I am analysing animated e-books from a multimodal perspective but do not have any background in sound/music or cinema, so I am struggling with the basics of describing the sounds. Any good primer of the types of effects/music and their role in audio-visual texts?
Checnk with Acoustic Beamforming technology, but i am not 100% sure if it fits your requirements. This is the principle on which acoustic camera works. If you explain your requirements it would be easy to answer.
One of the main theorists of film sound is Michael Chion. Audio-vision is the main book I think. Also Altman, sound theory, sound practice, is a classic. I really like Birtwistle's cinesonica, but it may not be so relevant. Another possibility is Augoyard and Torgue's book about sonic effects. Also Sean Cubitt.
With all due respect to the previous poster, I don't think acoustic beamforming is going to help you.
Thanks, Michael, these resources seem very promising. I've checked acoustic beamforming and it is not relevant to my problem, I guess I was not very clear in the question. Thanks Naveen anyway for trying to help.
Van Leeuwen's Speech Music Sound may also be relevant to your multi-modal perspective, providing terminologies and various examples.