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

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De: Andrew Skalak <andrew.skalak at gmail.com>
À: Experimental Film Discussion List <frameworks at film-gallery.org>
Envoyé: Sat, 13 Nov 2021 23:24:02 +0100 (CET)
Objet: [Frameworks] Sound-centric films: excellence in sound design

Hello everyone,

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.

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.

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.

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.

This is a narrative film, but in this realm is “Out of Tune” by Aaron With:
https://vimeo.com/488308481

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.

Thanks you all,
Andrew
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