Post-Production and the Invisible Revolution of Filmmaking

<p>Post-Production and the Invisible Revolution of Filmmaking studies the discourses surrounding post-production as well as the aesthetic effects of its introduction during the 1920s and 1930s by exploring the philosophies and issues faced by practitioners during this transitional transformative period.</p><p></p><p>The introduction of post-production during the transition from silent cinema to the synchronized sound era in the 1920s American studio system resulted in what has been a previously unheralded and invisible revolution in filmmaking. Thereafter a film no longer arose from a live and variable combination of audio and visual in the theater as occurred during the silent film era where each exhibition was a singular event. The new system of post-production effectively shifted control of a film’s final form from the theater to the editing room. With this new process filmmakers could obtain and manipulate an array of audio elements and manufacture a permanent soundtrack. This transition made possible a product that could be easily mass-produced serving both to transform and homogenize film presentation fundamentally creating a new art form.</p><p></p><p>With detailed research and analysis and nearly 50 illustrations this book is the ideal resource for students and researchers of film history and post-production.</p>