Encountering sound
The musical dimensions of silent cinema
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12998474 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paul Cuff (0000-0003-2936-9939, University of Warwick, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1424484-1424484 |
| Publication date | 2018-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of AESTHETICS & CULTURE (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2000-4214 • E-ISSN: 2000-4214 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/20004214.2018.1424484 |
| OpenAlex | W2783209292 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 28 |
This article identifies silent film soundtracks as evidence of the tensions between old and new audiovisual cultures, and examines the distinctions between our experience of live and mediated cinema through contemporary modes of presentation. My primary interest is in the aesthetic and cultural dimensions of film sound, and the ways in which digital technology influences the creation, performance, and recording of music for silent cinema. Parallel to this subject, I address the relationship between scholars and their object of study. I analyse how different audiovisual environments (rehearsal and concert spaces, recording studios, theatrical and domestic spaces) shape the aesthetics of film sound and the culture of its reception. More generally, this article seeks to engage film studies with media and performance studies, arguing that a reflective and interdisciplinary approach is needed to evaluate our ever-changing encounters with live and recorded film sound
Acoustics · Aesthetics · Art · Film studies · Linguistics · Movie theater · Musical · Object (grammar · Presentation (obstetrics · Sociology · Sound (geography · Sound recording and reproduction · Studio · Subject (documents · Visual arts · Cinema and Media Studies · Computer Science · Music History and Culture · Radio, Podcasts, and Digital Media
Music, Sound and Multimedia
Digital Performance
Unmarked
The Audience Experience
Unmarked
Music, Sound and Multimedia
After the Silents
Memory, Forgetting and the Moving Image
The Language of New Media
Early Cinema Today
Early Cinema Today
The Sounds of the Silents in Britain
The Sound of Silents
Silent cinema
Conditions of Music
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.25 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |