The ‘truth of sound’: exploring the impacts of immersive location sound recording in realist filmmaking

Steve Whitford

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-67503-4_16

The ‘truth of sound’: exploring the impacts of immersive location sound recording in realist filmmaking

Steve Whitford

School of Film, Media and Creative Technologies

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Abstract

This piece focuses on the somewhat neglected (at least within scholarly circles) area of location-based sound recording, drawing much-needed critical attention to the intricacies and skills involved in location sound recording within realist filmmaking—both scripted and unscripted. Through my own practice-as-research, I aim to reimagine an ontological definition of location sound recording by proposing that a reinvigoration of the ‘realist’ genre can be achieved by connecting the storytelling skills of recording for single camera with the new opportunities afforded by immersive audio technologies—ambisonics here being a vital part of that development process. I demonstrate how use of such immersive audio technologies offer new creative opportunities for realist makers and audiences, based on the unique experience of geographical place and physical event that immersive audio delivers.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Perspectives on Music, Sound and Musicology II
Subtitle of host publication	Sounding Images: Sights, Sounds and Sensualities
Editors	Luísa Correia Castilho, Rui Sampaio Dias, Luzia Rocha, António de Sousa Dias
Publisher	Springer International Publishing AG
Chapter	16
Pages	279-288
ISBN (Electronic)	9783031675034
ISBN (Print)	9783031675027
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-67503-4_16
Publication status	Published - 17 Oct 2024

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Whitford, S. (2024). The ‘truth of sound’: exploring the impacts of immersive location sound recording in realist filmmaking. In L. C. Castilho, R. S. Dias, L. Rocha, & A. D. S. Dias (Eds.), Perspectives on Music, Sound and Musicology II: Sounding Images: Sights, Sounds and Sensualities (pp. 279-288). Springer International Publishing AG. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-67503-4_16

Whitford, Steve. / The ‘truth of sound’ : exploring the impacts of immersive location sound recording in realist filmmaking. Perspectives on Music, Sound and Musicology II: Sounding Images: Sights, Sounds and Sensualities. editor / Luísa Correia Castilho ; Rui Sampaio Dias ; Luzia Rocha ; António de Sousa Dias. Springer International Publishing AG, 2024. pp. 279-288

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Whitford, S 2024, The ‘truth of sound’: exploring the impacts of immersive location sound recording in realist filmmaking. in LC Castilho, RS Dias, L Rocha & ADS Dias (eds), Perspectives on Music, Sound and Musicology II: Sounding Images: Sights, Sounds and Sensualities. Springer International Publishing AG, pp. 279-288. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-67503-4_16

The ‘truth of sound’: exploring the impacts of immersive location sound recording in realist filmmaking. / Whitford, Steve.
Perspectives on Music, Sound and Musicology II: Sounding Images: Sights, Sounds and Sensualities. ed. / Luísa Correia Castilho; Rui Sampaio Dias; Luzia Rocha; António de Sousa Dias. Springer International Publishing AG, 2024. p. 279-288.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

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