Aesthetics of Early Sound Film
Media Change around 1930
«“In covering cinema in numerous countries, Aesthetics of Early Sound Film takes a step toward in establishing early sound-film style as a distinct area of academic study, putting the study of the sound movies of the late 1920s/early 1930s on par with the study of the early cinema of 1895-1906.”
-- Prof. Charles O’Brien, Professor of Film Studies at Carleton University.
"The book’s well-grounded claim that the era of the early sound film constitutes a distinct period in film history seems destined to change not only our view of the years in question but also of how we conceive of the history of the cinema in general."
-- Michael Wedel, Professor of Media History, Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF»
This volume takes a fresh look at the various aesthetics emerging globally in the early sound film era, with a focus on the films’ fundamentally experimental and inventive character. By considering films and production contexts often neglected in film studies, it strives to counter the still dominant view of the transitional period as a time of yet-to-be-perfected forerunners of ‘classical’ sound film. Les mer
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This volume takes a fresh look at the various aesthetics emerging globally in the early sound film era, with a focus on the films’ fundamentally experimental and inventive character. By considering films and production contexts often neglected in film studies, it strives to counter the still dominant view of the transitional period as a time of yet-to-be-perfected forerunners of ‘classical’ sound film. Instead, authors highlight the sense of ‘fruitful uncertainty’ in this period of media change and transformation. Subjects covered include visual and auditory style; the uses of speech, music, and noises; aesthetic conceptions in sound film theory; and intermedial aesthetics. The volume’s scope is decidedly international, covering production and reception contexts in the Soviet Union, Japan, the USA, Germany, France, Italy, the UK, and Switzerland.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Amsterdam University Press
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9789048555895
- Utgivelsesår
- 2023
- Format
- Kopibeskyttet PDF (Må leses i Adobe Digital Editions)
Om forfatteren
Daniel Wiegand is Assistant Professor of Film Studies at University of Zurich. He is the author of Gebannte Bewegung: Tableaux vivants und früher Film in der Kultur der Moderne as well as co-editor of Film Bild Kunst: Visuelle Ästhetik im vorklassischen Stummfilm (edited with Jörg Schweinitz, 2016). Recent articles include “‘Islands of Sound in the Silent Flow of Film:’ German Part-Talkies Around 1930 as a Hybrid Medium,” in Historical Journal of Film, Radio, and Television (2022).
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«“In covering cinema in numerous countries, Aesthetics of Early Sound Film takes a step toward in establishing early sound-film style as a distinct area of academic study, putting the study of the sound movies of the late 1920s/early 1930s on par with the study of the early cinema of 1895-1906.”
-- Prof. Charles O’Brien, Professor of Film Studies at Carleton University.
"The book’s well-grounded claim that the era of the early sound film constitutes a distinct period in film history seems destined to change not only our view of the years in question but also of how we conceive of the history of the cinema in general."
-- Michael Wedel, Professor of Media History, Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF»
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