Lowering the Boom - Critical Studies in Film Sound (Paperback)

As the first collection of new work on sound and cinema in over a decade, Lowering the Boom addresses the expanding field of film sound theory and its significance in rethinking historical models of film analysis. The contributors consider the ways in which musical expression, scoring, voice-over narration, and ambient noise affect identity formation and subjectivity. Lowering the Boom also analyzes how shifting modulation of the spoken word in cinema results in variations in audience interpretation. Introducing new methods of thinking about the interaction of sound and music in films, this volume also details avant-garde film sound, which is characterized by a distinct break from the narratively based sound practices of mainstream cinema. This interdisciplinary, global approach to the theory and history of film sound opens the eyes and ears of film scholars, practitioners, and students to film's true audio-visual nature.

General

Imprint:	University of Illinois Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 2008
First published:	2007
Authors:	Jay Beck
Editors:	Tony Grajeda
Contributors:	Jay Beck • John Belton • Clark Farmer • Paul Grainge • Tony Grajeda • David T. Johnson • Anahid Kassabian • David Laderman
Dimensions:	235 x 156 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	360
ISBN-13:	978-0-252-07532-2
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Media studies Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Films, cinema > Film theory & criticism
LSN:	0-252-07532-3
Barcode:	9780252075322

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