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Türkiye’de Sesli Filme Geçiş
TRANSITION TO SOUND CINEMA IN TURKEY

Author(s): Özge Özyılmaz
Subject(s): Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Cultural history, Sociology of Culture, Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), Film / Cinema / Cinematography
Published by: Rasim Özgür DÖNMEZ
Keywords: Sound Cinema; Silent Cinema; Subtitle; Language Barrier in Cinema; Music in Cinema

Summary/Abstract: This article concentrates on the transition to sound cinema in Turkey. The research first focuses on the use of sound in the silent cinema period by explaining how the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film screenings first began in Turkey. It then explores the problems and debates that were triggered with the emergence of sound cinema during 30s, and examines the efforts of cinema professionals and audiences of the period to overcome these newly emergent problems. Finally, this article embarks upon examining the reception of this transformation by the intellectuals of the period and their aspiration for a new way of film-viewing and spectatorship.

  • Issue Year: 8/2016
  • Issue No: Special
  • Page Range: 30-54
  • Page Count: 25
  • Language: Turkish