Film Sound: Theory and Practice
An extremely useful and wide-ranging collection of essays devoted to a topic often ignored or taken for granted by visually-dominated studies of the moving picture...(Gerald Mast, University of Chicago)Both comprehensive in its choice of readings and creative in its editorial approach...Film Sound, as well as being an eminent introduction to the writings in the field, forcefully demonstrates the need for the study of the media to be both textually and institutionally grounded, and both theoretically and historically informed.(Richard AllenFramework)Indispensable... [a] superb collection of essays.... An important contribution to our literature on film theory and practice and... necessary reading for anyone interested in the art and the practice of filmmaking.(Journal of Popular Film and Television)Film Soundis a pleasure to read. In addition, the book's general organization and range of selections present an accurate summary of the development of film sound and attitudes toward it from the late twenties to the eighties. For anyone interested in finding ways out of the present theoretical confusion,Film Soundis an excellent place to start.(Film Quarterly)Convincingly suggests that an exciting new field has been opened up, one that may well come to determine the way we look at the cinema as a whole.... [Film Sound] pays attention to the new technologies as they affect not only the cinema but also how we come to view its history.(Sight and Sound)