Making Stereo Fit

The History of a Disquieting Film Technology

Eric Dienstfrey

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University of California Press
16 January 2024

Electronic, holographic & video art; Films, movies & cinema; Film movie production: technical skills; Acoustic & sound engineering

Series: California Studies in Music, Sound, and Media

Surround sound is often mistaken as a relatively new phenomenon in cinemas, one that emerged in the 1970s with the arrival of Dolby. Making Stereo Fit shows how Hollywood studios have instead been implementing surround-sound techniques for the past century and argues that their endurance owes primarily to the long-standing economic tension between stereophonic and monophonic sound. Throughout the book, Eric Dienstfrey analyzes newly discovered archival materials, as well as a myriad of stereo releases from Hell's Angels (1930) to Get Out (2017), to examine how Hollywood’s dependence on single-channel sound left filmmakers unable to fully realize the aesthetic potential of surround sound. Though studios initially experimented with stereo's unique affordances, Dienstfrey details how film sound designers eventually codified a conservative set of surround-sound conventions that prevail today, despite the arrival of more immersive technologies.

By: Eric Dienstfrey
Imprint: University of California Press
Country of Publication: United States
Volume: 6
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 590g
ISBN: 9780520379541
ISBN 10: 0520379543
Series: California Studies in Music, Sound, and Media
Pages: 312
Publication Date: 16 January 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Eric Dienstfrey is Visiting Assistant Professor of Media and Communication Studies at Ursinus College.

Reviews for Making Stereo Fit: The History of a Disquieting Film Technology

""Making Stereo Fit provides important clarifications to the scholarly understanding of stereo technology, and – with the key idea of monocentrism – introduces a crucial concept to the study of film style."" * Music Sound and the Moving Image * ""Illustrating how technical and aesthetic changes need to resonate with their surrounding industrial context before they can become part of the apparatus, the book’s model should prove generative to media historians."" * Film Quarterly *