Making Stereo Fit: The History of a Disquieting Film Technology

.Surround sound is often mistaken as a relatively new phenomenon in cinemas, one that emerged in the 1970s with the arrival of Dolby. Making Stereo Fit reveals that, in fact, filmmakers have been creating stereo and surround-sound effects for nearly a century, since the advent of talking pictures, and argues that their endurance owes primarily to the longstanding battles between stereo and mono technologies. Throughout the book, Eric Dienstfrey analyzes newly discovered archival materials and myriad stereo releases, from Hell’s Angels (1930) to Get Out (2017), to show how Hollywood’s financial dependence on mono prevented filmmakers from seeing surround sound’s full aesthetic potential. Though studios initially explored stereo’s unique capabilities, Dienstfrey details how filmmakers eventually codified a conservative set of surround-sound techniques that prevail today, despite the arrival of more immersive formats.Additional ISBNs9780520379541Making Stereo Fit: The History of a Disquieting Film Technology 1st Edition is written by Eric Dienstfrey and published by University of California Press. ISBNs for Making Stereo Fit are 9780520976795, 0520976797 and the print ISBNs are 9780520379558, 0520379551. Additional ISBNs include 9780520379541.