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The annual conference of the Society for Cognitive Studies of the Moving Image (SCSMI) welcomes you to the Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland, June 11th – 14th, 2017

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Wednesday, June 14 • 14:00 - 14:30
SP Jeff Smith. Scoring the Warner Bros. Crime Film: From Little Caesar To White Heat

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This paper traces the development of film scoring techniques in crime films produced by Warner Bros. from 1930 to 1949. It highlights three factors that accounted for a precipitous increase in the amount of music that appeared in these films: 1) technological improvements, such as the push-pull soundtrack and rerecording techniques, 2) the rise in status of the crime film as part of the studio's offerings, and 3) the psychological turn in the genre that became more prominent throughout the 1940s.
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Jeff Smith

University of Wisconsin-Madison
Jeff Smith is the author of THE SOUNDS OF COMMERCE: MARKETING POPULAR FILM MUSIC and FILM CRITICISM, THE COLD WAR, AND THE BLACKLIST: READING HOLLYWOOD'S REDS. He is also a co-author, along with David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson, for the eleventh edition of FILM ART: AN INTRODU... Read More →

Wednesday June 14, 2017 14:00 - 14:30 EEST
A-301 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor) Runeberginkatu 14-16, Helsinki
  Room 301

Attendees (9)