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History Of Film Sound Excerpt Revised
- 1. A Brief History of Audio in Film (excerpt)
- 2. Sound comes to film
- 3. Sound comes to film • over 3 decades of significant innovation
- 4. Sound comes to film • over 3 decades of significant innovation • declining profits in 1927-28 led film companies to push the wide-spread implementation of sound for film
- 5. Sound comes to film • over 3 decades of significant innovation • declining profits in 1927-28 led film companies to push the wide-spread implementation of sound for film • by 1931 all Hollywood movies are ‘talkies’
- 6. Three Phases of Technological Development
- 7. Three Phases of Technological Development Invention
- 8. Three Phases of Technological Development Invention
- 9. Three Phases of Technological Development Invention Innovation
- 10. Three Phases of Technological Development Invention Innovation
- 11. Three Phases of Technological Development Invention Innovation Diffusion
- 12. Three Phases of Technological Development Invention Innovation Diffusion
- 14. Major Early Events • 1877 - Edison makes first sound recording
- 15. Major Early Events • 1877 - Edison makes first sound recording • 1895 - Edison introduces Kinetophone
- 16. Major Early Events • 1877 - Edison makes first sound recording • 1895 - Edison introduces Kinetophone • 1902 - Gaumont introduces Chronophone
- 17. 3 Major Problems
- 18. 3 Major Problems • synchronization
- 19. 3 Major Problems • synchronization • amplification
- 20. 3 Major Problems • synchronization • amplification • cost
- 22. Synchronization problem solved • 1913 - Edison introduces a new version of the Kinetophone
- 23. Synchronization problem solved • 1913 - Edison introduces a new version of the Kinetophone • It successfully synchronized with picture
- 24. 2 Major Problems still remained
- 25. 2 Major Problems still remained • synchronization
- 26. 2 Major Problems still remained • synchronization • amplification
- 27. 2 Major Problems still remained • synchronization • amplification • cost
- 29. Amplification problem solved • 1904 - Daniel Higham invents the Higham-A-Phone reproducer, the amplifier used in the Columbia Graphophone
- 30. Amplification problem solved • 1904 - Daniel Higham invents the Higham-A-Phone reproducer, the amplifier used in the Columbia Graphophone • 1906 - Lee DeForest invents the Audion, an early tube amplifier
- 31. Amplification problem solved • 1904 - Daniel Higham invents the Higham-A-Phone reproducer, the amplifier used in the Columbia Graphophone • 1906 - Lee DeForest invents the Audion, an early tube amplifier • 1908 - E.E. Norton invents the Cameraphone
- 32. 1 Major Problem still remained
- 33. 1 Major Problem still remained • synchronization
- 34. 1 Major Problem still remained • synchronization • amplification
- 35. 1 Major Problem still remained • synchronization • amplification • cost
- 36. Making Sound for Film Cost Effective
- 37. Making Sound for Film Cost Effective • 1911-1919 - Western Electric and Lee DeForest develop Vitaphone, a method of recording and reproducing sound electronically on disc.
- 38. Making Sound for Film Cost Effective • 1911-1919 - Western Electric and Lee DeForest develop Vitaphone, a method of recording and reproducing sound electronically on disc. • 1921 - DeForest patents phonofilm, a method of recording sound on film
- 39. Making Sound for Film Cost Effective • 1911-1919 - Western Electric and Lee DeForest develop Vitaphone, a method of recording and reproducing sound electronically on disc. • 1921 - DeForest patents phonofilm, a method of recording sound on film • 1926 - Warner Bros. releases Don Juan, the first film to include music on an amplified sound-track using the Vitaphone system.
- 40. Making Sound for Film Cost Effective • 1911-1919 - Western Electric and Lee DeForest develop Vitaphone, a method of recording and reproducing sound electronically on disc. • 1921 - DeForest patents phonofilm, a method of recording sound on film • 1926 - Warner Bros. releases Don Juan, the first film to include music on an amplified sound-track using the Vitaphone system. • 1927 -The Jazz Singer featuring Al Jolson is released by Warner Bros. First full-length film with synchronized dialog.
- 41. Making Sound for Film Cost Effective • 1911-1919 - Western Electric and Lee DeForest develop Vitaphone, a method of recording and reproducing sound electronically on disc. • 1921 - DeForest patents phonofilm, a method of recording sound on film • 1926 - Warner Bros. releases Don Juan, the first film to include music on an amplified sound-track using the Vitaphone system. • 1927 -The Jazz Singer featuring Al Jolson is released by Warner Bros. First full-length film with synchronized dialog. • 1927 - Fox Film Corp. produces newsreels with a sound on film process called Movietone.
