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Listen to Nice

Listen to Nice In describing Humphrey Jennings' wartime documentary propaganda film, Listen to Britain (1942), a film with an overtly poetic sensibility and dominantly musical soundtrack, John Corner asserts that `through listening to Britain, we are enabled to properly look at it' (2002: 306). This idea of sound leading our attention to the images has underpinned much of the collaborative work between composer and sound designer, , and documentary filmmaker, Keith Marley. It is in this context that the article will analyse an extract of A Film About Nice (Marley and Cox 2010), a contemporary ` re-imagining of Jean Vigo's silent documentary, A propos de Nice (1930). Reference will be made throughout to the historical context, and the filmic and theoretical influences that have informed the way music and creative sound design have been used to place emphasis on hearing a place, as much as seeing it. INTRODUCTION ^te In June 2009 I travelled to Nice, the capital of the Co d'Azur in southern France, with my collaborator Keith Marley of Liverpool John Moores University to make a documentary film. Our initial inspiration came from the City Symphony filmmakers of the early 20th century. Artists such as Walter Ruttmann, Dziga Vertov http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The New Soundtrack Edinburgh University Press

Listen to Nice

Cox, Geoffrey
The New Soundtrack , Volume 3 (2): 89 – Sep 1, 2013
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Edinburgh University Press
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Articles; Film, Media and Cultural Studies
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2042-8855
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10.3366/sound.2013.0040
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In describing Humphrey Jennings' wartime documentary propaganda film, Listen to Britain (1942), a film with an overtly poetic sensibility and dominantly musical soundtrack, John Corner asserts that `through listening to Britain, we are enabled to properly look at it' (2002: 306). This idea of sound leading our attention to the images has underpinned much of the collaborative work between composer and sound designer, , and documentary filmmaker, Keith Marley. It is in this context that the article will analyse an extract of A Film About Nice (Marley and Cox 2010), a contemporary ` re-imagining of Jean Vigo's silent documentary, A propos de Nice (1930). Reference will be made throughout to the historical context, and the filmic and theoretical influences that have informed the way music and creative sound design have been used to place emphasis on hearing a place, as much as seeing it. INTRODUCTION ^te In June 2009 I travelled to Nice, the capital of the Co d'Azur in southern France, with my collaborator Keith Marley of Liverpool John Moores University to make a documentary film. Our initial inspiration came from the City Symphony filmmakers of the early 20th century. Artists such as Walter Ruttmann, Dziga Vertov

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The New Soundtrack – Edinburgh University Press

Published: Sep 1, 2013

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