Skip to Main Content
The Essential TV Director's Handbook
book

The Essential TV Director's Handbook

by Peter Jarvis
October 2013
Beginner content levelBeginner
224 pages
5h 36m
English
Routledge
Content preview from The Essential TV Director's Handbook

10

The sound of music

 

There never was a silent cinema. From the beginning of motion pictures the audience felt uneasy with watching images in silence except for the clatter of a projector. The immediate answer was to have an accompanying pianist and then later a small musical ensemble. Before long entire pit orchestras were engaged and special scores circulated. The eve of the talkies was a golden age for the mighty Wurlitzer theatre organ which combined musical scores with a wondrous array of sound effects from horses hooves to slapsticks, church bells and gun shots. It is impossible to think of television devoid of music. Yet many a director and producer has come to devoutly wish it could be so. Dealing with music can be like trying to tap ...

Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.
Start your free trial

You might also like

Directing and Producing for Television, 5th Edition

Directing and Producing for Television, 5th Edition

Ivan Cury
The Guide to Managing Postproduction for Film, TV, and Digital Distribution, 3rd Edition

The Guide to Managing Postproduction for Film, TV, and Digital Distribution, 3rd Edition

Barbara Clark, Susan Spohr, Dawn Higginbotham, Kumari Bakhru

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9780240515038