Sound-first film criticism
Ranking films by how they sound.
Printmaster scores films on what most critics ignore: perspective, narrative function, integration, spatial design, and originality of sound. Browse by year, across all time, or filtered by genre.
How films are scored
Five dimensions of sound.
Every film is judged on the same rubric. No vague praise, no unsupported dismissal. Each score maps to a specific question about what the soundtrack does.
PerspectivePOV
NarrativeStory
IntegrationBlend
SpatialSpace
OriginalityVoice
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Good film sound is not just clarity, scale, or impact. It is what the soundtrack knows that the image does not.Printmaster principle no. 1