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The Dolby Era: Film Sound in Contemporary Hollywood
Gianluca Sergi
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Description for The Dolby Era: Film Sound in Contemporary Hollywood
Paperback. This book tells the story of the arrival of Dolby onto the film scene in the early 70s, and its profound impact on Hollywood filmmakers and audiences worldwide. Series: Inside Popular Film. Num Pages: 224 pages, 7 line drawings, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 290.
Since the 1970s Hollywood cinema has been the site of remarkable developments in film sound. New revolutionary sound technologies have been developed, a new generation of filmmakers have learned to use them as powerful storytelling tools, and audiences have enjoyed a different way of experiencing films, both theatrically and at home. For the first time, through historical analysis and interviews with key players, such as Ray Dolby (founder and creator of Dolby Laboratories), Ioan Allen (the initiator of the Dolby Stereo programme), sound designer Gary Rydstrom (Titanic, Terminator 2, Toy Story, Saving Private Ryan, Finding Nemo), and supervising sound ... Read more
Since the 1970s Hollywood cinema has been the site of remarkable developments in film sound. New revolutionary sound technologies have been developed, a new generation of filmmakers have learned to use them as powerful storytelling tools, and audiences have enjoyed a different way of experiencing films, both theatrically and at home. For the first time, through historical analysis and interviews with key players, such as Ray Dolby (founder and creator of Dolby Laboratories), Ioan Allen (the initiator of the Dolby Stereo programme), sound designer Gary Rydstrom (Titanic, Terminator 2, Toy Story, Saving Private Ryan, Finding Nemo), and supervising sound ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Series
Inside Popular Film
Condition
New
Weight
290g
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780719070679
SKU
V9780719070679
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About Gianluca Sergi
Gianluca Sergi is Lecturer in Film Studies at the University of Nottingham -- .
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