P 327
A considerable amount of time elapsed before the “talkies” were accepted as constituting a medium in their own right.
Both sound and noise are audible vibrations (oscillations)
Sound has purpose; it is organised. Noise is essentially random.
P 333
Descriptive Nonliteral Sounds
P 342
The sound rhythm acts like a clothesline on which you can “hang” shots of various lengths without sacrificing rhythmic continuity.
P350
Timber…describes the tone quality or tone color.
P 353
The attack or decay of a sound is part of its dynamics and duration. Attack refers to how fast a sound reaches a certain loudness level.
P355
When you combine picture and sound vectors, you can match the attack and decay variables of both vector types.
P 359
In musical terminology polyphony refers to two or more melodic lines that, when played together, form a harmonic whole.Unlike homophonic structures, where a single dominating melody is accompanied by supporting chords, polyphonic structures are composed of multiple dominating voices (melody or horizontal vectors)
P 363
One of the most common elements of contrapuntal structure is imitation. Not only is the theme or subject is stated in one voice and then repeated verbatim or in a slightly changed form in the other voices or voices while the first voices continues on its way, providing the counterpoint to the imitated theme.
The canon, or round, is the purest and most obvious form of imitation. Not only is the theme repeated verbatim by the other voices but also the entire melody.
P366
You must learn to combine the video and audio vector fields so that they form a synergistic structure.
Polyphonic Structures
In a polyphonic picture/sound structure, pictures and sound seem to develop independently as “melodic” lines yet combine vertically into an intensified audiovisual experience.