{"product_id":"designing-sound-audiovisual-aesthetics-in-1970s-american-cinema-paperback-softback-9780813564135","title":"Designing Sound; Audiovisual Aesthetics in 1970s American Cinema (Paperback \/ softback) 9780813564135","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eDesigning Sound\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAudiovisual Aesthetics in 1970s American Cinema\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJay Beck (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780813564135\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 7 April 2016\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e274 pages, 25 photographs\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1 cm, 0.393 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e“Presenting strong, original research, \u003ci\u003eDesigning Sound \u003c\/i\u003eexamines a period of remarkable and often overlooked experimentation with sound in American cinema during the 1960s and 1970s.\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Steve J. Wurtzler (author of Electric Sounds: Technological Change and the Rise of Corporate Mass Media) \u003cdiv\u003e\"Jay Beck puts in perspective an influential turning point in cinema's storytelling with sound, examining how young directors of the 1970s working with monaural soundtracks took on new aesthetic challenges...a critically important historical work!\"\u003c\/div\u003e - David Stone (Savannah College of Art and Design)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThe late 1960s and 1970s are widely recognized as a golden age for American film, as directors like Francis Ford Coppola, George Lucas, and Martin Scorsese expanded the Hollywood model with aesthetically innovative works. As this groundbreaking new study reveals, those filmmakers were blessed with more than just visionary eyes; \u003ci\u003eDesigning Sound\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on how those filmmakers also had keen ears that enabled them to perceive new possibilities for cinematic sound design.  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eOffering detailed case studies of key films and filmmakers, Jay Beck explores how sound design was central to the era’s experimentation with new modes of cinematic storytelling. He demonstrates how sound was key to many directors’ signature aesthetics, from the overlapping dialogue that contributes to Robert Altman’s naturalism to the wordless interludes at the heart of Terrence Malick’s lyricism. Yet the book also examines sound design as a collaborative process, one where certain key directors ceded authority to sound technicians who offered significant creative input.   \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eDesigning Sound\u003c\/i\u003e provides readers with a fresh take on a much-studied era in American film, giving a new appreciation of how artistry emerged from a period of rapid industrial and technological change. Filled with rich behind-the-scenes details, the book vividly conveys how sound practices developed by 1970s filmmakers changed the course of American cinema. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e1     Introduction: The State of the Art\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePart One     General Trends (1965–\u003cbr\u003e1971)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e2     The British Invasion\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e3     TV and Documentary’\u003cbr\u003es Influence on Sound Aesthetics\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e4     New Voices and Personal Sound Aesthetics, 1970–\u003cbr\u003e1971\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePart Two    Director Case Studies (1968–\u003cbr\u003e1976)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e5     Francis Ford Coppola: American Zoetrope and Collective Filmmaking\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e6     Robert Altman’\u003cbr\u003es Collaborative Sound Work\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e7     Martin Scorsese’\u003cbr\u003es Dialectical Sound\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePart Three  The Dolby Stereo Era (1975–\u003cbr\u003e1980)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e8    The Sound of Music: Dolby Stereo and Music in the New American Cinema\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e9    The Sound of Spectacle: Dolby Stereo and the New Classicism\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e10   The Sound of Storytelling: Dolby Stereo and the Art of Sound Design\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eNotes\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eBibliography\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eIndex\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52559342043416,"sku":"9780813564135","price":25.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/designing-sound-audiovisual-aesthetics-in-1970s-american-cinema-paperback-softback-9780813564135","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}