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OverviewHow did the introduction of recorded music affect the production, viewing experience, and global export of movies? In Movies, Songs, and Electric Sound, Charles O'Brien examines American and European musical films created circa 1930, when the world's sound-equipped theaters screened movies featuring recorded songs and filmmakers in the United States and Europe struggled to meet the artistic and technical challenges of sound production and distribution. The presence of singers in films exerted special pressures on film technique, lending a distinct look and sound to the films' musical sequences. Rather than advancing a film's plot, songs in these films were staged, filmed, and cut to facilitate the singer's engagement with her or his public. Through an examination of the export market for sound films in the early 1930s, when German and American companies used musical films as a vehicle for competing to control the world film trade, this book delineates a new transnational context for understanding the Hollywood musical. Combining archival research with the cinemetric analysis of hundreds of American, German, French, and British films made between 1927 and 1934, O'Brien provides the historical context necessary for making sense of the aesthetic impact of changes in film technology from the past to the present. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Charles O’BrienPublisher: Indiana University Press Imprint: Indiana University Press ISBN: 9780253040404ISBN 10: 025304040 Pages: 228 Publication Date: 08 February 2019 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction Part I: Movies and Songs in Transition Chapter 1: Songs in Cinema in 1930 Chapter 2: Electric Sound as New Medium Chapter 3: Voices and Bodies, Direct and Dubbed Part II: Transnational Trends Chapter 4: Film Editing after Electric Sound Chapter 5: Export Cinema and Modular Aesthetics Part III: Hollywood and Film Europe Chapter 6: American Films and Songs, at Home and Abroad Chapter 7: Musical Films Made in Germany Epilogue: Songs in Cinema, from Electric to DigitalReviewsMovies, Songs, and Electric Sound is an insightful study in the beginning of cinema's sound era. * popcultureshelf.com * Movies, Songs, and Electric Sound is an insightful study in the beginning of cinema's sound era. * popcultureshelf.com * Author InformationCharles O'Brien is Associate Professor of Film Studies at Carleton University. He is author of Cinema's Conversion to Sound: Technology and Film Style in France and the U.S. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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