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== Diegetic and nondiegetic sound==
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'''Sound perspective'''
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#First, a review question, from the chapter on narrative form: what is a ''diegesis''?
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#What is ''sound perspective'' in film?
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#*So, what is diegetic sound?
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#*[http://tvcrit.com/find/uglybetty ''Ugly Betty'' example of sound perspective mismatch.]
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#Bordwell/Thompson's Table 7.2 "Temporal Relations of Sound Cinema" (p. 289, 8th edition) divides film sound into '''diegetic''' and '''nondiegetic''' categories.  Then it divides the diegetic/nondiegetic categories into different uses of time (hence, "temporal"). This results in six different ways in which time, diegetic space and sound interact (listed below). Provide an example from a film we've seen (or just make up an example) for each.
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#What are the different types of microphone pick-up patterns? How do they affect sound perspective? E.g., how would you describe the likely sound perspective of the ''Mad Men'' scene below?
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##'''Group 4:''' Diegetic nonsimultaneous, sound earlier than image.
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##Diegetic simultaneous.
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##'''Group 1:''' Diegetic nonsimultaneous, sound later than image.
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##'''Group 2:''' Nondiegetic nonsimultaneous, sound earlier than image.
 
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##Nondiegetic simultaneous.
 
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##'''Group 3:''' Nondiegetic nonsimultaneous, sound later than image.
 
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#Considering the categories above, what types of sound are in the ''Traffic'' example?
 
  
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== Bibliography ==
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'''Sound and time'''
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#Jeremy G. Butler, ''Television: Critical Methods and Applications'' (New York: Routledge, 2011).
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#The time frame of a narrative scene's sound need not match the time frame of its image.
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#David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson, ''Film Art: An Introduction'', 8th ed. (New York: McGraw-Hill, 2007).
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#*How is time manipulated in these [http://tvcrit.com/find/damages ''Damages''] and [https://vimeo.com/345041314 ''Traffic''] scenes?
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'''Diegetic and nondiegetic sound'''
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#What is a ''diegesis''?
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#*What is diegetic sound? Nondiegetic sound? Examples?
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'''Sound technology'''
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#What are the three main types of sound in film and TV production and how do digital audio workstations mirror those three types? ([http://tvcrit.com/find/protools See ''Ugly Betty'' ProTools layout for music editor.])
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#Explain these terms in the context of digital audio: sampling, dynamic range, and frequency response.
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'''Sound-image interaction exercise'''
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What does ''Television'''s exercise (using a [http://tvcrit.com/find/audioexperiment 1957 Dodge commercial]) illustrate?
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#As a group, choose a well-known song that, if laid over the commercial, would change its meaning. (No R-rated songs, please.) We'll find an excerpt of it online and lay it over the commercial. Be prepared to explain to the class how your song changes the commercial's meaning.
  
 
==External links==
 
==External links==
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#[http://www.tcf.ua.edu/Classes/Jbutler/T340/ClassicismIllustrations01.htm Classical Hollywood sound examples]
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*[https://tvcrit.org/Classes/Jbutler/TVCrit2018_images_ByChapters/11/ ''Television'', sound chapter illustrations]
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#[http://www.tcf.ua.edu/EO/DV/FilmArt/index02.htm ''Film Art'' examples]
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*[https://vimeo.com/345098436 Dodge commercial] or [http://criticalcommons.org/Members/jbutler/clips/dodge1957commercial_originalaudio.mp4/view Critical Commons version]
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#*[http://www.tcf.ua.edu/EO/DV/FilmArt/Traffic.htm ''Traffic'' example]
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*[http://tvcrit.com/find/damages ''Damages'' sound-time manipulation]
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#*[http://www.tcf.ua.edu/EO/DV/ManEscaped.htm ''A Man Escaped'' example]
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*[https://tvcrit.org/Classes/Jbutler/T340/ClassicismIllustrations01.htm Classical Hollywood sound examples]
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*[https://tvcrit.org/EO/DV/FilmArt/index02.htm ''Film Art'' examples]
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**[https://vimeo.com/345041314 ''Traffic'' example]
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**[https://tvcrit.org/EO/DV/ManEscaped.htm ''A Man Escaped'' example]
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== Bibliography ==
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#Jeremy G. Butler, ''Television: Visual Storytelling and Screen Culture'' (New York: Routledge, 2018).
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#David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson, ''Film Art: An Introduction'', (New York: McGraw-Hill).
  
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[[Category:JCM312 Discussion]]

Latest revision as of 19:05, 4 September 2019

Sound perspective

  1. What is sound perspective in film?
  2. What are the different types of microphone pick-up patterns? How do they affect sound perspective? E.g., how would you describe the likely sound perspective of the Mad Men scene below?
  • Mad-Men-January-on-set l.jpg

Sound and time

  1. The time frame of a narrative scene's sound need not match the time frame of its image.

Diegetic and nondiegetic sound

  1. What is a diegesis?
    • What is diegetic sound? Nondiegetic sound? Examples?

Sound technology

  1. What are the three main types of sound in film and TV production and how do digital audio workstations mirror those three types? (See Ugly Betty ProTools layout for music editor.)
  2. Explain these terms in the context of digital audio: sampling, dynamic range, and frequency response.

Sound-image interaction exercise

What does Television's exercise (using a 1957 Dodge commercial) illustrate?

  1. As a group, choose a well-known song that, if laid over the commercial, would change its meaning. (No R-rated songs, please.) We'll find an excerpt of it online and lay it over the commercial. Be prepared to explain to the class how your song changes the commercial's meaning.

External links

Bibliography

  1. Jeremy G. Butler, Television: Visual Storytelling and Screen Culture (New York: Routledge, 2018).
  2. David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson, Film Art: An Introduction, (New York: McGraw-Hill).
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