- 42. Making Sound for Film Cost Effective
- 43. Making Sound for Film Cost Effective • May 1928 - the major film companies sign with AT&T to produce pictures with sound on film.
- 44. Making Sound for Film Cost Effective • May 1928 - the major film companies sign with AT&T to produce pictures with sound on film. • End of 1920s - Most theaters no longer have a house orchestra and organist.
- 45. Making Sound for Film Cost Effective • May 1928 - the major film companies sign with AT&T to produce pictures with sound on film. • End of 1920s - Most theaters no longer have a house orchestra and organist. • 1928 -- Warner Bros. releases The Singing Fool -- again starring Al Jolson. Makes an unprecedented $5,000,000.
- 46. Silent Films are history
- 47. Silent Films are history • Mass Production and lower cost implementations resolved the last problem.
- 48. Silent Films are history • Mass Production and lower cost implementations resolved the last problem. • Sound for Film was now cost effective and making film companies more money than ever!
Editor's Notes
- New inventions led to new innovations. Once these were implemented in mass quantities, they became cost effective.
- New inventions led to new innovations. Once these were implemented in mass quantities, they became cost effective.
- New inventions led to new innovations. Once these were implemented in mass quantities, they became cost effective.
- New inventions led to new innovations. Once these were implemented in mass quantities, they became cost effective.
- New inventions led to new innovations. Once these were implemented in mass quantities, they became cost effective.
- New inventions led to new innovations. Once these were implemented in mass quantities, they became cost effective.
- Kinetophone had background music only, not in sync with the picture. Chronophone attempted to synchronize sound with picture, but had limited success.
- Kinetophone had background music only, not in sync with the picture. Chronophone attempted to synchronize sound with picture, but had limited success.
- Kinetophone had background music only, not in sync with the picture. Chronophone attempted to synchronize sound with picture, but had limited success.
- Each inventor and company had limited success because of these three problems.
- Each inventor and company had limited success because of these three problems.
- Each inventor and company had limited success because of these three problems.
- Kinetophone was connected to projector via a long pulley for synchronization Edison abandoned sound films in 1915, due to problems with union projectionists and lack of patent protection
- Kinetophone was connected to projector via a long pulley for synchronization Edison abandoned sound films in 1915, due to problems with union projectionists and lack of patent protection
- Synchronization had been accomplished by early 1900’s, but the volume of playback and the cost of implementation were still problems.
- Synchronization had been accomplished by early 1900’s, but the volume of playback and the cost of implementation were still problems.
- Synchronization had been accomplished by early 1900’s, but the volume of playback and the cost of implementation were still problems.
- Sound could now be synchronized to the picture and amplified in the theater, but implementation was expensive.
- Sound could now be synchronized to the picture and amplified in the theater, but implementation was expensive.
- Sound could now be synchronized to the picture and amplified in the theater, but implementation was expensive.
- Among the Fox Newsreels: the flight of Charles Lindbergh across the Atlantic and the capturing of the explosion of the Hindenburg. These newsreel shorts became known as the Movietone News.
- Among the Fox Newsreels: the flight of Charles Lindbergh across the Atlantic and the capturing of the explosion of the Hindenburg. These newsreel shorts became known as the Movietone News.
- Among the Fox Newsreels: the flight of Charles Lindbergh across the Atlantic and the capturing of the explosion of the Hindenburg. These newsreel shorts became known as the Movietone News.
- Among the Fox Newsreels: the flight of Charles Lindbergh across the Atlantic and the capturing of the explosion of the Hindenburg. These newsreel shorts became known as the Movietone News.
- Among the Fox Newsreels: the flight of Charles Lindbergh across the Atlantic and the capturing of the explosion of the Hindenburg. These newsreel shorts became known as the Movietone News.
- Mass Production and Lower cost implementations resolved the last problem. Sound for Film was now cost effective and making film companies more money than ever!
- Mass Production and Lower cost implementations resolved the last problem. Sound for Film was now cost effective and making film companies more money than ever!
- Mass Production and Lower cost implementations resolved the last problem. Sound for Film was now cost effective and making film companies more money than ever!