Can contemporary cinema represent the soundscape we live in?

Authors

  • Fernando Morais da Costa

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12957/logos.2010.637

Keywords:

sound, contemporary cinema, soundscape.

Abstract

This work aims to discuss cinema’s possibility towards representing the soundscape contemporary men live within. In order to formulate such problem we must agree that our daily contact with urban noises is fundamental to actual filmmaking. Mainly because of that, we can say that such sounds have either a large presence and major narrative roles in contemporary cinema.

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Author Biography

Fernando Morais da Costa

Professor do Departamento de Cinema e Vídeo e do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Comunicação da Universidade Federal Fluminense. É autor de O som no cinema brasileiro (Rio de janeiro: 7Letras, 2008).

Published

2010-06-30

How to Cite

COSTA, Fernando Morais da. Can contemporary cinema represent the soundscape we live in?. Logos, Rio de Janeiro, v. 17, n. 1, p. 94–106, 2010. DOI: 10.12957/logos.2010.637. Disponível em: https://www.e-publicacoes.uerj.br/logos/article/view/637. Acesso em: 28 may. 2025.