Thoughts on my research trip to Hollywoodland.
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Hearing Beyond Words
Ask yourself why you feel almost out of breath after listening to a dramatic film score. You haven’t moved in your seat, but you have been moved by the rhythmic and expressive nature of film music.
Deja Vu All Over Again
When discussing the recent 3-D trend, I think about what Francis Ford Coppola once said, “People ask me if all this technology will make the movie any better. Well, no, technology doesn’t make art any better. Art depends on luck and talent. But technology changes art.”
To avoid fainting, keep repeating: “It’s only a sound effect.”
On the importance of sound in horror.
Ph.D. or Bust
Researching, writing, and fretting over the doctoral dissertation.
Looking Through CG Eyes
How digital visual effects ultimately undermine the narrative fabric and emotional structure of David Fincher’s otherwise very fine The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
When Men Wore Hats
Fuller, Melville, and rediscovering some dusty old DVDs.
wright on film 