{"product_id":"9781501378539","title":"Divergent Tracks How Three Film Communities Revolutionized Digital Film Sound","description":"\u003ch1\u003eDivergent Tracks\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eHow Three Film Communities Revolutionized Digital Film Sound\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eVanessa Theme Ament\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerforming Arts \/ Film \/ Direction \u0026amp; Production\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy examining three case studies of award-winning soundtracks from cult films-\u003ci\u003eBarton Fink \u003c\/i\u003e(1991), \u003ci\u003eBram Stoker's Dracula\u003c\/i\u003e (1992), and \u003ci\u003eThe English Patient\u003c\/i\u003e (1996)-it becomes clear that major American film communities, when confronted with the initial technological changes of the 1990s, experienced similar challenges with the inelegant transition from analogue to digital. However, their cultural and structural labor differences governed different results.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVanessa Ament, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Foley Grail\u003c\/i\u003e (2009), rather than defining the 1990s as an era of technological determinism-a superficial reading-it is best understood as one in which sound professionals became more viable as artists, collaborated in sound design authorship, and influenced this digital transition to better accommodate their needs and desires in their work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eVANESSA THEME AMENT is the former Endowed Chair of Telecommunications at Ball State University, USA. She has worked as a Foley artist on such films as Die Hard, and produced the documentary Amplified: A Conversation with Women in American Film Sound, and is the author of The Foley Grail (3rd edition, 2021)\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e17 November 2022\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781501378539\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e176\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9.28\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51333215748236,"sku":"9781501378539","price":38.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_ae7e57fb-2390-4a2d-8a62-626da0842770.jpg?v=1783609218","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781501378539","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}