Designing Sound: Audiovisual Aesthetics in 1970s American Cinema (Techniques of the Moving Image)

Synopsis

Introduction: The State Of The Art -- Part 1. General Trends (1965-1971) -- The British Invasion -- Tv And Documentary's Influence On Sound Aesthetics -- New Voices And Personal Sound Aesthetics: 1970-71 -- Part 2. Director Case Studies (1968-1976) Francis Ford Coppola: American Zoetrope And Collective Filmmaking -- Robert Altman's Collaborative Sound Work -- Martin Scorsese's Dialectical Sound -- -- The Dolby Stereo Era (1975-1980) -- The Sound Of Music: Dolby Stereo And Music In The New American Cinema -- The Sound Of Spectacle: Dolby Stereo And The New Classicism -- The Sound Of Storytelling: Dolby Stereo And The Art Of Sound Design. Jay Beck. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.