{"id":21,"date":"2022-05-19T00:52:51","date_gmt":"2022-05-19T00:52:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/benshi.hamiltonlits.org\/main\/?page_id=21"},"modified":"2023-03-23T17:08:53","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T17:08:53","slug":"synchronizing-audio-with-silent-films","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/benshi.hamiltonlits.org\/main\/synchronizing-audio-with-silent-films\/","title":{"rendered":"Synchronizing Audio with Silent Films"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The Benshi: Silent Film Narrators in Japan<\/em> archive seeks to recreate the dynamic, multisensory experience of enjoying benshi performance through the synchronization of digitized benshi audio files (with intermittent music accompaniment) and moving images from silent films. In an effort to display variations among benshi performances in different historical contexts, I use audio from the following three sources: prewar phonograph records (studio-recorded, with highlights only); post-WWII audio recordings of the performances by veteran benshi (either in theater or in recording studio); and contemporary audio recordings of benshi (either in theater and studio).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">View some preliminary examples from <em>The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari<\/em>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"681\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/benshi.hamiltonlits.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Cesare-sneaks-into-Janes-bedroom.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22 size-full mBox\" srcset=\"https:\/\/benshi.hamiltonlits.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Cesare-sneaks-into-Janes-bedroom.png 681w, https:\/\/benshi.hamiltonlits.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Cesare-sneaks-into-Janes-bedroom-300x176.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 681px) 100vw, 681px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"cesare-the-somnambulist-sneaks-into-jane-s-bedroom\">Cesare the Somnambulist sneaks into Jane\u2019s bedroom<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/benshi.hamiltonlits.org\/main\/synchronizing-audio-with-silent-films\/cesare-sneaks-into-janes-bedroom-2\/\">View Video Clip<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/benshi.hamiltonlits.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Becoming-a-Caligari.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23 size-full mBox\" srcset=\"https:\/\/benshi.hamiltonlits.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Becoming-a-Caligari.png 500w, https:\/\/benshi.hamiltonlits.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Becoming-a-Caligari-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"the-hospital-director-is-forced-to-become-caligari\">The hospital director is forced to become Caligari<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--2\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/benshi.hamiltonlits.org\/main\/synchronizing-audio-with-silent-films\/the-director-is-forced-to-become-caligari%ef%bf%bc\/\">View Video Clip<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"418\" src=\"https:\/\/benshi.hamiltonlits.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Francis-attacks-the-director.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24 size-full mBox\" srcset=\"https:\/\/benshi.hamiltonlits.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Francis-attacks-the-director.png 500w, https:\/\/benshi.hamiltonlits.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Francis-attacks-the-director-300x251.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"francis-attacks-the-director\">Francis attacks the director<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--3\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/benshi.hamiltonlits.org\/main\/synchronizing-audio-with-silent-films\/francis-attacks-the-director-2\/\">View Video Clip<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Benshi: Silent Film Narrators in Japan archive seeks to recreate the dynamic, multisensory experience of enjoying benshi performance through the synchronization of digitized benshi audio files (with intermittent music accompaniment) and moving images from silent films. In an effort to display variations among benshi performances in different historical contexts, I use audio from the following three sources: prewar phonograph records (studio-recorded, with highlights only); post-WWII audio recordings of the performances by veteran benshi (either in theater or in recording studio); and contemporary audio recordings of benshi (either in theater and studio). View some preliminary examples from The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"saved_in_kubio":false,"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-21","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"kubio_ai_page_context":{"short_desc":"","purpose":"general"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/benshi.hamiltonlits.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/benshi.hamiltonlits.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/benshi.hamiltonlits.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benshi.hamiltonlits.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benshi.hamiltonlits.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/benshi.hamiltonlits.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":618,"href":"https:\/\/benshi.hamiltonlits.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21\/revisions\/618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/benshi.hamiltonlits.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}