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Sound for Film and Television Tomlinson Holman Sound for Film and Television, Third Edition provides a thorough introduction to the fascinating field of recording, editing, mixing, and exhibiting film and television sound. It strikes a fine balance between aesthetic and technical content, combining theory and…
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Uncanny Bodies: The Coming of Sound Film and the Origins of the Horror Genre Robert Spadoni In 1931 Universal Pictures released Dracula and Frankenstein, two films that inaugurated the horror genre in Hollywood cinema. These films appeared directly on the heels of Hollywood’s transition to…
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The Music of the Spheres: Music, Science, and the Natural Order of the Universe Jamie James For centuries, scientists and philosophers believed that the universe was a stately, ordered mechanism, both mathematical and musical. The perceived distances between objects in the sky mirrored (and were…
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Practical Art of Motion Picture Sound David Lewis Yewdall Practical Art of Motion Picture Sound, 4th edition relies on the professional experience of the author and other top sound craftspeople to provide a comprehensive explanation of film sound, including mixing, dubbing, workflow, budgeting, and digital audio…
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The Soundscape of Modernity: Architectural Acoustics and the Culture of Listening in America, 1900–1933 Emily Thompson In this history of aural culture in early-twentieth-century America, Emily Thompson charts dramatic transformations in what people heard and how they listened. What they heard was a new kind…
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For More than One Voice: Toward a Philosophy of Vocal Expression Adriana Cavarero The human voice does not deceive. The one who is speaking is inevitably revealed by the singular sound of her voice, no matter “what” she says. We take this fact for granted—for…
