FILM 1400 Chapter Notes - Chapter Week 6 (62-110, 466-9): Diegesis, Stamen, Cinematic Techniques
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Midway through the"60s, problems arose in the hollywood industry. The rising directors of this time were known as the movie brats, as they came from film schools, unlike the directors of earlier generations, i. e scorsese, spielberg, lucas, The 80s saw a wave of fresh talent, thus deemed new new hollywood. During the peek of their success, lucas and spielberg led the move toward digital sound and high-quality theater reproduction technology. Independent films began acquiring larger audiences while major studios acquired distribution companies. Sound is a flexible and wide-ranging film technique. It is constructed separately from the images and can be manipulated independently. Music fills in the silence and gives the spectator a more complete perceptual experience. The basic condition of sound is timing: if a sound and image occur at the same moment, they are perceived as one event, not two. Sound tracks can clarify image events, contradict them or render them ambiguous.
