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Encyclopedia of Motion Picture Sound
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Mcfarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
ISBN-10
078641023X
ISBN-13
9780786410231
eBay Product ID (ePID)
14038697493
Product Key Features
Book Title
Encyclopedia of Motion Picture Sound
Number of Pages
300 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2001
Topic
Film / General, Recording & Reproduction, Encyclopedias
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Music, Performing Arts, Référence
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Weight
53.8 Oz
Item Length
10 in
Item Width
7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
00-054803
Dewey Edition
21
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Decimal
778.5/344/03
Synopsis
Ever since 1926, whenThe Jazz Singerbroke the silence of the silver screen, sound has played an integral role in the development and appreciation of motion pictures. Fourteen years after the advent of talkies, Disney'sFantasiaupped the ante by introducing fully directional sound called Fantasound to theater audiences. After myriad experimental and moderately successful multichannel processes, motion picture sound really came of age in 1977, when the popularity ofStar Warshelped entrench Dolby Stereo as the dominant surround sound process in theaters. Dolby Surround, and later, Dolby Digital, also became the preferred sound in home theater systems, as more and more people thrilled to the cinematic flybys of jet planes and the ricochet of gunfire in their own living rooms. This encyclopedia contains the people, processes, innovations, facilities, formats and films that have made sound such a crucial part of the motion picture experience. There are sound-critical entries for every film that has won an Academy Award for Best Sound or Best Sound Effects Editing, from 1933'sA Farewell to Armsto 2000'sThe Matrix.Every sound mixer or editor who has won an Academy Award has his or her own entry and filmography. Entries have been provided for every known sound process, from Vitasound to Dolby Surround EX. For the key developers and innovators of motion picture sound-including Jack Foley, Ray Dolby, George Lucas and Tomlinson Holman-career-related biographies are included. There are additional entries for technical achievement recognized by the Academy, key manufacturers, sound facilities, and much more., Contains the people, processes, innovations, facilities, formats and films that have made sound a part of the motion pictures. There are entries for films that has won an Academy Award for Best Sound or Sound Effects Editing, sound mixers or editors who won an Academy Award and sound processes.
LC Classification Number
TK7881.4.M47 2001
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