TECHNES Encyclopedia Database

These various examples show that, since 1930 and the spread of talking cinema, the airwaves have been used to evoke profound feelings through the intermediary of often complex technical equipment. The microphone and sound truck transmitting a declaration of love at the beginning of The Rules of the Game are one with the radio studio used to charm a young woman far from the hero in Magnetic Beats. VU meters tell us not only if the sound level is sufficient; they also transmit the heartbeats of lovers and of those filled with anguish…