CHAPTER 12 Researching Audiovisually: Experiments in Videographic Criticism in David Lynch’s The Elephant Man and Blue Velvet

Analysis of How Sound, Voice and Music in Film Disturbs the Border Between Inside and Outside

“…The Elephant Man (1980) and Blue Velvet (1986) were both David Lynch's films and their sound were both designed by Alan Splet. The asynchronous method is observed by setting two movies in a split screen [4]. The soundtrack, the vibrations of sound is creating a haze that tells us that it can be tested by time and that the vibrations can last a long time, even centuries.…”

“…An excellent sound design is always the most important fundamental element of a film as it provokes the audiences' diverse emotional responses [5]. The fame of the film at a certain time period would also be affected by the spectators' viewing perception [6]. Just like the film The Elephant Man, due to the original production area is in England and British which has their own culture, personalities in the society and daily life style so that it is not liked as they only accept a film noise that is more approaching to their softvoiced perception.…”