Reconstructing atmospheres
Ambient sound in film and media production
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13019808 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Budhaditya Chattopadhyay (0000-0001-9489-2721, Leiden University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 352-364 |
| Publication date | 2017-11-13 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Communication and the Public (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2057-0473 • E-ISSN: 2057-0481 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/2057047317742171 |
| OpenAlex | W2769947392 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 25 |
In film and media production, ambient sound is a standard term that denotes the site-specific background sound component providing locational atmospheres and spatial information of public places. In this article, the specific role of ambient sound to create the context for the spatial experience in film and media production has been thoroughly examined in the light of Sound Studies. The article investigates the capacity of ambient sounds to sculpt the presence of a site by producing an embodied experience of the site. The article brings in a much-needed focus on the complex relationship between sound and site by examining the spatial environments recorded, mediated, and reconstructed by sound practice. Guided by the production studies of sound, the article draws on the theories of diegesis, mimesis, and presence to reformulate the notion of the soundscape while keeping a conceptual base in phenomenology of sound in analyzing the spatial and atmospheric listening experience. The article cites examples from representative Indian films and few of my own sound artworks as case studies to make critical listening and analysis of the processes through which ambient sound practice enhances the spatial and atmospheric sensations. The article draws insights from prominent sound practitioners in the form of long interviews conducted by me over several years and self-reflective insights on my own work. The practice-led inputs make the empirical basis of the article shedding light on the production processes providing links between certain techniques available to specific phases of sound production and aesthetic principles shaped by the respective phases of practice with ambient sounds. The article locates a distinct shift occurring through these trajectories of sound practice and relates this shift to the recent “spatial turn” in Sound Studies, making valuable contributions to the field interested to inquire about the emerging spatiality and public-ness in sound artworks
Acoustics · Astrobiology · Atmosphere (unit · Economics · Geography · Meteorology · Physics · Production (economics · Sound (geography · Sound production · Cinema and Media Studies · Environmental Science · Materials Science · Music Technology and Sound Studies · Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts
Det ambiente
Listening and Voice
Cinema of Interruptions
Soundscape of Modernity
At the Heart of It All
Sound in Cinema and its Relationship to Image and Diegesis
Narrative/Diegesis— Thresholds, Limits
Atmosphere as the Fundamental Concept of a New Aesthetics
Rethinking the Soundscape
La production de l'espace
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |