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Sound/image: moments in television

Cardwell, S., Bignell, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4874-1601 and Fife Donaldson, L., eds. (2022) Sound/image: moments in television. The Television Series. Manchester University Press, Manchester, pp248. ISBN 9781526149190

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Abstract/Summary

In television scholarship, sound and image have been attended to in different ways, but image has historically dominated. The chapters gathered here attend to both: they weigh the impact and significance of specific choices of sound and image, explore their interactions, and assess their roles in establishing meaning and style. The contributors address a wide range of technical and stylistic elements relating to the television image. They consider production design choices, the spatial organisation of the television frame, and how camera movements position and reposition parts of the visible world. They explore mise-en-scene, landscapes and backgrounds, settings and scenery, and costumes and props. They attend to details of actors’ performances, as well as lighting design and patterns of colour and scale. As regards sound, each chapter distinguishes different components on a soundtrack, delineating diegetic from non-diegetic sound, and evaluating the roles of elements such as music, dialogue, voice-over, bodily sounds, performed and non-performed sounds. Attending to sound design, contributors address motifs, repetition and rhythm in both music and non-musical sound. Consideration is also given to the significance of quietness, the absence of sounds, and silence. Programmes studied comprise The Twilight Zone, Inspector Morse, Children of the Stones, Dancing on the Edge, Road, Twin Peaks: The Return, Bodyguard, The Walking Dead and Mad Men. Sound and image are evaluated across these examples from a wide range of television forms, formats and genres, which includes series, serial and one-off dramas, children’s programmes, science fiction, thrillers and detective shows.

Item Type:Book
Refereed:Yes
Divisions:Arts, Humanities and Social Science > School of Arts and Communication Design > Film, Theatre & Television
ID Code:104871
Uncontrolled Keywords:sound, image, mise-en-scene, style, television aesthetics, soundtrack, music
Publisher:Manchester University Press
Publisher Statement:https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/openmonographs/ (see Self archiving at bottom of page).

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