This volume takes a fresh look at the various aesthetics emerging globally in the early sound film era, with a focus on the films' fundamentally experimental and inventive character. By considering films and production contexts often neglected in film studies, it strives to counter the still do...

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Weitere Verfasser:	Wiegand, Daniel 19XX- (HerausgeberIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Amsterdam, Netherlands Amsterdam University Press 2024
Schriftenreihe:	Cinema and technology (Amsterdam, Netherla
Schlagworte:	Sound motion pictures / History
Online-Zugang:	DE-12 DE-473 Volltext
Zusammenfassung:	This volume takes a fresh look at the various aesthetics emerging globally in the early sound film era, with a focus on the films' fundamentally experimental and inventive character. By considering films and production contexts often neglected in film studies, it strives to counter the still dominant view of the transitional period as a time of yet-to-be-perfected forerunners of 'classical' sound film. Instead, authors highlight the sense of 'fruitful uncertainty' in this period of media change and transformation. Subjects covered include visual and auditory style; the uses of speech, music, and noises; aesthetic conceptions in sound film theory; and intermedial aesthetics. The volume's scope is decidedly international, covering production and reception contexts in the Soviet Union, Japan, the USA, Germany, France, Italy, the UK, and Switzerland
Beschreibung:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 16 Feb 2024) 1. The Aesthetics of Early Sound Film: An Introduction -- Daniel Wiegand I. From Silence to Sound 2. Dialogue Scenes in the Period of Multiple-Camera Shooting: The Example of <cite>Arrowsmith</cite> -- Lea Jacobs 3. Expressive Visual Effects from Silent to Sound Film -- Katharina Loew 4. From the Lexigraphic to the Melomanic: Accommodations to Sound in American Studio Animation -- Donald Crafton II. From Theory to Practice 5. "To Select, To Organize, To Sharpen": Rouben Mamoulian, Sound Film Theory, and <cite>Applause</cite> -- Michael Slowik 6. Futurists and 'Homogenizers' in Early Soviet Sound Film -- Oksana Bulgakowa III. National Contexts 7. Early Japanese Sound Film Aesthetics at Shochiku and Nikkatsu -- Johan Nordström 8. Early Sound Films in France: Contexts and Experiments -- Martin Barnier 9. Reporters, Radio Waves, and the Dispersed Audience: Staging the Radio in Early German Sound Cinema -- Jörg Schweinitz IV: Speech and Language 10. Talking Photographs: The Speaking Subject in Anglophone Newsreel and Documentary (1927-1936) -- Irina Leimbacher 11. <cite>Die Nacht gehört uns / La nuit est à nous</cite> and Multilingual Reception in Switzerland -- Jessica Berry 12.The Mimetic Attempt of Multiple Versions: Language, Voice, and Transcultural Talkies (1929-1932) -- Maria Adorno V. Music and Noise 13. "How Did the Music Get to the Fish Market?" On the Use of Nondiegetic Music in Early German Sound Films -- Daniel Wiegand 14. The Sounds of War: Reflections on American WWI Films of 1930 -- Martin Holtz 15. Urban Noise in the Early Italian Sound Film <cite>Gli uomini, che mascalzoni ...</cite> -- Nadine Soraya Vafi General Bibiography List of illustrations and captions Author Bios Index
Beschreibung:	1 Online-Ressource (307 Seiten)
ISBN:	9789048555895
DOI:	10.1017/9789048555895