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SOUND Unit 5 Film Class Historical Background • 1927 – The Jazz Singer – Critics thought sound would be a deathblow to movies • Prior to 1927 full orchestra or piano used • Music used for practical and artistic reasons • Eisenstein – wary of dialogue – He thought synchronous sound would destroy the flexibility of editing • Early directors favored nonsynchronous sound, sound and image are not recorded simultaneously Historical Background cont. • Orson Welles – perfected sound montage – dialogue of one character overlaps with that of another, or others Sound Effects • Sound editor – Gathers all the different sounds for a movie • Two types of sound – Diegetic – sounds characters can hear – Nondiegetic – sounds characters cannot hear • Pitch – High-pitched sounds create tension – Low-frequency sounds emphasize dignity, anxiety, or mysterty • Loud sounds are forceful and threatening Sound effects cont. • Tempo – The faster the tempo the greater the tension • Off screen sound effects – Can produce anxiety • Symbolic functions – Music can express internal emotions or something is about to happen – Silence can be used to symbolize death because sound usually means presence of life. Music • Eisenstein – Music must never serve merely as an accompaniment – Vertical montage • Notes on staff of music moving from left to right parallel the movements of the actors – Mickeymousing – descriptive music • www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEEaT_UQnVM Music cont. • Most composers begin working after they have seen the rough cut of a movie. • Some composers don’t begin until the film has been totally completed. • Directors of musicals work with composers before shooting begins. • Foley artist –adds sound into a movie after it’s filmed • Foreshadowing – Hitchcock put in casual sequences with anxious music. Musicals • One of the most enduring and popular film genres. • Song and dance • Both Realistic and Formalistic • Dominated by Americans • 1940’s and 1950’s – www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCdiWxzwORU Musicals cont. • West Side Story – Sports and dance choreography • Dance in everyday life (basketball) – Not just a love story • Makes music tie into violence and social conflict – Mickeymousing Musicals cont. • Broadway Melody – 1929 – All-talking; all-singing; all-dancing movie – Admission 35¢; made $4 million – Used sound montage – overlapping sound Spoken Language • Dialects – Rich source of meaning • Subtext – Implicit meaning behind language of a film • Two types of spoken language – Monologue • Associated with documentaries • Offscreen narrator provides factual information • Two types of information – visuals and narration Monologue • In fiction films – Narrative monologue condenses time and events – Voice-over produces an ironic contrast between the past and the present – Contrasts with what’s said socially and what’s thought privately – Off-screen narrations • Sense of objectivity or predestination – Interior monologue – what character is thinking Dialogue • Film language doesn’t have to carry the burden of stage dialogue • Can be sparce and realistic as in everyday life • Doesn’t have to conform to everyday speech • Sound and image are difficult to match in dubbed films Sound • Permits a director more visual freedom • Many instances where sound is the most economical and precise way of conveying information in a film
