This post is to take a look at diegetic sound and the idea of multiple sources coming in at one time. Throughout watching Short Cuts I realized multiple instances when two different couples would be talking or two separate groups. I found myself trying to focus on both, even though one usually over powered the other. I think this is an interesting way to expand the sound space. No longer are we stuck in a sort of one dimensional sound where one conversation is it and the rest is background noise. The use of multiple tracks and multiple conversations or sounds allows for a new multidimensionality. The scene sort of fleshes itself out. It is also interesting with this technique that we know who is speaking even though they are off stage.
This idea of offstage sound is also seen in Warhol’s My Hustler in which often times we are looking at one scene but listening to another. This again creates a sort of multidemensionality. It also challenges the preconceived notion that only the subject on screen is important. In this instance, the sound off screen is more important than the subject on screen. This is significant because it means that we can now move past the camera, instead of it being the camera and sound being a sort of support. They both can hit as heavily, this film shows they can both stand on their own which is important in furthering current cinema. One can work without the other but combined they create something much more compelling.
"In this instance, the sound off screen is more important than the subject on screen."
ReplyDeleteHow? Be specific - sounds here like a recitation of your class notes. The blog should be a place for further analysis and reflection, some research, a place for you to teach yourself more.
This entry is way too general and too minimal, Justin. You don't engage at all with the readings. I'll send examples to the class of what I think is excellent.