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'''Sound Perspective'''
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'''Sound perspective'''
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#'''Group 2:''' Explain the concept of sound perspective. How do 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.
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[[Image:Fig10-06 UglyBetty20100414qq34 03qq.jpg|thumb|300px|''Television'' Figure 10.6: ''Ugly Betty''. [http://criticalcommons.org/Members/jbutler/clips/uglybetty_hellogoodbye00_33_05.mp4/view? See Critical Commons video clip].]]
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|File:Fig10-06 UglyBetty20100414qq34 03qq.jpg|alt1=''Ugly Betty'' screen shot.|Sound perspective mismatch in ''Ugly Betty''. [http://tvcrit.com/find/uglybetty Click for video clip.]
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|File:Mad-Men-January-on-set l.jpg|alt1=''Mad Men'' screen shot.|''Mad Men'': common mic position.
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#What is ''sound perspective'' in film?
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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 above?
  
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'''Space, Time and Narrative (Diegesis)'''
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'''Sound and time'''
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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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#*How is time manipulated in these [http://tvcrit.com/find/damages ''Damages''] and [http://www.tcf.ua.edu/EO/DV/FilmArt/Traffic.htm ''Traffic''] scenes?
  
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Using the clips from from [http://www.tcf.ua.edu/EO/DV/FilmArt/Traffic.htm ''Traffic''] and [http://criticalcommons.org/Members/jbutler/clips/Damages20070814qq00_00_00qq-Desktop.m4v/view ''Damages'']:
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'''Diegetic and nondiegetic sound'''
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#'''Group 3:''' Explain how they use nondiegetic sound. (Bonus question: how does ''Damages'' use a nondiegetic image, too?)
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#What is a ''diegesis''?
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#'''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?
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#*What is diegetic sound? Nondiegetic sound? Examples?
  
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'''Digital Versus Analog Recording'''
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'''Sound technology'''
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#'''Group 1:''' Explain the difference between analog and digital sound recording.
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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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== Bibliography ==
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'''Sound-image interaction exercise'''
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#David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson, ''Film Art: An Introduction'' (McGraw-Hill).
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#Jeremy G. Butler, ''Television: Critical Methods and Applications'' (Routledge)
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What does ''Television'''s exercise (using a [http://tvcrit.com/find/audioexperiment see 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/EO/DV/FilmArt/index02.htm ''Film Art'' examples]
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*[http://www.routledge.com/cw/butler-9780415883283/s1/gallery-10/ Sound chapter illustrations]
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#*[http://www.tcf.ua.edu/EO/DV/FilmArt/Traffic.htm ''Traffic'' example]
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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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#*[http://www.tcf.ua.edu/EO/DV/ManEscaped.htm ''A Man Escaped'' example]
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*[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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*[http://www.tcf.ua.edu/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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**[http://www.tcf.ua.edu/EO/DV/ManEscaped.htm ''A Man Escaped'' example]
 
#[http://tvcrit.com/find/greysanatomy ''Grey's Anatomy'' scene]
 
#[http://tvcrit.com/find/greysanatomy ''Grey's Anatomy'' scene]
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== Bibliography ==
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#Jeremy G. Butler, ''Television: Critical Methods and Applications'' (New York: Routledge, 2012).
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#David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson, ''Film Art: An Introduction'', (New York: McGraw-Hill).
  
 
[[Category:TCF440/540 Discussion]]
 
[[Category:TCF440/540 Discussion]]

Revision as of 22:02, 24 January 2013

Sound perspective Template:Gallery

  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 above?

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 see 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

  1. Grey's Anatomy scene

Bibliography

  1. Jeremy G. Butler, Television: Critical Methods and Applications (New York: Routledge, 2012).
  2. David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson, Film Art: An Introduction, (New York: McGraw-Hill).
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