Overview: Theoretical originality of approach. Wide range of examples used from radio, film, TV and classical as well as popular music. Practical approach (including exercises at the end of chapters and a glossThis book explores what speech, music and other sounds have in common. It gives a detailed description of the way perspective, rhythm, textual quality and other aspects of sound are used to communicate emotion and meaning. It draws on a wealth of examples from radio (disk jockey and newsreading speech, radio plays, advertising jingles, news signature tunes), film soundtracks (.The Piano.
|