Naslov
The paradox of film music “inaudibility”: Inattentional deafness, subliminal perception, and subsidiary awareness.

Autori
Rojnić, Marko

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, neobjavljeni rad, ostalo

Skup
Music and the Moving Image XI Conference, New York University Steinhardt

Mjesto i datum
Sjedinjene Američke Države, 27.05.2016. - 29.05.2016

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Nije recenziran

Ključne riječi
film music ; selective perception ; inattentional deafness ; inaudibility ; subliminal perception ; subsidiary awareness

Sažetak
Film music seems to have a paradoxical status. On the one hand, it is suggested that film music should be „inaudible“, inconspicuous to the viewer (like continuity editing should be „invisible“, smooth), while at the same time acknowledging that it affects viewers' cinematic experience (e.g., Gorbman, 1987 ; Kalinak, 1992). Thus, the puzzling question is: how can film music serve narrative functions if viewers are at the same time unaware of it? Most accounts emphasized that film music operates on an unconscious level, without further elaboration and despite different understanding of what „unconscious listening“ might entail. In an attempt to provide an explanation, this paper has three parts. First, drawing on Cohen's (2001) remark about „inattentional deafness“, and building on recent research of the phenomenon (e.g., Dalton & Frankel, 2012 ; MacDonald and Lavie, 2011), I will explore whether this phenomenon could be an explanation of the „inaudibility“ of nondiegetic music. Second, although Smith (2009) justifiably questions this explanation, I will explore his proposal that film music is perceived without conscious awareness, on a subliminal level (e.g., Dretske, 2006 ; Merikle, Smilek & Eastwood, 2001). Finally, I will suggest third explanation by adapting distinction between „focal awareness“ and „subsidiary awareness“ in tacit knowledge (Polanyi, 1962 ; Polanyi & Prosch, 1975 ; Turković, 2007) to the explanation of film music's status. In other words, I'll try to argue that this idea nicely complements both inattentional deafness and subliminal perception explanations, and offers a potential resolution of the paradox.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Psihologija, Filozofija, Filmska umjetnost (filmske, elektroničke i medijske umjetnosti pokretnih slika)

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