Chapter 08 Style and Sound

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Chapter 08 Style and Sound

Topics include: types of television sound, purposes of sound on television, acoustic properties and sound technology, space, time, and narrative.

Sound Exercise (Dodge Commercial)

A Dodge commercial from the 1950s -- in QuickTime format. You may download this file and experiment with its soundtrack, if you own QuickTime Pro.

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Sound Exercise (Mrs. Kelly's Chickens)

"Mrs. Kelly's Chickens," performed by Henri's Notions -- in QuickTime format. You may download this file and experiment with its soundtrack, if you own QuickTime Pro.

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Sound Exercise (Solidarity Forever)

"Solidarity Forever," performed by Bare Knuckles -- in QuickTime format. You may download this file and experiment with its soundtrack, if you own QuickTime Pro.

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Sound Exercise (Tchaikovsky No. 4)

Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4, performed by the Huxford Symphony Orchestra -- in QuickTime format. You may download this file and experiment with its soundtrack, if you own QuickTime Pro.

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Sound Exercise (Walking)

"Walking," performed by Jake Berry -- in QuickTime format. You may download this file and experiment with its soundtrack, if you own QuickTime Pro.

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Figure 8.1

A digital audio workstation (Adobe Audition) separates sound into three separate tracks for speech, music and sound effects.

Keywords: digital audio workstation, DAW, Adobe Audition, Audition, speech, music, sound effects, music tracks

Figure 8.2

An enlarged waveform shows the changing volume of human speech.

Keywords: waveform

Figure 8.3

An ad card promotes music used in an episode of One Tree Hill.

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Figure 8.4

Workers in a Dodge commercial from the 1950s are urged by a narrator to "Turn her out, Henry!..."

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Figure 8.5

"...Turn her out, Joe! We'll put her together and watch her go!"

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Figure 8.6

Wonder Years: In the background, Kevin and his friends talk about the girl in the foreground. The viewer hears their voices, but she does not.

Keywords: Wonder Years, sound perspective, perspective

Figure 8.7

A waveform is broken into individual samples (shown as dots here) in the digitizing process.

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Figure 8.8

A microphone's pick-up pattern indicates where it is most sensitive to sound.

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