FS101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Diegesis, Boombox, Cinematic Techniques
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Sound era (1930-today: soundtrack on the filmstrip, dolby analog, digital dolby, ssds, now they can send to all theatres regardless of type of projector. Dialogues: externalize the thoughts and feelings of characters, text: dialogue that is written, subtext: the implicit meaning of dialogue (we need to read in on it) Do the right thing: dialogue with sal and jade (friendly tone conveys that he likes her) Subtitles of what"s going on in their head: direct sound: sound recorded at same time as image, adr: automated dialogue replacement. Sound effects: fidelity: the degree to which a sound is appropriately matched to its apparent onscreen source (sounds matched to source of sound) Touch of evil: both american and latin music to establish that it"s a border- town. Leitmotif: a recurrent use of a musical phrase over the film. Wizard of oz: follow the yellow brick road with dorothy. Diegetic sounds: exist in the world of the story.
