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

[Jay Hudson]

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On Sun, Nov 14, 2021, 07:25 <andre.colinet at telenet.be> wrote:

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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
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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.
>
> This is a narrative film, but in this realm is “Out of Tune” by Aaron With:
> 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.
>
> Thanks you all,
> Andrew
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