Influence of Sound in Film Industry
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Influence of Sound in Film Industry
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Hollywood Film, theIntroduction to Sound
In the starting era of Hollywood industry, it was developing themselves in picture qualityand sound. Most of the movies were sound less in beginning of 19th century. This essay is basedon two movies of Hollywood which are “The Jazz Singer” and “The Wizard of OZ”. These twowere the starting musical movies. This essay will provide discussion on the influence of soundon various levels of film industry. Further, the essay will highlight significance of sound ondifferent levels of film industry along with making analysis of both movies and assessing thereasons behind this innovative change. Hollywood film industry is the largest movie maker in world and they are producing 600cinemas per year on an average. Most of the films in beginning did not have sound andbackground music. A film industry can be divided into three major parts which are production,distribution and exhibition. Production is a process of film making which involves severalstages. Story writing, dialogue writing, casting of actors, shoot, sound, editing and screening arethe main elements which are involved in this process (Crane, 2014). All these works are having ahuge importance in the success of a film so it is essential for the film maker to use an appropriatefilm production house. Production also contains three main stages which are development, pre-production, production and post-production. First stage of development is related to centraltheme of a movie, screenplay writing and financing of whole project. Shoot related all work isdone in the pre-production phase, casting, crew members, set designing and locations determinein this section. Production is phase in which all recordings are aligned one after one and directorsare having huge responsibility in this part because they have to select shots and they have tomake a perfect editing without making a negative impact on story telling. Post production the laststage in which in which audio visual effects are mixed in the recorded videos to improve thequality and present it like a movie. Production phases was had too much challenges for theproducers in this changing environment of Hollywood. New technologies and hopes of peopleare increasing day by day so it is essential for the producers to make effective changes in theirproduction houses in the aspect of technology. Distribution, it is related to public release of the movie, it is final stage and results ofmovie gathered in it. Production house determines that from which way they will release theirmovie in the market like; releasing in cinemas, online release etc. This stage is also includingbudget for promotions which can be the main element of success of movie. Premiers, pressrelease and interviews of castings are organised by the distributors which help in public1
promotions of movie (Monk, 2015). Most of the movies released on public cinema houses so inthis part of the film industry they have to determine number of screen to release movie.Exhibitors are people which works with distributors to make a record of collections and it alsotrack the success of the movie in a particular area. Exhibitors are having a responsibility topromote movie by an appropriate medium in a particular reason. 'The Jazz Singer' was released in 1927 and this was the first film which has asynchronised music with the lip singing of actors on song (The Jazz Singer, 2017). Most of themovies at that time were without songs so this movie has created enthusiasm in the publicdomain. It was produced by the Warner Brothers and directed by Alan Crossland. This moviewas released with six songs which was the major key feature of it that has created a huge impacton audience. Al Jolson is the leading actor of this movie and all songs were shot on him. Musicwas given by Louis Silvers and this movie has collected more than $7 Million. This movie wasbased on a person's (Jess Robin) dream to become professional music composer and at the end ofthe movie, he got a chance to work with a famous singer by the help of his friends. So, this wastotally based on the musical background. Thus, it is having high need of lip sing of songs whichcan connect to viewers with the character. So, this movie was having a need of songs which wasrecognised by directors and producers. In the starting era of the movie production it was a toughtask for the producers and directors to mix song in the movie because they are not having soundmixing technology. Lip-sing on the songs was difficult task because in that time a movie wasshoot with single camera and it is not possible to take more retakes. Reel camera was used in thattime so more cuts can be risk on the quality of shots. They have implemented first time thistechnique to provide a better feel to viewers. Another movie is 'The Wizard of OZ' which was released in the year of 1939; it was amusical fantasy movie. Victor Flemming was the director of this movie and Mervin LeRoy wasproducer the movie. Judy Garland, Frank Morgan were key stars of this film and Herbert Stothartwas music director (WIZARD OF OZ, 2017). This movie collected $23 million in that timeperiod which proved that it was a hit movie of that time. As it is a fantasy movie, it was requiredto make a proper connection with audience for which producer has implemented these innovativecreation by putting songs in it which helped them a lot to connect audience with the character incinema hall. Dubbing was the tough task for the producers and all songs were shotted with livemusic.2
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