Re: [Frameworks] Texts on sound design in animation

2020-10-15 Thread Bernard Roddy 
Sheer coincidence: I have that name written down after having heard
something by him at ubu.

Spooked.

On Thu, Oct 15, 2020 at 1:14 PM Albert Alcoz  wrote:

> Hello Chris and Bernard,
> I just wanted to add one reference to this topic. It concerns the initial
> work of the American composer Tod Dockstader
> . He
> created the sound design for animations as *Mr. Magoo* and *Gerald Mc
> Boing* at the beginning of his career. I don't know if there's an article
> about it though. I'd like to mention that John Stehura used his music (the
> theme "Tango" 
> from the *Quatermass* LP) for the marvelous film *Cibernetik 5.3*.
> Best,
> Albert
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 15, 2020 at 7:04 PM Bernard Roddy  wrote:
>
>> Hi Christopher:
>>
>> Thank you for initiating this discussion topic. Albert Alcoz has provided
>> a document that is available without download. I am looking past the
>> introduction of Oskar Fischinger, where Rudolph Pfenninger's research is
>> taken up: "Eschewing aesthetic discourse entirely, Pfenninger focused on
>> the technological development of a new form of acoustic writing [. . . ]."
>> This kind of essay is really part of a history of technology. The question,
>> however, seems to ask how sound is being thought within contemporary
>> practice. That's going to be a little trickier to come up with,
>> particularly if you are searching in the spirit of Fischinger (in other
>> words, not looking at cartoons). For me this kind of interest led me to
>> sound poetics as one can sample at ubu.com, and to the artistic
>> exploration of sound that even resists being identified with music.
>> Particularly if you are attracted to the idea of scoring a soundtrack,
>> Pierre Schaeffer's In Search of a Concrete Music is pretty cool. It's as if
>> the whole approach to experiment in film now takes up the use of pots and
>> pans in order to unfold a unique aural experience that is neither verbal
>> nor musical.
>>
>> Of course "sound design' is already a term from a rather more mainstream
>> current of academic to professional study.
>>
>> Bernie
>>
>> - - - - -
>>
>> *On Oct 14, 2020, at 10:23 AM, Chris G > > wrote:
>> *>>* 
>> *>* Hi all,
>> *>>* I am looking for titles of literature on sound design in animation 
>> whether
>> *>* they're articles, essays or books. It would be helpful if they were
>> *>* accessible in the free world or usual academic libraries' digital
>> *>* collections.
>> *>>* Best,
>> *>* Christopher*
>>
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Re: [Frameworks] Texts on sound design in animation

2020-10-15 Thread Albert Alcoz 
Hello Chris and Bernard,
I just wanted to add one reference to this topic. It concerns the initial
work of the American composer Tod Dockstader
. He created
the sound design for animations as *Mr. Magoo* and *Gerald Mc Boing* at the
beginning of his career. I don't know if there's an article about it
though. I'd like to mention that John Stehura used his music (the theme
"Tango"  from the
*Quatermass* LP) for the marvelous film *Cibernetik 5.3*.
Best,
Albert


On Thu, Oct 15, 2020 at 7:04 PM Bernard Roddy  wrote:

> Hi Christopher:
>
> Thank you for initiating this discussion topic. Albert Alcoz has provided
> a document that is available without download. I am looking past the
> introduction of Oskar Fischinger, where Rudolph Pfenninger's research is
> taken up: "Eschewing aesthetic discourse entirely, Pfenninger focused on
> the technological development of a new form of acoustic writing [. . . ]."
> This kind of essay is really part of a history of technology. The question,
> however, seems to ask how sound is being thought within contemporary
> practice. That's going to be a little trickier to come up with,
> particularly if you are searching in the spirit of Fischinger (in other
> words, not looking at cartoons). For me this kind of interest led me to
> sound poetics as one can sample at ubu.com, and to the artistic
> exploration of sound that even resists being identified with music.
> Particularly if you are attracted to the idea of scoring a soundtrack,
> Pierre Schaeffer's In Search of a Concrete Music is pretty cool. It's as if
> the whole approach to experiment in film now takes up the use of pots and
> pans in order to unfold a unique aural experience that is neither verbal
> nor musical.
>
> Of course "sound design' is already a term from a rather more mainstream
> current of academic to professional study.
>
> Bernie
>
> - - - - -
>
> *On Oct 14, 2020, at 10:23 AM, Chris G  > wrote:
> *>>* 
> *>* Hi all,
> *>>* I am looking for titles of literature on sound design in animation 
> whether
> *>* they're articles, essays or books. It would be helpful if they were
> *>* accessible in the free world or usual academic libraries' digital
> *>* collections.
> *>>* Best,
> *>* Christopher*
>
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[Frameworks] Texts on sound design in animation

