MAC 146 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Sergei Eisenstein, Tom Hanks, Fast Cutting
8 Nov 2016
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Sound: functions of sound in media. Suggests a geographical local or historical period. Manipulating sound in post-production: sound bridge. When sound links several separate settings together around a common theme, it is a sound bridge. Etti(cid:374)g 1 = to(cid:373) ha(cid:374)ks" apart(cid:373)e(cid:374)t (cid:894)diageti(cid:272) (cid:373)usi(cid:272)(cid:895) Setting 3 = street i(cid:374) fro(cid:374)t of de(cid:374)zel washi(cid:374)gto(cid:374)"s house. Etti(cid:374)g 4 = (cid:271)edroo(cid:373) de(cid:374)zel washi(cid:374)gto(cid:374)"s daughter. Setting 5 = master bedroom (nondiagetic music: montage. Montage is an editing technique in which a series of short shots are edited into a sequence. Ou(cid:374)d is ofte(cid:374) (cid:272)riti(cid:272)al to (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:374)e(cid:272)ti(cid:374)g the separate i(cid:373)ages. For exa(cid:373)ple, (cid:862)hip hop (cid:373)o(cid:374)tage(cid:863: split edits (l cut/j cut) We hear audio before we see the image. Sergei eisenstein and other soviet filmmakers advocated this use of sound. The clash between the image and the sound involved viewers by asking them to think: modern sound theory. Most contemporary hollywood films use modern sound theory.
