A Sense of sound

A Sense of Sound illustrates relationships among sight, hearing and other senses as sources of information about the world. A kaleidoscope of everyday visual images, accompanied by a sometimes realistic, sometimes playful sound track, shows how sound communicates messages and stimulates associations with past experiences. The juxtaposition of sensible and nonsense associations encourages the viewer to examine how we interpret auditory messages.

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Credits

director

Don White

co-producer

George Johnson

John Taylor

production company

National Film Board of Canada

Duration

00:06:00:00

Production places

Canada

Production dates

1986

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

316181

Language

English

Subject categories

Childrens Films

Childrens Films → Children 6-12

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Hearing

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Senses and sensation

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Vision

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Hearing

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Senses and sensation

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Vision

Short films

Short films → Short films - Canada

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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Canada, 1986

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