Hollywood Soundscapes : Film Sound Style, Craft and Production in the Classical Era

ISBN-13: 9781844575046 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 184 str.

Helen Hanson

Opis

The technical crafts of sound in classical Hollywood cinema have, until recently, remained largely `unsung' by histories of the studio era. Yet film sound - voice, music and sound effects - is a crucial aspect of film style and has been key to engaging and holding audiences since the transition to sound by Hollywood's major studios in 1929.

Spis treści

Introduction: Sound and Silences: Writing the History of Sound Craft in Hollywood's Studio Era.- 1. Art, Science and Showmanship: The Technical Cultures of Hollywood's Sound Engineers and The Shaping of Film Sound Technologies.- 2. 'Ear Appeal': The 'Story Values' of Sound in the Classical Hollywood Film.- 3. Crafting the Sequence: Sound Work and the Dynamics of Production.- 4. From Gadgeteers to Sound Experts: Defining and Recognising Sound Labour and Expertise.- Conclusion.

O autorze

Helen Hanson is Senior Lecturer in Film Studies at the University of Exeter, UK. Her research focuses on film style, histories of American cinema and the film industry, feminism and popular culture.