Movies, songs, and electric sound : transatlantic trends / Charles O'Brien.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

O'Brien, Charles, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Musical films--History and criticism.

Musical films.

Motion pictures and music.

Motion picture music--History and criticism.

Motion picture music.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 213 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Movies, Songs, and Electric Sound

Place of Publication:

Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2019]

Summary:

1. This book is a unique look a music in film, written from the perspective of a film historian rather than a musicologist. It contributes to the emerging, growing sub-field of sound studies. It looks at American and German films and film music from the 1930s. 2. The book utilizes emerging methodology of cinemetrics and is positioned to be used in graduate seminars and by scholars who use metrics to study film and performance. 3. Author Charles O'Brien is an expert in sound studies and film history.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Movies and Songs in Transition

2. Electric Sound as New Medium

3. Voices and Bodies, Direct and Dubbed

4. Film Editing after Electric Sound

5. American Film Songs, Inside the Films and Out

6. Musical Films Made in Germany

Conclusion: Songs in Cinema, from Electric to Digital

Appendix A: Methods of Measurement

Appendix B: Samples and Tests

Bibliography

Index

About the Author.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on: online resource; title from PDF information screen (JSTOR, viewed September 27, 2022).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9780253040428

0253040426

9780253040411

0253040418

OCLC:

1085493251