User:AdamTeig/Sound effect

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1897: A Canadian filmmaker premiered a silent film in which a blacksmith was placed outside of the audience view and made sounds to coincide with the visuals of a blacksmith in the film.

Kelly Gang (1906): An Australian premiere of this film was accompanied by a symphony to add sound effects to the film as viewers watched it.

1914: Britain began producing sound effect devices that people could buy to play different sound effects for films at home.

Blackmail (1929): Uses a woman's voice separate from the main actress on screen for screaming scenes.

M (1931): Uses several street sounds such as car horns and the sounds of a ball to increase tension within the film.

Spellbound (1945) Uses a Theremin to create one of the first instances of electronically produced sound effects.