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

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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 languageEnglish
Title of host publicationPerspectives on Music, Sound and Musicology II
Subtitle of host publicationSounding Images: Sights, Sounds and Sensualities
EditorsLuísa Correia Castilho, Rui Sampaio Dias, Luzia Rocha, António de Sousa Dias
PublisherSpringer International Publishing AG
Chapter16
Pages279-288
ISBN (Electronic)9783031675034
ISBN (Print)9783031675027
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 17 Oct 2024

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