JCM412512/Sound (Discussion)

Sound Perspective

1. Group 2: Explain the concept of sound perspective. How do the four conventional microphone positions affect it? Explain how Figure 10.6 from Television: Critical Methods and Applications illustrates mismatched perspective between the image and the sound.

Television Figure 10.6: Ugly Betty. See Critical Commons video clip.

Space, Time and Narrative (Diegesis)

Using the clips from from Traffic and Damages:

1. Group 3: Explain how they use nondiegetic sound. (Bonus question: how does Damages use a nondiegetic image, too?)
2. Group 4: Explain how they use sound that is not simultaneous with the image. Is this non-simultaneous sound earlier or later than the image?

Digital Versus Analog Recording

1. Group 1: Explain the difference between analog and digital sound recording.

Bibliography

1. David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson, Film Art: An Introduction (McGraw-Hill).
2. Jeremy G. Butler, Television: Critical Methods and Applications (Routledge)

External links

1. Film Art examples
   • Traffic example
   • A Man Escaped example
2. Grey's Anatomy scene