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- Title
An International Survey of Sound Effects in Early Cinema.
- Authors
Bottomore, Stephen
- Abstract
The article offers a look at sound effects practices in relation to the development of synchronised sound films. Prior to 1912, the screenings of motion pictures, certainly in Europe and the U.S., were often accompanied by effects, either produced by individual traps or by special sound effects machines incorporating a wide array of possible noises. The widespread use of effects in early cinema was to last less than a half dozen years, for the popularity had passed by the coming of the Great War. Although many commentators and audiences appreciated the addition of these effects to film shows, there was also a growing antagonism to the use of sound effects.
- Subjects
MOTION picture sound effects; SOUNDS; POST-production in motion pictures; MOTION picture history; MOTION picture industry; FILM soundtracks
- Publication
Film History, 1999, Vol 11, Issue 4, p485
- ISSN
0892-2160
- Publication type
Article