Watch functions of film sound 123Movies. This visual essay sets clips from Robert Bresson's "A Man Escaped" to a reading of "Functions of Film Sound," a chapter from David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson's book "Film Art." The chapter analyzes the sound design of Bresson's masterpiece as a means of discussing the use of sound in film.
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A short documentary that emerge at the center of round table debate, participating in it there's three students from the Superior School of Arts and...