Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Introduction; The Development of Title Sequences; Primary Recognition; Emergent Identification; Notes; Chapter 2: Direct Synchronization; The Synchronized; Naturalistic Synchronization; Diegetic and Non-Diegetic Synchronization; Notes; Chapter 3: Natural Artifice; The "visual Music" Heritage; The Ideology of Synchronization; Illustrative Synchronization; Notes; Chapter 4: Counterpoint; Reservations about the "Talkies"; Counterpoint Synchronization; Quotational Counterpoint; Notes

Chapter 5: Songs and Voice-OverMusic; Title Songs; Narrated Montages; Notes; Chapter 6: Conclusions; The Statement of Synchronization; The Immanence of Ideology; The Role of Music and Theme Songs; Notes; Index