Filmgeräusch

Noises are everywhere: as disturbances, as acoustic signals, as part of exciting music, as ringing in the ears, or even as sounds of a foreign language. Soft residual noises of silence determine the experience of large spaces, the world of computers and goods is full of sound icons, and geotaggers make sounds from any location available on the Internet.

And as film sounds, they are no longer just shadowy appendages to visible events, but play a complex role in film narration: together with the moving image, they create new meanings in the viewer and point to the archaic or archetypal. They transport viewers to unknown places or immerse them in a soundscape. These sounds can be comical, animistic, evocative, or alien.
Sounds became emancipated in the 20th century and today can be used in films in a way that is almost equivalent to music in terms of their emotional impact. In some films, they have even become the main characters.

The authors trace the history of the use of sound in film, both in terms of content, through the depiction of increasingly sophisticated sound-image correspondences and effects, and technically, through the description of the development of increasingly refined sound reproduction methods. A series of film descriptions illustrate the methods used by various directors.

A book not only for film specialists, but for anyone who is moved by noises, sounds, and music.

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