Christos A. Goussios
ABSTRACT
This work focuses on the potential and impact that sound design can have or add on the interpretation of Archive Silent Films. An endeavor to discover linkage and possibilities between sound elements and emotions is attempted. Moreover sound design is presented as an expressive means in cinema nowadays. The Greek silent film Meteora (Dorizas, 1924), was used as the canvas for different approaches and applications of sound design, highlighting the unlimited possibilities of the image/sound narrative interconnections. It was also used for the performance of a multifaceted experiment between film school students, where there were two major fields of interest: memory-imagination-creation using sound elements and persuasion-impact-potential of an existing soundtrack. The students acted in two ways: as sound designers, sharing their imagination and as audience criticizing, arguing and discussing on an already-applied sound design. These fore mentioned actions, attempts and applications were part of the educational procedure for the teaching of Film Sound & Music in the School of Film Studies, Faculty of Fine Arts, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh), Greece on spring semester 2014--2015.
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Index Terms
- The Impact of Sound Design on the Interpretation of Archive Silent Films. Meteora, (1924): A case study.
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