10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SENSURROUND»
Discover the use of
Sensurround in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
Sensurround and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Shared Pleasures: A History of Movie Presentation in the ...
The Sensurround system won a special Academy Award, and through the 1970s
the system was used for such films as Midway (1976), Rollercoaster (1977), and
Battlestar Galactica (1979). In 1977 Universal president Sidney J. Sheinberg ...
2
Beyond Dolby (Stereo): Cinema in the Digital Sound Age
To meet the newly heightened sonic expectations of their audiences, film industry
engineers once more set out to improve cinema sound technology.45 Their first
attempt came in 1974, when Universal Studios premiered its Sensurround ...
The object of Sensurround is to subject the audience to such high levels of such
low frequency sound that they feel as well as hear the sound waves. In Roller
Coaster, the film world's now obligatory deranged ex-Vietnam veteran sets about
...
4
The Audio Dictionary: Third Edition, Revised and Expanded
Sensurround. central magnetic pole piece to increase these eddy currents and
further reduce the high-frequency impedance. This works because copper and
silver are much better electrical conductors than the iron of the pole piece.
However ...
Glenn White, Gary J Louie, 2005
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Amok journal: a compendium of psycho-physiological ...
The focus of this compilation is the pursuit of a neurobiological basis for mystical and ecstatic experience.
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American Cinematographer
To begin with, it marked the first time that we put music into Sensurround and
Lalo Schifrin had to compose his music so that it would be compatible with the
Sensurround equipment"— which is like writing in a restricted frequency range.
Also ...
8
I Thought We Were Making Movies, Not History
We decided to use Sensurround in our film, and it proved to be valuable in
enhancing the reality of the sounds of battle. It involved an installation of a
special sound system in theaters, and most theaters agreed to it. Universal
manufactured, or ...
9
The Oxford Handbook of Mobile Music Studies
“Infrasound.” The Lancet, December 15 (302): 1368–69. anon. 1973b. “anti-
crowd Weapon Works by Causing Fits.” New Scientist, March 29:726. anon. 1978
. “Working Paper on Infrasound Weapons.” In AMOKJournal: Sensurround
Edition ...
Sumanth Gopinath, Jason Stanyek, 2014
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The Oxford Handbook of New Audiovisual Aesthetics
By producing sounds down to around 17 Hz, Sensurround produced subsonic
acoustic vibrations that, like T. rex's footsteps, would be felt as well as heard by
audiences of Earthquake.29 As jay Beck points out, Universal created
Sensurround ...
John Richardson, Claudia Gorbman, Carol Vernallis, 2013
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SENSURROUND»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
Sensurround is used in the context of the following news items.
San Andreas fault shifts?
in the 70s which brought us our first sensurround movie – remember Era theatre? – watching “San Andreas” was like having a lesson on how far we have gone ... «Visayan Daily Star, Jun 15»
'San Andreas' Gets Caught Between the Rock and a Hokey Place
Called “Sensurround”, it was a William Castle like gimmick for a film in desperate need of something unusual to put butts in the seats. It worked. The sonic stunt ... «PopMatters, May 15»
How 'San Andreas' Will Leave Moviegoers Shaken
For disaster-film aficionados, the earthquake movie “San Andreas” that opens this weekend may bring to mind one word: Sensurround. That was the name ... «Wall Street Journal, May 15»
Q&A: Paul Feig on 'Other Space' and the comedy of close quarters
I actually saw it in the theater -- remember, they released the 90-minute pilot in theaters in Sensurround? All they did is, every exterior shot of the ship they turned ... «Los Angeles Times, Apr 15»
3D, Smell-O-Vision & Indoor Weather: Rating The Best & Worst …
innovation10 The idea behind Sensurround is pretty simple: up the super low-frequency bass in the soundtrack, so that audiences feel a rumble at key moments. «The Consumerist, Apr 15»
'San Andreas' First Trailer: Dwayne Johnson On The Hunt After …
Warner Bros will open the actioner May 29 in 3D and 2D but, regrettably, not in Sensurround. While Deadliners of a certain age Google that reference, have a ... «Deadline.com, Mar 15»
When more is less, at Steve Turner Contemporary
Two customized seats vibrate when the video's soundtrack is loudest, recalling the “Sensurround” effects from “Earthquake.” Unlike that 1974 movie, Perry's ... «Los Angeles Times, Feb 15»
Pacific Film Archive's Steve Seid on Digital vs. Film and the Erotica …
Conheim also recalls Seid convincing a Berkeley sound company to recreate Universal's earth-shaking but less-than-earth-shattering Sensurround technology, ... «KQED, Jan 15»
The must see art shows of summer (Victoria)
Maybe it's the scale, maybe it's the randomness or sensurround quality. (It will be fun to hear local cartoon hero Oslo Davis riff on Shrigley, NGV, Saturday 24 ... «Daily Review, Jan 15»
New Technologies Heighten the Immersive Experience
In 1974, the blockbuster disaster film Earthquake wowed movie theater audiences with Sensurround effects. Low frequency sounds were pumped through big ... «Gamesauce, Aug 14»
