Film Chapter 5: Sound
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24 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Jazz Singer | -beginning of talkie era: before had music to accompany music in the theaters -at beginning some people didn't like it -Al Jolson -musical-but not much talking |
| Beginning of talkie era | -"visually dull" -synchronous recording -camera had to be in one position -actors had to stay close to the microphone -little editing -Frank Capra and Howard Hawks films very fast |
| Synchronous | -happening at the same time; moving at the same rate |
| Blimp | -A rigid soundproof camera housing that muffles the noise of the camera's motor so sound can be clearly recorded on the set. A blimped camera is one with internal soundproofing. |
| Booms | -"An overhead telescoping pole that carries a microphone, permitting the synchroiunous recording of sound without restricting the movement of the actores" (also called mike boom) |
| Formalist directors | -did not like talkies (very realistic) -especially Eisenstein -synchronous sound - cutting to continuity makes the most sense |
| nonsynchronous sound | -Sound and image that are not recorded simultaneously, or sound that is detached from its source in the film image; ex. music in the background -supported by rene Clair (French) -also by Lubitsch- Monte Carlo -kind of like a montage |
| dubbing | -the addition of sound after the visuals have been photographed |
| changes due to sound | -no longer had to exaggerate actions -can mutter naturally -no more titles to ruin rythm -some actors good in silent era but not good in talkies such as John Gilbert |
| sound montage | when the dialogue of one character overlaps with that of another, or several others. The effect is almost musical -used by Orson Welles in The magnificent Ambersons |
| synthesized sound | -sounds that are synthesized in a studio rather than recorded in reality for most film sounds are not even present during actual shooting -sound libraries |
| stereophonic sound | Sound recorded on multiple channels(seperate tracks available). Can reproduce "natural" sound (movement, spatial relationships on screen) -In a movie theater have 5 speakers: center, each side of the front and each side of the back |
| diegetic | sound that could be heard logically by the characters within the film -source music |
| nondiegetic | Sound coming from outside the story - charactes are unable to hear it -scored music |
| cinema verite | A way of filming real-life scenes without elaborate equipment, playing down the technical and formal means of production (script, special lighting, etc.) and emphasizing the circumstantial reality of the scene. Often used in documentaries. -Jean-Luc Godard -kept noises |
| silence | -"eerie vacuum" -Arthur Penn used in Bonnie and Clyde |
| music | -some thought should be just accompaniment some thought it should be a main part -composers often work with directors in different parts of the film process -tell mood of film -can be used to cover up mistakes |
| mickeymousing | A type of film music that is purely descriptive and attempts to mimic the visual action with musical equivalents. Often used in cartoons. |
| musicals | -popular -realistic or formulist -genre dominated by americans -used to be dominated by MGM -actually began with Greeks |
| spoken language | -meaning depends on what words you emphasize and the pauses and punctuation -"quirks of speech" -has to have correct dialect -same thing in live theater -different meanings depending what type of shot used -could also be changed by soundtrack or filming technique -sometimes have narrarator |
| subtext | - the hidden or underlying meaning of something -every script has a subtext |
| monologue | -sometimes use interior monologue-talking to self -though in film can have less because images can tell the story |
| dubbing vs. subtitles | dubbing: "dont have to read a film" which many find unejoyable; yet actors are usually not as good and can't be completely synchronized subtitles: get the same sounds and dialect, useful in Europe where people are familier with many languages |
| voice over | A form of narration in which an off-screen voice comments on the action or circumstances or attitudes of the characters. |
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