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Timbre and Texture: How Grain and Harshness Convey Subtext
Analyse how acoustic timbre, vocal grain (Barthes' 'grain of the voice'), and texture encode emotional and psychological subtext.
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Acoustic Signifiers: Semiotics of Voice, Sound, and Music
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Analyse how micro-acoustic components—such as timbre, pitch, dynamic range, and musical tonality—encode emotional and ideological subtext in film.
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