[inaudible]: Point of Audition Representations of Deafness and the Cochlear Implant in A Quiet Place (2018).
Interrogating point of audition (POA) sound through the silences, noises, and closed captions of A Quiet Place's critically lauded soundscapes, this article examines the ways point of audition aurally and rhetorically constructs deafness, technology, and the audio-viewer. In its sonic rendering of t...
| Published in: | Music, Sound & the Moving Image Vol. 15; no. 2; pp. 109 - 132 |
|---|---|
| Main Author: | |
| Format: | Article |
| Published: |
Liverpool University Press / Journals
Winter2021
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | View this record in EBSCOhost |
| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=153992559&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 153992559 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 17530768 3DEN jtl: Music, Sound & the Moving Image issn: 17530768 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Winter2021 vid: 15 iid: 2 pid: 39786 pub: Liverpool University Press / Journals artinfo: ui: 153992559 10.3828/msmi.2021.8 ppf: 109 ppct: 23 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 288KB tig: atl: [inaudible]: Point of Audition Representations of Deafness and the Cochlear Implant in A Quiet Place (2018). aug: au: BERRY, GABRIELLE su: Cochlear implants Acoustics Closed captioning Literary prizes Student awards sug: subj: Cochlear implants Acoustics Closed captioning Literary prizes Student awards ab: Interrogating point of audition (POA) sound through the silences, noises, and closed captions of A Quiet Place's critically lauded soundscapes, this article examines the ways point of audition aurally and rhetorically constructs deafness, technology, and the audio-viewer. In its sonic rendering of the post-apocalyptic world, A Quiet Place actively involves the audio-viewer in its fantastical conceit and 'fantasy' of deafness, folding the audience into the complex cyborgian politics and potential of the malfunctioning cochlear implant. This diegetic technological breakdown merges and tangles with the technology of the film, the point of audition sound highlighting the immersive capabilities and audist expectations of cinematic soundscapes. Yet, in this straining towards 'immersion', the uncaptioned silences of Regan's point of audition further accentuate issues of access, raising questions of the composition and meaning of immersion and silence. Through the shades of silence and sharp whining feedback of A Quiet Place, this article ultimately details the possibilities and complications of analysing point of audition sound, in the process, illustrating the harmonic resonation of the studies of sound, deafness, and disability. This article is the winner of the 2020 Claudia Gorbman Graduate Student Writing Award, selected by the Sound and Music Special Interest Group of the Society for Cinema and Media Studies in conjunction with Music, Sound, and the Moving Image. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Music, Sound & the Moving Image is published by Liverpool University Press, and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without Liverpool University Press's express written copyright permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Music, Sound & the Moving Image holder: Liverpool University Press / Journals dt: @attributes: year: 2021 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
|---|