Bliudov D.V. —
Microphones in modern drama theatre
// Philosophy and Culture. – 2023. – ¹ 6.
– P. 152 - 166.
DOI: 10.7256/2454-0757.2023.6.41022
URL: https://en.e-notabene.ru/fkmag/article_41022.html
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Abstract: The object of this study is acting speech in modern theater and cinema. The subject of the study is the influence of the aesthetics of screen speech on the theatrical word in the 21st century. The author explores in detail the phenomenon of "microphone speech" in modern drama theater, analyzes the reasons for the rapid expansion of microphone sound and, in particular, the influence on stage speech of the aesthetics of post-drama theater. With numerous examples, various options for using microphones in a drama theater are considered - from local to radical. The author pays special attention to the category of "naturalness" of the acting speech in the screen arts and on the theatrical stage. The novelty of the study lies in a comprehensive study of the phenomenon of "microphone speech" in drama theater and the category of naturalness in stage and screen speech. The author concludes about the overwhelming influence of cinema on modern theatrical speech. The article scientifically substantiates the impact on the speech art of a modern theater actor both the aesthetics of post-dramatism and the new standard of naturalness that has developed in the screen arts and has formed spectator perception. The opposite influence of stage speech on the aesthetics of speech in screen arts is mediated, realized almost exclusively through the theater school. In the final part of the study, the author concludes that changes are necessary in the speech education of future theater and film artists.
Bliudov D.V. —
The “subjective microphone” technique in M. Khutsiev’s film “I am Twenty”
// Man and Culture. – 2023. – ¹ 4.
– P. 121 - 128.
DOI: 10.25136/2409-8744.2023.4.43674
URL: https://en.e-notabene.ru/ca/article_43674.html
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Abstract: The object of research in this article is the actor speech in the cinema of the "Khrushchev Thaw" period. The subject of the research is the artistic specifics of the recorded speech in the film "I am Twenty." The article analyzes the use of "subjective microphone" technique in the sound landscape of the film "I Am Twenty" by Marlen Khutsiev. The aesthetic and technical aspects of the use of the above technique have been analyzed in detail. "Subjective microphone" is considered by the author as part of the updated speech style that appeared in Soviet cinema in the era of the " Khrushchev Thaw." The author pays special attention to the influence of the updated speech aesthetics of cinema of the 1950s and 1960s on theatrical art and acting.
The novelty of this research lies in the study of the phenomenon of acting speech in the cinema of the "thaw" from an aesthetic and technical standpoint. The term "subjective microphone" was first introduced into scientific circulation in application to sounding speech in screen arts. The term "cross-diegesis" is proposed for inclusion in scientific circulation to determine a special sound space formed in screen arts when using the technique of a "subjective microphone."
The article scientifically substantiates a special place that is occupied by the "subjective microphone" technique in the concept of dividing the sound space of the film into diegetic, non-diegetic and methadiegetic layers. Separately, the author dwells on the inclusion of the reception of the "subjective microphone" in the general documentary-poetic artistic style of Marlen Khutsiev.
In conclusion, the author says that the appearance of magnetic sound recording in the 1950s had a powerful effect on the aesthetics of film monography and, in particular, the sound of acting speech.