Designing Sound Audiovisual Aesthetics in 1970s American Cinema |
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| Author:
| Beck, Jay |
| Series title: | Techniques of the Moving Image Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8135-7307-6 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2016 |
| Publisher: | Rutgers University Press
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $28.95 |
Book Description:
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Designing Sound demonstrates how Francis Ford Coppola, Robert Altman, and other groundbreaking American directors of the 1970s possessed not only visionary eyes, but also keen ears that enabled them to take cinematic sound design in innovative directions. Offering detailed case studies of key films and filmmakers, Jay Beck explores how sound design was central to the era's experimentation with new modes of cinematic storytelling and aesthetic sensibilities, from the...
More Description Designing Sound demonstrates how Francis Ford Coppola, Robert Altman, and other groundbreaking American directors of the 1970s possessed not only visionary eyes, but also keen ears that enabled them to take cinematic sound design in innovative directions. Offering detailed case studies of key films and filmmakers, Jay Beck explores how sound design was central to the era's experimentation with new modes of cinematic storytelling and aesthetic sensibilities, from the lyricism of Terrence Malick to the gritty realism of Martin Scorsese.