CIN201Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Film Theory, Vsevolod Pudovkin, Yale French Studies
Document Summary
Adoption and conversion within the american film industry. Including positions on sound taken by european theorists. Sound conversion was a comprehensive process, affecting virtually every aspect of production of filmmaking. Hollywood was forced to bring in sound technicians from outside the realm. In studying the conversion process, we will adopt a two-pronged approach. The problems sound created and the solutions devised. How the solutions aided in the bending of sound to established classical principles. The shift from an allegiance to fidelity to to an emphasis on legibility led the industry to focus on post-production. We condenser mics were ultrasensitive and omnidirectional. There were new demands placed on actors, and now part of the screen performer"s persona was the quality of his or her voice. Maintain synchronization by editing together multiple strands of images all shot at the same time, while recording sound on a single track.
