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II. Cinematic Soundscapes

II. Cinematic Soundscapes. Sound Theory Sound Practice . Rick Altman. 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.

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II. Cinematic Soundscapes

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  1. II. Cinematic Soundscapes Sound Theory Sound Practice

  2. Rick Altman 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. Sound Theory Sound Practice Edited by Rick Altman (1992) With essays by James Lastra, Michel Chion, and others

  4. Cinema as Text (Traditional Film Studies)

  5. Cinema as Event (Altman’s Model)

  6. CINEMA AS EVENT From production to reception, and vice versa (think flying donuts!) Multiplicity Three-Dimensionality Materiality Heterogeneity Intersection Performance Mutli-Discursivity Instability

  7. Mediation Choice Diffusion Interchange

  8. SOUND AS EVENT The production of sound is a material event: vibration, medium, changes in pressure – the composite nature of sound The sound narrative: naming of sound, “our ears tell us,” Rashomon phenomenon The recording of a sound event: representation, spatial signature, double (recording/reproduction) “…recordings are thus always representations, interpretations, partial narratives that must nevertheless serve as our only access to the sounds of the past” (p.27)

  9. Fallacies In Film Sound Theory: Historical Ontological Reproduction Nominalism Cinema as index

  10. SOUND SPACE Image scale vs. sound scale in film Problem of sound space in Hollywood, 3 main approaches: 1) manipulation of exhibition space, 2) manipulation of production, 3) development of multi-channel capacity Point of Audition Sound as anchor

  11. A New Model for Technological History (Tripartite Historical Model): Multiple identities derived from pre-existing reality codes (theatre, vaudeville, radio, silent film music, etc.) Jurisdictional struggle – speech is the primary vehicle Development of new reality code based on technological specificity – point of audition and intelligibility; new mode of cinematic unity and new subject position for the Hollywood audience.

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