Soundtrack to War

Dwyer, CM

Soundtrack to War

Dwyer, CM

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Publisher:: ABC Radio National
Citation:: Street Stories, 2004
Issue Date:: 2004-01

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Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Dwyer, CM	en_US
dc.date.issued	2004-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Street Stories, 2004	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/12317
dc.description.abstract	This program was a collaboration with the Australian war artist George Gittoes. about the uses of music by US troops in the Iraq war. The program used interviews, music and sound recorded by Gittoes for his film of the same name during two troops to Iraq in 2002/03. Despite having no official standing, Gittoes collected interviews with young US soldiers at a time when most coverage was provided by embedded reporters, who only gained access to soldiers at the discretion of the US Military'S public relations unit. Operating outside of this officially sanctioned environment, Gittoes recorded candid comments from US troops about the invasion, the attitudes of the troops to their involvement, to civilian and US casualties. The feature focused on the use of music in war, as an officially sanctioned tool "psyching up" troops before battle, and to harass Iraqi citizens, and to the creative use of music as social commentary, release and to memorialize friends who had lost their lives. Significance: This feature revealed stories which at the time were not being explored by other journalists who were largely focusing on the strategic and operational aspects of the war. George Gittoes provided rushes of large sections of the film footage which were edited at the producers discretion and intercut with interviews of the artist to form the narrative. Separate versions of the program were created for triple j and Radio National, exploring varying production techniques for the different networks. This builds on the producers interest in reversioning content for various audiences. The program was also broadcast by WNYC in New York, Chicago based WBEZ's re:sound program and BBC radio.	en_US
dc.publisher	ABC Radio National	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Street Stories	en_US
dc.title	Soundtrack to War	en_US
utslib.location	Sydney, Australia	en_US
utslib.location.activity	Australia	en_US
utslib.for	1903 Journalism and Professional Writing	en_US
dc.location.activity	Australia	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
utslib.copyright.status	closed_access
pubs.place-of-publication	Sydney, Australia	en_US

Abstract:

This program was a collaboration with the Australian war artist George Gittoes. about the uses of music by US troops in the Iraq war. The program used interviews, music and sound recorded by Gittoes for his film of the same name during two troops to Iraq in 2002/03. Despite having no official standing, Gittoes collected interviews with young US soldiers at a time when most coverage was provided by embedded reporters, who only gained access to soldiers at the discretion of the US Military'S public relations unit. Operating outside of this officially sanctioned environment, Gittoes recorded candid comments from US troops about the invasion, the attitudes of the troops to their involvement, to civilian and US casualties. The feature focused on the use of music in war, as an officially sanctioned tool "psyching up" troops before battle, and to harass Iraqi citizens, and to the creative use of music as social commentary, release and to memorialize friends who had lost their lives. Significance: This feature revealed stories which at the time were not being explored by other journalists who were largely focusing on the strategic and operational aspects of the war. George Gittoes provided rushes of large sections of the film footage which were edited at the producers discretion and intercut with interviews of the artist to form the narrative. Separate versions of the program were created for triple j and Radio National, exploring varying production techniques for the different networks. This builds on the producers interest in reversioning content for various audiences. The program was also broadcast by WNYC in New York, Chicago based WBEZ's re:sound program and BBC radio.

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