{"product_id":"occult-aesthetics-synchronization-in-sound-film-paperback","title":"Occult Aesthetics: Synchronization in Sound Film - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eK. J. Donnelly\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this groundbreaking book, acclaimed film music author Kevin Donnelly offers the first sustained theorization of synchronization in sound film. Donnelly addresses the manner in which the lock of the audio and the visual exerts a perceptible synergy, an aesthetic he dubs occult: a secret and esoteric effect that can dissipate in the face of an awareness of its existence. Drawing upon theories of sound from Sergei Eisenstein to Pierre Schaeffer to Michel Chion, the book investigates points of synchronization as something like repose, providing moments of comfort in a potentially threatening environment that can be fraught with sound and image stimuli. Correspondingly, lack of synchrony between sound and images is characterized as potentially disturbing for the viewer, a discomfort that signals moments of danger. From this perspective, the interplay between the two becomes the central dynamic of audio-visual culture more generally, which, as Donnelly argues, provides a starting\u003cbr\u003epoint for a new understanding of audio\/visual interactions. This fresh approach to the topic is discussed in theoretical and historical terms as well as elaborated through analysis of and reference to a broad selection of films and their soundtracks including, among others, \u003cem\u003e Singin' in the Rain\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSaw\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eShanghai\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eExpress\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eAssault on Precinct 13.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eK.J. Donnelly \u003c\/strong\u003eis Reader in Film at the University of Southampton. He is author of \u003cem\u003eBritish Film Music and Film Musicals\u003c\/em\u003e (2007), \u003cem\u003eThe Spectre of Sound\u003c\/em\u003e (2005) and \u003cem\u003ePop Music in British Cinema\u003c\/em\u003e (2001). He is editor of \u003cem\u003eFilm Music: Critical Approaches\u003c\/em\u003e (2001) and co-editor with Phil Hayward of Music in \u003cem\u003eScience Fiction Television: Tuning to the Future\u003c\/em\u003e (2012).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 16, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47454543020210,"sku":"9780199773503","price":82.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/645e44dd0bac86bda2a7446cdd909405.webp?v=1778853942","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/occult-aesthetics-synchronization-in-sound-film-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}