Breaking the Silence: Crash Course Film History #10
Nothing changed movies like the arrival of synchronous sound. NOTHING! Acting, directing, cinematography, and presentation all had to be rethought. Some studios were more quick to take on the...
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Hey! Hello. Can anybody hear me? You can? Good! That’s because of something called synchronous sound. It means that the words I’m saying right now are being recorded, then matched with the video. So when you watch this, the sound of my voice is in sync with the image of me talking. Talking. Talking. We take that for granted today, but for the first few decades of film history, it wasn’t possible. Theaters had to supply music, sound effects, and narration through phonographs or live performances. And when dialogue was absolutely necessary, filmmakers had actors mouth the words, and then insert title cards – or inter-titles – in the middle of scene so the audience could read the dialogue for themselves. It took years of guess-work, tinkeri...
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Hey! Hello. Can anybody hear me? You can? Good! That’s because of something called synchronous sound. It means that the words I’m saying right now are being recorded, then matched with the video. So when you watch this, the sound of my voice is in sync with the image of me talking. Talking. Talking. We take that for granted today, but for the first few decades of film history, it wasn’t possible. Theaters had to supply music, sound effects, and narration through phonographs or live performances. And when dialogue was absolutely necessary, filmmakers had actors mouth the words, and then insert title cards – or inter-titles – in the middle of scene so the audience could read the dialogue for themselves. It took years of guess-work, tinkeri...
