The art of sound pictures (1930)

Page scan 00052 from The art of sound pictures

Record Details:

Title:
The art of sound pictures
Date:
1930
Publisher:
New York : D. Appleton and Company
Volume:
The art of sound pictures
Leaf #:
00052
Language:
English
Collection:
Books and Hollywood Studio System
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
May 09, 2024
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30 THE ART OF SOUND PICTURES vogue passes over into a regional preference, A few influences, such as those of climate and drinking water and type of local food supply, are so profound and so nearly permanent over large areas that they may determine public taste far more than people suspect. How hard to analyze the whole mesh of such subtle forces! Nobody has ever done it. That is why the editor’s task of selecting stories for the pictures which will please the public is largely a game of chance. The margin of obscurity is immense, at best. But this must not deter us from analyzing human responses as far as can be done in the psychologist’s laboratory. We shall soon be inspecting the emotions and measuring their relative strength and pleasure values. ^Vhat we find out about them will aid us in understanding the ever shifting kaleidoscope of transient likes and dislikes. But no study of the typical human organism alone will ever disclose the trend of vogues. To learn this, we must analyze the total environment of man. And that is impossible.