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Film, a sound art / Michel Chion ; translated by Claudia Gorbman.

By: Chion, Michel, 1947- [author.]Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: French Series: Film and culturePublisher: New York : Columbia University Press, [2009]Copyright date: ©2009Description: xii, 536 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780231137775 (pbk.) :Uniform titles: Art sonore, le cinema. English Subject(s): Sound motion pictures | Motion pictures -- Sound effects | Motion pictures -- Aesthetics | Performing Arts | Performing ArtsDDC classification: 791.4'3'024 Summary: 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, rendering - instead of reproducing - the world through cinema.
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Translated from the French.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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, rendering - instead of reproducing - the world through cinema.

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