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#What is ''sound perspective'' in film?
 
#What is ''sound perspective'' in film?
 
#*[http://tvcrit.com/find/uglybetty ''Ugly Betty'' example of sound perspective mismatch.]
 
#*[http://tvcrit.com/find/uglybetty ''Ugly Betty'' example of sound perspective mismatch.]
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#What are the different types of microphone pick-up patterns? How do they affect sound perspective?
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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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'''Sound and time'''
 
'''Sound and time'''
 
#The time frame of a narrative scene's sound need not match the time frame of its image.  
 
#The time frame of a narrative scene's sound need not match the time frame of its image.  
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#*How is time manipulated in this [http://tvcrit.com/find/damages ''Damages'' scene]?
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#*How is time manipulated in these [http://tvcrit.com/find/damages ''Damages''] and [https://vimeo.com/345041314 ''Traffic''] scenes?
  
 
'''Diegetic and nondiegetic sound'''
 
'''Diegetic and nondiegetic sound'''
 
#What is a ''diegesis''?
 
#What is a ''diegesis''?
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#*What is diegetic sound?
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#*What is diegetic sound? Nondiegetic sound? Examples?
  
 
'''Sound technology'''
 
'''Sound technology'''
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#Explain these terms in the context of digital audio: sampling, dynamic range, and frequency response.
 
#Explain these terms in the context of digital audio: sampling, dynamic range, and frequency response.
  
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'''Sound exercise'''
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'''Sound-image interaction exercise'''
  
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In class, we'll view a Dodge commercial and examples of how sound can manipulate viewer understanding of the image--that is, can change its meaning.
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What does ''Television'''s exercise (using a [http://tvcrit.com/find/audioexperiment 1957 Dodge commercial]) illustrate?
 
#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.
 
#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.
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#Think back to the ''Chevrolet'' commercial that we broke down and the shot of Mother, salesman, Father, son in the car. As a group, pretend you're doing ADR (and what is ADR?) for this shot and write dialogue that illustrates how sound editors can manipulate sound perspective to alter our understanding of a scene (somewhat like the sound editor of ''Wonder Years'' did in Figure 8.6, but do not copy that example).
 
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#*Illustrate how sound and time could be manipulated in this shot with some other dialogue.
 
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#*Finally, include audio that illustrates the difference between diegetic vs. nondiegetic sound.
 
  
 
==External links==
 
==External links==
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*[http://www.routledge.com/cw/butler-9780415883283/s1/gallery-10/ Sound chapter illustrations]
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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/Dodge1957/ Dodge commercial] or [http://criticalcommons.org/Members/jbutler/clips/dodge1957commercial_originalaudio.mp4/view Critical Commons version]
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*[https://vimeo.com/345098436 Dodge commercial] or [http://criticalcommons.org/Members/jbutler/clips/dodge1957commercial_originalaudio.mp4/view Critical Commons version]
 
*[http://tvcrit.com/find/damages ''Damages'' sound-time manipulation]
 
*[http://tvcrit.com/find/damages ''Damages'' sound-time manipulation]
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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/T340/ClassicismIllustrations01.htm Classical Hollywood sound examples]
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*[http://www.tcf.ua.edu/EO/DV/FilmArt/index02.htm ''Film Art'' examples]
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*[https://tvcrit.org/EO/DV/FilmArt/index02.htm ''Film Art'' examples]
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**[http://www.tcf.ua.edu/EO/DV/FilmArt/Traffic.htm ''Traffic'' example]
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**[https://vimeo.com/345041314 ''Traffic'' example]
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**[http://www.tcf.ua.edu/EO/DV/ManEscaped.htm ''A Man Escaped'' example]
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**[https://tvcrit.org/EO/DV/ManEscaped.htm ''A Man Escaped'' example]
  
 
== Bibliography ==
 
== Bibliography ==
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#Jeremy G. Butler, ''Television: Critical Methods and Applications'' (New York: Routledge, 2012).
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#Jeremy G. Butler, ''Television: Visual Storytelling and Screen Culture'' (New York: Routledge, 2018).
 
#David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson, ''Film Art: An Introduction'', (New York: McGraw-Hill).
 
#David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson, ''Film Art: An Introduction'', (New York: McGraw-Hill).
  
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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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