric/AT&T, financed by emerging media corporations and wealthy investors
• Focused on singing and musical films
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Case Study: The Jazz Singer (1927)
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The Coming of Sound: Europe
• U.S./Hollywood imperialism?• Marxist economic framework – focus on
international exchange (Gomery)• Different rate of adoption; language
conversion, (e.g. Dracula, 1931) cartel and quotas
• Nationalism
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“It is too late for those who love the art of moving pictures to deplore the effects of this barbaric invasion. All they can do is try to cut their losses.” (Clair, p. 92)
“Sound is a two-edged invention, and it is most probable that its use will proceed along the line of least resistance, i.e. along the line of satisfying simple curiosity.” (Soviet Constructivists, p. 83)
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“Though such ‘progressive’ means the screen has lost more than it has gained. It has conquered the world of voices, but it has lost the world of dreams.” (Clair, p. 95)
“They must not be tied to one another by naturalistic imitation but connected as the result of the interplay of action.” (Soviet Constructivists, p. 84)