Anatomy of Sound : Norman Corwin and Media Authorship / Jacob Smith, Neil Verma.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Smith, Jacob, Editor.

Verma, Neil, Editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Corwin, Norman, 1910-2011.

Corwin, Norman.

Radio broadcasting--United States.

Radio broadcasting.

Radio producers and directors--United States.

Radio producers and directors.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (269 p.)

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2016]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This collection examines the work of Norman Corwin-one of the most important, yet understudied, media authors of all time-as a critical lens to view the history of multimedia authorship and sound production. Known as the "poet laureate" of radio, Corwin is most famous for his radio dramas, which reached millions of listeners around the world and contributed to radio's success as a mass media form in the 1930s and 1940s. But Corwin was also a pioneer in other fields, including cinema, theater, TV, and journalism. In each of these areas, he had a distinctive approach to "soundwork," relying on inventive prerecorded and live-in-real-time atmospheric effects in the studio, among other aesthetic techniques. Exploring the range of Corwin's work-from his World War II-era poetry and his special projects for the United Nations to his path-breaking writing for film and television-and its influence on media today, these essays underscore the political and social impact of Corwin's oeuvre and cement his reputation as a key writer in the history of many sound media.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Anatomy of Anatomy of Sound

A Corwinography

1. Radio's "Oblong Blur": On the Corwinesque in the Critical Ear

2. Norman Corwin and the Blacklist

3. Norman Corwin and the Big Screen: Artistic Differences

4. Norman Corwin's Radio Realism

5. Corwin on Television: A Transmedia Approach to Style Historiography

6. Media Primer: Norman Corwin's Radio Juvenilia

7. Fix Your Eyes on the Horizon and Swing Your Ears About: Corwin's Theatre of Sound

8. Transatlantic or Anglo-American Corwin?

9. The Odyssey of Me and Norman Corwin

10. Wondering about Radiolab: Th e Contradictory Legacy of Corwin in Contemporary "Screen Radio"

Contributors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9780520960855

0520960858

OCLC:

946277653