[100 years
ago this week, the brothers
Harry and Sam Warner struck a deal with Bell Labs to use their
innovative Vitaphone
technology in the production of the first sound films for Warner Brothers.
So this week I’ll AmericanStudy a handful of contexts for talking pictures!]
I’m going
to hand off this last post in my sound in film series to my favorite current
FilmStudier, the awesome Vaughn
Joy. Earlier this year for her weekly Review Roulette newsletter, Vaughn
focused her review
of White Men Can’t Jump (1992) on the film’s unique and vital use of
both soundtrack and score. I couldn’t say it any better about the role of these
elements of sound in film, so I hope you’ll check out Vaughn’s review to round
off the week’s series!
June Recap
this weekend,
Ben
PS. What
do you think? Examples of sound in film you’d highlight?
