Divergent tracks : how three film communities revolutionized digital film sound /

"By examining three case studies of award-winning soundtracks from cult films-Barton Fink (1991), Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992), and The English Patient (1996)-it becomes clear that major American film communities, when confronted with the initial technological changes of the 1990s, experie...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Ament, Vanessa Theme (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2021.
Subjects:	Sound motion pictures > History. Sound > Recording and reproducing > History. Motion pictures > Sound effects > History. Motion pictures > Sound effects. Sound motion pictures. Sound > Recording and reproducing. History.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: sound design as creative and cultural artifact
Geographical cultures and technological tendencies
"Viscous was the word of the day": the interiority of Barton Fink
"How would you like to work on a monster movie?": the expressionism of Bram Stoker's Dracula
"The sound of the desert is a tape hiss": "a study in contrasts" in The English patient
Conclusion: reassessing sound design as a collective endeavor
Appendix A: Workflow diagram for Barton Fink
Appendix B: Workflow diagram for Bram Stoker's Dracula
Appendix C: Workflow diagram for The English patient
Appendix D: Sound department credits.