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Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

Beep : a documentary history of game sound / Ehtonal presents ; written and directed by Karen Collins.

Publisher, Date:

[Canada?] : Ehtonal, [2016]

[United States] : [Distributed by Storming the Base], [2016]

Description:

2 videodiscs (112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

digital optical

widescreen (16:9) 24 fps

NTSC

video file DVD video all regions

Summary:

No longer just the "ugly stepchild" of the games industry, it traces the history of game sound from the Victorian penny arcades through pinball and to today's massive industry of soundtracks and live music. With clips from over 80 interviews with game composers, sound designers, voice actors and audio directors from around the world, it is the definitive documentary on game sound.

Subjects:

Video game music -- History and criticism.

Video games -- Sound effects -- History.

Sound -- Recording and reproducing -- History.

Genre:

Nonfiction films.

Documentary films.

Other Author:

Collins, Karen, film director, screenwriter.

Cooper, D. B. (Deirdre B.), narrator.

Summers, Chanel, commentator.

Fuller, Brad, 1953-2016, commentator.

Thiel, David (Sound designer), commentator.

Paul, Leonard J., composer (expression)

Ehtonal (Firm), production company, publisher.

Storming the Base (Firm), film distributor.

Other Title:

Documentary history of game sound

Notes:

Documentary.

Widescreen.

Music, Leonard J. Paul ; director of photography, Matthew Charlton.

Narrator, DB Cooper ; commentators, Chanel Summers, Brad Fuller, David Thiel.

DVD; NTSC, all regions; widescreen presentation.

In English with optional subtitles in French, German, and Spanish.

Melbourne Documentary Film Festival 2016, best editing; GeekFest Film Festival 2016, official selection; Florida Supercon 2016, official selection; Alta Fidelidad Film Festival 2016, official selection

Contents:

DVD extras: Big in Japan / Ehtonal in association with Game Music Connect presents ; director, Karen Collins -- A tribute to Ryu Umemoto : 1974-2011 / Beep, Beepmovie.com presents -- Industry insider tips / Beep, Beepmovie.com.

Other Number:

959983994

System Availability:

1

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

1

Control Number:

813620

# Local items in:

1

# System items in:

1

Call Number:

DVD 534 Beep