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Making Stereo Fit - Eric Dienstfrey

Making Stereo Fit

The History of a Disquieting Film Technology

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Buch | Softcover
312 Seiten
2024
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-37955-8 (ISBN)
CHF 46,90 inkl. MwSt
Surround sound is often mistaken as a relatively new phenomenon in cinemas, one that emerged in the 1970s with the arrival of Dolby. Making Stereo Fit reveals that, in fact, filmmakers have been creating stereo and surround-sound effects for nearly a century, since the advent of talking pictures, and argues that their endurance owes primarily to the longstanding battles between stereo and mono technologies. Throughout the book, Eric Dienstfrey analyzes newly discovered archival materials and myriad stereo releases, from Hell’s Angels (1930) to Get Out (2017), to show how Hollywood’s financial dependence on mono prevented filmmakers from seeing surround sound’s full aesthetic potential. Though studios initially explored stereo’s unique capabilities, Dienstfrey details how filmmakers eventually codified a conservative set of surround-sound techniques that prevail today, despite the arrival of more immersive formats.

Eric Dienstfrey is Visiting Assistant Professor of Media and Communication Studies at Ursinus College.

Contents

List of Illustrations 
Acknowledgments 

Introduction: Stereo Front and Center 

1. Widescreens, Headphones, and Concert Halls: Film Stereo’s Identity Crisis 
2. Fantasia and Failure on a Theme by Bell Telephone 
3. The Cinerama Experience 83
4. The Triple-Track Disruption and the CinemaScope Solution 
5. Perspecta, Todd-AO, and the Emergence of Monocentrism 
6. Dolby Stereo: The End of an Era 
Conclusion: Life’s the Same, Movies in Stereo 

Notes 
Bibliography 
Illustration Credits 
Index 
 

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie California Studies in Music, Sound, and Media ; 6
Zusatzinfo 30 b-w images
Verlagsort Berkerley
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Gewicht 454 g
Themenwelt Kunst / Musik / Theater Film / TV
Kunst / Musik / Theater Theater / Ballett
Sachbuch/Ratgeber Sport Tanzen / Tanzsport
Technik
ISBN-10 0-520-37955-1 / 0520379551
ISBN-13 978-0-520-37955-8 / 9780520379558
Zustand Neuware
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