Dear Colleagues!
I'm currently finishing my studies as an electrical engineer and working on my thesis titled 'Motion picture sound production from an engineer's perspective' focusing on production sound. I would like to cover current techniques, gear choices and how we get to these from the 1920s.
The major chapters I want to include are:
-history of capturing sound for motion picture
-microphone techniques and choices, including a comparison and measurement of a handful of usual mics
-wireless systems, including a comparison and measurement of 3-4 setups
-mixers and recorders
-how a production sound system is built up
I'm looking for references (books, articles, etc.) on the technical and historycal (aesthetics are important but not touched in my paper) aspects of the craft.
I have acces to the AES library, and have the following books already:
both of Jay Rose's books,
Sound for film and television 3rd edition,
the Lectro wireless guide,
Thank you for your help
Levente