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FILM SOUND

by Sven E Carlsson

I am convinced that film sound carries meaning in more ways than simply by accompanying a visible object or person.


Sven E Carlsson


Film Sound Terminology

Direct sound and Reflected sound

Establishing sound

Foleying

MOS

Point-of-audition sound

Room Tone

Semi-sync

Sound hermenuetic

Sound motif

Sound loop

Soundscape


Queen´s Filmstudies Notes on sound

Sound perspektiv

Balance

Microphones


Dolby Laboratories, Inc

Film Sound Glossary

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"Chion is a poet in theoretician's clothing"
- Claudia Gorbman writes about Michel Chion


Michel Chion´s Terminology

Acousmatic sound
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sound one hears without seeing their originating cause

Acousmêtre
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a kind of invisible voice-character with mysterious powers

Added Value
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he expressiv and/or informative value with which a sound enriches a image

Empathetic Sound
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music or soundeffects whose mood matches the mood of the action

Anempathetic Sound
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music or soundeffects that seems to exhibit conspicuous indifference to what is going on in the film´s plot

Rendering
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The use of sounds to convey the feelings or effects associated with the situation on screen

Synchresis
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the mental fusion between a sound and a visual when these occur at exactly the same time

Michel Chion Links

Book Review: Michel Chion, Audio-Vision (Escom Newsletters)
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by Nicola Phillips Faculty of Music, University of Cambridge

Michel Chion
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Compositeur de musique concrète, Enseignant et conférencier, Journaliste et critique

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Film Sound Bibliography

The Unique Sound Effects of Star WarsNew 9/4 97

Robert Bresson's Notes on SoundNew 3/5 97

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Links

[ Film Sound ] [ Sound] [ Film]





I look forward to expanding and improving this page with your help! Thanks for visiting the Film Sound Theory Page. Sven E Carlsson


Last updated 4 May 1997

 

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