Film rhythm after sound :: technology, music, and performance /

The seemingly effortless integration of sound, movement, and editing in films of the late 1930s stands in vivid contrast to the awkwardness of the first talkies. Film Rhythm after Sound analyzes this evolution via close examination of important prototypes of early sound filmmaking, as well as contem...

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Main Author: Jacobs, Lea (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2015]
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:The seemingly effortless integration of sound, movement, and editing in films of the late 1930s stands in vivid contrast to the awkwardness of the first talkies. Film Rhythm after Sound analyzes this evolution via close examination of important prototypes of early sound filmmaking, as well as contemporary discussions of rhythm, tempo, and pacing. Jacobs looks at the rhythmic dimensions of performance and sound in a diverse set of case studies: the Eisenstein-Prokofiev collaboration Ivan the Terrible, Disney's Silly Symphonies and early Mickey Mouse cartoons, musicals by Lubitsch and Mamoulian,
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 266 pages) : illustrations, music
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780520960015
0520960017

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