The Auditory Setting

Analyses the sonic environment mediated and crafted within the film and audiovisual media arts Defines the generally underexplored but well-used terms ambient sound" and "ambience" – terms that denote an often unnoticed but significant element in the organization of sound in film and media productionsTraces the use of ambient sound in film and media art production through various technological trajectories leading to the contemporary milieu of digital sound systemsTakes a critical attitude towar