Speech, Music, Sound

by Theo van Leeuwen

Book Overview

This book explores what speech, music and other sounds have in common. It gives a detailed description of the way perspective, rhythm, textual quality and other aspects of sound are used to communicate emotion and meaning. It draws on a wealth of examples from radio (disk jockey and newsreading speech, radio plays, advertising jingles, news signature tunes), film soundtracks (The Piano, The X-files, Disney animation films), music ranging...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0333642899
• ISBN13: 9780333642894
• Release Date: August 1999
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"