This dissertation examines the evolving articulation of sound and image in
contemporary culture, with particular reference to film. It argues that sound and image
have undergone a historical machined separation, followed by a machined fusion or
recombination. The machined fusion of sound and image has enabled the creation of
soundful images, which are more than simply the sum of their parts. Through the infusion
of sound, images are now routinely reinforced with a performed sense of presence, where
they are made to sound more real, more powerful, more authentic. Through association
with the image, sounds are reinforced to the extent of becoming ‘realer than real’. By
tracing the history of sound and image from their initial machined separation to their
subsequent machined fusion, it will be argued that a new relationship has been created
that has shaped an influential new mode of communication and perception.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ADTP/178842 |
| Date | January 2007 |
| Creators | Collin.Chua@uts.edu.au, Collin Chua |
| Publisher | Murdoch University |
| Source Sets | Australiasian Digital Theses Program |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Rights | http://www.murdoch.edu.au/goto/CopyrightNotice, Copyright Collin Chua |
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