An Introduction to Film

floating hair mingling with the reeds, we hear Harry singing one of his hymns; that music bridges the cut to shot B, where Harry ...

FURTHER READING 557 Toland, Gregg. “How I Broke the Rules in Citizen Kane.” In Focus on Citizen Kane. 73–77. Ed. Ronald Gottesma ...

the edge of the “horizon,” mounts a surreal stair- case, pauses for a moment to talk with the show’s producer, and finally walks ...

Proximity and Depth Bazin, André. “The Evolution of the Language of Cinema.” In What Is Cinema?Vol. I. 23–40. Trans. Hugh Gray. ...

City (2005; directors: Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez; sound designer: Paula Fairfield), the sounds of violent action are gre ...

FURTHER READING 559 Readings.606–619. Ed. Leo Braudy and Marshall Cohen. 6th ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004. Allen, ...

talking, for example, they appear in medium shots, and their dialogue is naturally the loudest on the sound track; however, they ...

Wexman, Virginia Wright. “Kinesics and Film Acting: Humphrey Bogart in The Maltese Falconand The Big Sleep.” Journal of Popular ...

>helps represent time (e.g., the sound here is synchronous with the action). >fulfills our expectations (e.g., of how a pa ...

FURTHER READING 561 Bordwell, David. The Way Hollywood Tells It: Story and Style in Modern Movies. Berkeley: University of Calif ...

>provides emphasis (e.g., the sound of the flashlamp when the staff ’s picture is taken punctuates Kane’s bragging about havi ...

LoBrutto, Vincent. Sound-on-Film: Interviews with Creators of Film Sound. Westport, Conn.: Praeger, 1994. Madsen, Roy Paul. Work ...

faced, overdressed anarchist.” Even though he says this humorously, he uses the tone of his voice, as well as his words, to humi ...

FURTHER READING 563 Wojcik, Pamela Robertson, and Arthur Knight, eds. Soundtrack Available: Essays on Film and Popular Music.Dur ...

Themes Sound serves many functions in this scene, includ- ing the development of several major themes and concerns: Kane’s yout ...

McCrisken, Trevor B., and Andrew Pepper. American History and Contemporary Hollywood Film. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers Universi ...

something staged for the cameras, the sound— along with the visual design, mise-en-scène, acting, and direction, of course—plays ...

FURTHER READING 565 ———. The Haunted Screen: Expressionism in the German Cinema and the Influence of Max Reinhardt.Trans. Roger ...

Double Indemnity(1944). Billy Wilder, director. Dreams(1990). Akira Kurosawa, director. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Sto ...

Gallagher, Tag. The Adventures of Roberto Rossellini: His Life and Films. New York: Da Capo, 1998. Leprohon, Pierre. The Italian ...