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主演：JulienAnton/PaoloCherchiUsai/MauriceGianati/StephenHerbeccc
导演：EricLange
语言：法语
地区:法国
编剧：SergeBromberg
类型：纪录片
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别名：DiscoveringCinema:LearningtoTalk
用户标签：2000s,◎2000s,法国
片长：52分钟
imdb编号：tt0498704

Althoughmotionpicturesemergedinthe1890s,theywereforthemostpartinblackandwhite,anddidn'thavesound,keepingthemquiteabitshortfrombeingthetruesimulcarumoflifetheyaspiredtobe.Numerousinventorsandentrepreneursovertheyearsattemptedtocreatesynchronizedsoundandlifelikecolorpresentationsoftheirfilms,butitwasn'tuntilthelate1920sandthemid1930sthattheyactuallymanagedtoreliablydoso.ThispairofdocumentariesbyEricLangeandSergeBrombergtracesthehistoryofsoundandcolorinthemoviesfromtheearliestdaystomaturity.
　　LearningtoTalk(2003)looksattheaudiodimension,fromtheearliestdaysofsoundrecording,unrelatedtomotionpictures.Theearliesterasfeaturethestandardsilentliveaccompaniment,withvariousingeniousadditionssuchasaspecifiedlivesingerorsoundeffectsperformedattheappropriatemoments,ortheNotofilm,whichranthemelodylineoftheintendedscoreacrossthebottomofthescreentoguideaperformer.ButwithEdison'sinventionofthephonograph,itwasclearthatrecordingofsomekindwouldbethefuture.Theproblemwashowtosynchronizethesoundwiththepictures,thoughEdisonmanagedsomeprimitiveachievementsinthisareaasearlyas1902.
　　Thereweretwoduelingformatsofsound,oneutilizingdisc(whichwouldevolveintotheVitagraphsoundsystem,usedbyTheJazzSinger),andtheopticalformatusedbytheFoxMovietoneshorts,andwhichwouldeventuallytriumphasthemethodofchoiceforsoundfilms.Thenarrativeisreasonablyclear,althoughitdoestendtomeanderabitfromtopictotopic.Becausethereweresomanycompetingformats,however,thatapproachisprobablyunavoidable.Thedocumentarydepictsmostoftheseversionsinqualityexcerpts,withclipsthatdemonstratethesystemsandtheirlimitationswithclarity.
　　Theaccompanyingdocumentary,MoviesDreaminColor(2004),similarlytrackstheevolutionofcolorfrompainstakinghand-paintingofindividualframestothegorgeousresultsofthree-stripTechnicolorinthe1930s.Beforecolorcouldberepresenteddirectlyonfilmasphotographed,agreatmanydeadendswereattempted,suchasKinemacolor,whichgetssurprisinglyeffectiveresultsfromalternatingredandgreenframeswiththeappropriatefilters.There'salsoagooddescriptionofthetintingandtoningprocesses,clarifyingtheoftenconfusingdifferencesandpointingoutthatbothcouldbeusedatonce,dependingonthefilm.
　　Evenwhenthereisadeterminationtohavefilm-basedcolor,theapproachwasnotclear.Mostabortiveattemptsusedanadditiveprocess,layeringcolorstoanimpracticalextent.Itwasn'tuntilquiteabitlaterthatasubtractivefilteringprocesswasarrivedattosimplifythecolorphotographysystem.Eventhen,therewereanumberofdifficultiesbeforeTechnicolorwasreadytotaketheworldbystorm.Andthedifferencesincolorqualityarecertainlystrikingenough;thespecimensarehighlyvariableintheireffectiveness,thoughmanyoftheprimitiveversionsaresurprisinglycolorful.Thetwodocumentariestogethertellataleofstruggletoarriveatverisimilitude,andthey'rewelldone.TheoneobjectionIhaveisthatasignificantchunkofboth,dealingwiththeearlymagiclanternera,utilizesthesameexamples,andthey'rethusabitrepetitivewhenseentogether.
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