Film, a Sound Art

by Michel Chion

Book Overview

French critic and composer Michel Chion argues that watching movies is more than just a visual exercise--it enacts a process of audio-viewing. The audiovisual makes use of a wealth of tropes, devices, techniques, and effects that convert multiple sensations into image and sound, therefore rendering, instead of reproducing, the world through cinema.

The first half of Film, a Sound Art considers developments in technology, aesthetic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 023113777X
• ISBN13: 9780231137775
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 560 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher