[Frameworks] Sound-centric films: excellence in sound design

[Marc Couroux]

Definitely look at the work of the Sensory Ethnography Lab
<https://sel.fas.harvard.edu/> at Harvard. Leviathan would be a good place
to start!
M

On Sat, Nov 13, 2021 at 7:46 PM Marcin Gizycki <mgizycki at hotmail.com> wrote:

> „Enthusiasm” by Dziga Vertov, 1931 -
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUInm2dC6Ug. It is an amazing early
> example of what you are looking for.
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> Marcin
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> *From:* Frameworks <frameworks-bounces at film-gallery.org> *On Behalf Of *Andrew
> Skalak
> *Sent:* Saturday, November 13, 2021 11:24 PM
> *To:* Experimental Film Discussion List <frameworks at film-gallery.org>
> *Subject:* [Frameworks] Sound-centric films: excellence in sound design
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> Hello everyone,
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> I am interested in finding films that are particularly interested in and
> make exceptional use of sound. I would say films that are sound-centric
> even: where sound is the primary device of the film above the image. In the
> narrative world I think the filmmaker that has best explored this is
> Lucrecia Martel.
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> A great and classic text on what I am trying to explore is Randy Thom’s
> 1999 essay on designing films for sound, as opposed to designing sound for
> film: https://www.filmsound.org/articles/designing_for_sound.htm.
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> I am interested in films with very rich and layered field recording;
> heavy, extreme, or absurd foley; innovative microphone techniques such as
> contact microphones, hydrophones, binaural audio, spatial audio recording;
> unique sound post processing, etc. If there are any films that are not
> necessarily sound-centric, but someone feels really struck then sonically
> I’m very interested in that as well.
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> I am also interested in films that make use of surround sound and the
> surround space in ways not possible in narrative films, though I may not be
> able to experience them online or without seeing them in a theater.
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> This is a narrative film, but in this realm is “Out of Tune” by Aaron
> With:
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> https://vimeo.com/488308481
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> I’m definitely most interested in films I can watch or rent online, but
> any films that only exist on prints or are hard to see I am more than happy
> to add to a list to hopefully watch some day.
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> Thanks you all,
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> Andrew
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