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28%OFFRick Altman - Silent Film Sound - 9780231116633 - V9780231116633
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Silent Film Sound

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Description for Silent Film Sound Paperback. Reconsiders various aspects of sound practices during the entire silent film period. This book challenges the assumptions of earlier histories of this period in film and reveals the complexity and swiftly changing nature of American silent cinema. Series: Film and Culture Series. Num Pages: 480 pages, 258 illustrations. BIC Classification: APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 256 x 202 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1336. Series: Film and Culture Series. 480 pages, 258 illustrations. Reconsiders various aspects of sound practices during the entire silent film period. This book challenges the assumptions of earlier histories of this period in film and reveals the complexity and swiftly changing nature of American silent cinema. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: APF. Dimension: 256 x 202 x 25. Weight: 1330.
Because silent cinema is widely perceived as having been exactly that-silent-no one has fully examined how souns was used to accompany the films of this era. Silent Film Sound reconsiders all aspects of sound practices during the entire silent film period. Based on extensive origianl reserach and accompanied by gorgeous illustrations, the book challenges the assumptions of earlier histories of this period in film and reveals the complexity and swiftly changing nature of American silent cinema. Contrary to received opinion, silent films were not always accompanied, nor were accompaniments uniform. Beginning with sound practices before cinema's first decade and ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Series
Film and Culture Series
Condition
New
Weight
1336 g
Number of Pages
480
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231116633
SKU
V9780231116633
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Ref
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About Rick Altman
Rick Altman is professor of cinema and comparative literature at the University of Iowa. He is the author of The American Film Musical and Film/Genre; the editor of Sound Theory Sound Practice; and the coeditor of The Sounds of Early Cinema.

Reviews for Silent Film Sound
Weighty and ambitious...This thoroughly researched and copiously illustrated book is recommended for large libraries and all cinema collections.
Roy Liebman Library Journal Silent Film Soundis a bible of reference information and vintage photos. Bookwatch Edison's pioneering work...is given a large amount of space in a fascinating new book.
Steve Ramm Groove Magazine Rather than reinventing the wheel or ... Read more

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