The art of sound pictures (1930)

Page scan 000143 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 #:
000143
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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CHAPTER VI RHYTHM In standard commercial pictures, rhythm still remains an undiscovered art. Europeans have devoted much time and thought to it, but the practical difficulties of working out pictorial rhythm, through the plot and the larger sequences, are so great that we advise all writers to ignore this phase of motion picture technique. Whatever can be done about it will be done in the studio; and that will be very little. But it is important to point out, in a word or two, the possibilities of rhythm, even though these can rarely be realized. Now and then, a writer may hit upon a story idea which spontaneously exploits many kinds of rhythm; now and then, some director, bom with keen sensitivities for rhythm, may manipulate stories in such a way as to bring out rhythmic values. In such rare instances, an extraordinary picture may arise, if writer or director can be made aware of what is happening. Rhythm is an experienced recurrence of time patterns. The source of the experience may be sights or sounds, and perhaps even odors — though this is a matter of great dispute. The final stage of the experience is muscular: some parts of the body move in response to the perceived time pattern, and the combined effect of these movements, and the sensory impressions, is the unique “feel” of the measured swing which we call rhythm.