The ‘Thunder Effect’ — A Problem of the Sound Film

H. Orlich

This article surveys the history of systematic assessment of the operating conditions in photographic sound recording before 1945 and suggests that the work should be resumed in order to relate the old results to more recent insights. Since there is no unique English term to describe the audible effect of image spread in a photographic sound track the descriptive German term “thunder-effect” has been retained.

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Published
1973-11
Content type
Original Research
DOI
10.5594/J07662