FILM 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Being John Malkovich, Surround Sound
Document Summary
Films had no sound in the beginning and most of the films were silent. When sound was introduced, many people in the industry were really against it. Filmmakers came up with new and new ideas to record sound properly and more clear. Films started having more emphasis on dialogue more than ever before. Writers started getting hired for writing proper dialogue, which didn"t exist before. Fidelity became the key principle and sound became an important part of films. Throughout the late 30s, filmmakers started recording post production sound by recording it later on after the film is made. There was always noise in the soundtrack which was covered with lots of music in the old films. In 1950s magnetic tapes were introduced which made sound clear and crisp and helped make recording it much easier. Sound became secondary to image and narrative became dialogue driven. Sound worked very closely to create reality. Most films till the seventees used mono sound.
