Audiovisual warfare: music and international persuasion in documentary films during the Spanish civil war
During the Spanish Civil War, cinema became one of the most powerful weapons of propaganda. The music of the films, full of anthems and political references, was an essential tool for displaying the documentary's intentions and for influencing spectators’ reactions. Between 1936 and 1939, there...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2023 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | TecnoCampus |
| Repositorio: | Repositori Digital del TecnoCampus |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:repositori.tecnocampus.cat:20.500.12367/2881 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12367/2881 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Music Documentary film Spanish civil war |
| Sumario: | During the Spanish Civil War, cinema became one of the most powerful weapons of propaganda. The music of the films, full of anthems and political references, was an essential tool for displaying the documentary's intentions and for influencing spectators’ reactions. Between 1936 and 1939, there was a surge in the production of documentaries targeting international audiences, as they were an invaluable resource for engaging the European countries that had signed the Non-Intervention Agreement against involvement in the Spanish conflict. The objective of this article is to analyse the music of the documentaries set in Spain that were exhibited internationally during the years of the war. [...] |
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