1st Edition
Sound in Indian Film and Audiovisual Media History, Practices and Production
By Budhaditya Chattopadhyay
Copyright 2024
254 Pages
by
Routledge
254 Pages
by
Routledge
254 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book is the first ever systematic attempt to study film sound in the Indian subcontinent by artistic research. The book aims to fill the scholarly void on the issues of sound and listening in the Global Souths’ cultures. It develops a comprehensive understanding of the unique sound world of Indian film and audiovisual media through the examination of historical developments of sound from... Read more
1 Introduction, 2 The Technological Frameworks, 2.1 Optical recording and direct sound, 2.2 Magnetic recording and dubbing, 2.3 Digital recording, sync sound, and surround design, 3 Direct Sound and Early Talkies, 4 Sound of the Golden Age, 5 Tracing the Sound in Satyajit Ray's Film-works, 6 Popular Films from the Dubbing Era, 7 Parallel Sounds, Radical Listening - Part I, 8 Sholay, Stereo Sound and the Auditory Spectacle, 9 The Advent of Digital Sync Sound, 10 The Surround Revolution, 11 Sound in the Audiovisual Media Arts, 12 Parallel Sounds, Radical Listening - Part II, 13 A Concluding Voiceover, Appendix: Bibliography and works cited.
Biography
Budhaditya Chattopadhyay is an artist, researcher, and writer. He is the author of four books: The Nomadic Listener (2020), The Auditory Setting (2021), Between the Headphones (2021), and Sound Practices in the Global South (2022). Chattopadhyay is a Visiting Professor at the Critical Media Lab, Basel.
