- De Anza College, Film and Television, Adjunctadd
How does sound in cinema evoke space? When we say sound is evoking space, what exactly is the space being referred to and where is it located? How does sound space work with the space suggested by the images? This essay proposes to... more
How does sound in cinema evoke space? When we say sound is evoking space, what exactly is the space being referred to and where is it located? How does sound space work with the space suggested by the images? This essay proposes to explore these questions by paying close auditory attention to one of the most technically innovative films of the recent decade, Gravity (Cuaro´n 2013). By contextualising the film’s sonic achievements in a series of kaleidoscopically historical and theoretical discussions I hope to show that the ways in which cinema immerses its audience with sound is no straightforward matter; instead it involves an intricate intertwining of sound technologies, industrial conventions, perceptual habituation and the idiosyncratic way of audiovisual presentation that cinema offers.