2020-10-15 Thread Bernard Roddy 
Hi Christopher:

Thank you for initiating this discussion topic. Albert Alcoz has provided a
document that is available without download. I am looking past the
introduction of Oskar Fischinger, where Rudolph Pfenninger's research is
taken up: "Eschewing aesthetic discourse entirely, Pfenninger focused on
the technological development of a new form of acoustic writing [. . . ]."
This kind of essay is really part of a history of technology. The question,
however, seems to ask how sound is being thought within contemporary
practice. That's going to be a little trickier to come up with,
particularly if you are searching in the spirit of Fischinger (in other
words, not looking at cartoons). For me this kind of interest led me to
sound poetics as one can sample at ubu.com, and to the artistic exploration
of sound that even resists being identified with music. Particularly if you
are attracted to the idea of scoring a soundtrack, Pierre Schaeffer's In
Search of a Concrete Music is pretty cool. It's as if the whole approach to
experiment in film now takes up the use of pots and pans in order to unfold
a unique aural experience that is neither verbal nor musical.

Of course "sound design' is already a term from a rather more mainstream
current of academic to professional study.

Bernie

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*On Oct 14, 2020, at 10:23 AM, Chris G https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks>> wrote:
*>>* 
*>* Hi all,
*>>* I am looking for titles of literature on sound design in animation whether
*>* they're articles, essays or books. It would be helpful if they were
*>* accessible in the free world or usual academic libraries' digital
*>* collections.
*>>* Best,
*>* Christopher*
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Re: [Frameworks] Texts on sound design in animation

2020-10-14 Thread Albert Alcoz 
Hello Chris,
Here are two recommendations:

1.
"Tones from out of Nowhere": Rudolph Pfenninger and the Archaeology of
Synethetic Sound by Thomas Y Levin:
https://www.academia.edu/24931236/_Tones_from_out_of_Nowhere_Rudolph_Pfenninger_and_the_Archaeology_of_Synethetic_Sound

2.
"Experimental Animation: An Illustrated Anthology" by Robert Russett and Cecile
Starr:
https://www.amazon.es/Experimental-Animation-Illustrated-Robert-Russett/dp/0442271956

On Wed, Oct 14, 2020 at 4:43 PM Michael Betancourt <
hinterland.mov...@gmail.com> wrote:

> my book, "Synchronization and Title Sequences" addresses abstract
> animation.
>
> Michael
>
>
>
> Michael Betancourt, Ph.D
> https://michaelbetancourt.com
> cell 305.562.9192
> https://www.amazon.com/Michael-Betancourt/e/B01H3QILT0/
> Sent from my phone
>
> On Oct 14, 2020, at 10:23 AM, Chris G  wrote:
>
> 
> Hi all,
>
> I am looking for titles of literature on sound design in animation whether
> they're articles, essays or books. It would be helpful if they were
> accessible in the free world or usual academic libraries' digital
> collections.
>
> Best,
> Christopher
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Re: [Frameworks] Texts on sound design in animation

2020-10-14 Thread Michael Betancourt 
my book, "Synchronization and Title Sequences" addresses abstract animation.

Michael



Michael Betancourt, Ph.D
https://michaelbetancourt.com 
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https://www.amazon.com/Michael-Betancourt/e/B01H3QILT0/
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> On Oct 14, 2020, at 10:23 AM, Chris G  wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I am looking for titles of literature on sound design in animation whether 
> they're articles, essays or books. It would be helpful if they were 
> accessible in the free world or usual academic libraries' digital collections.
> 
> Best,
> Christopher
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[Frameworks] Texts on sound design in animation

2020-10-14 Thread Chris G 
Hi all,

I am looking for titles of literature on sound design in animation whether
they're articles, essays or books. It would be helpful if they were
accessible in the free world or usual academic libraries' digital
collections.

Best,
Christopher
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