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Sound

Movies begin to talk The Jazz Singer, 1927


Before was live accompaniment Synchronous vs. non-synchronous

The Jazz Singer

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Formalistic

All That Jazz

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Realistic
No/minimal recreated sounds Documentary-like approach

The Fighter

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Use of space in sound

The Exorcist & The Exorcist

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Diagetic sound
occurs naturally
a character listening to music on a stereo

Non-diagetic sound
Sounds you normally wouldnt heard
The music during the chase scene

Lady Gagas Telephone & Telephone analyzed

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Components of Sound
Music Spoken word
Dialogue Monologue

EFX

Apocalypse Now

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Components of Sound Music
Formalism Musicals

Singin in the Rain

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Components of Sound Music
Realism - Musicals

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Components of Sound Mickeymousing - Cartoons

Tex Averys Wolf

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Components of Sound
Function of the composer
Mood of film Characters have themes Underline speech

Jaws

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Components of Sound
Function of the composer

Shower Scene With & Without Music

Psycho

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Components of Sound
Contrast

A Clockwork Orange

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Components of Sound
Motifs

One of many music boxes that play Laras Theme

Lara's Theme

Dr. Zhivago

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Components of Sound
Spoken word
Dialogue

His Girl Friday

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Components of Sound
Spoken word
Monologue/Narration

Apocalypse Now

A Clockwork Orange Sunset Boulevard

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Jobs in Sound Production Sound Technician
responsible for all audio in the final production uses the sound as recorded which is manipulated during the editing process to obtain the best audio technically possible for the production

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Boom Operator
responsible for microphone placement and movement during a take uses a boom = a special piece of equipment that allows precise control of the microphone at a distance away from the actors

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Sound Designer:
brought on staff during the planning stages of a film & works with the director to shape an overall, consistent soundtrack that exploits the expressive possibilities of the sound medium

Supervising Sound Editor


directs and coordinates the creative contributions of the postproduction sound staff and handles all the related administrative duties like scheduling mixes

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Dialogue Editor
Includes Additional Dialogue Recording (ADR) Dialog that cannot be salvaged from production tracks must be re-recorded in a process called looping or ADR Looping originally involved recording an actor who spoke lines in sync to "loops" of the image which were played over and over along with matching lengths of recording tape

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Music Editor EFX Editor includes Foleys

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Foley Artist
creates, recreates and records sound effects, such as raging storms or breaking bones. Named after famous sound editor Jack Foley

King Kong Foleys

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Sound Mixer
Puts all elements together

King Kong Sound Mix

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A Clockwork Orange, 1971
Dir. by Stanley Kubrick, 19281999 Removed (by Kubrick) from release until 2000 in Britain Rated X in America Written by Anthony Burgess in Nadsat - a mix of English, Russian and slang Continues in the tradition of 2001: A Space Odyssey in use of classical music

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