Sound effects as a genre-defining factor in submarine films

Submarine films can be regarded as a genre with a specific semantic and syntactical structure that heavily depends on the acoustemological nature of submarine warfare. The sound design in submarine films therefore has decisive dramatic and emotive functions. The article presents the sound effects mo...

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Main Author: Linda Maria Koldau
Format: Article
Language:Danish
Published: Sammenslutningen af Medieforskere i Danmark (SMID) 2009-09-01
Series:MedieKultur: Journal of Media and Communication Research
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Online Access:http://ojs.statsbiblioteket.dk/index.php/mediekultur/article/view/2117
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Summary:Submarine films can be regarded as a genre with a specific semantic and syntactical structure that heavily depends on the acoustemological nature of submarine warfare. The sound design in submarine films therefore has decisive dramatic and emotive functions. The article presents the sound effects most specific to submarine films and discusses the creative potential they offer both as diegetic sounds bound to submarine existence and as emotive cues with an immediate effect on the audience.
ISSN:0900-9671
1901-9726