FS101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Sound Film, Diegesis, Ub Iwerks
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18-22 multiple choice and 2-4 short answer questions. From readings, screenings, and material discussed in (sample on mls) weeks 1-6. Brief history of sound film: silent era (1895 1927) Music would be played by accompanists in the theatre. Sound effects would be created behind the screen by. Travelling lecturers explain the story alongside the people project film. Synchronization (matching sound to image of movement: transition to sound (1927 1930) America completed by 1930; other countries took slightly longer. Recording images and sound were done at the same time so they were synchronized must be recorded at the same speed. Vitaphone projector plays the reel of film and the phonograph at the same time: sound era (1930 today) Sound track printed on the side of the strip, even today, but it"s much more complicated. Soundtrack is carefully mixed and edited they are constructed.
