FILM2008 Film and Music

Later Year Course

Offered By	School of Cultural Inquiry
Academic Career	Undergraduate
Course Subject	Film Studies
Offered in	First Semester, 2013
Unit Value	6 units
Course Description	An exploration of: a) the relationships between image and music, and between music and other elements of the soundtrack; b) various functions of film music through the analysis of selected films (e.g., how music confirms or contradicts visual narratives and how music can support the cinematic construction of gender, class, ethnicity, culture); c) different techniques and aesthetics of selected film music composers and directors (e.g. the Hitchcock/Herrmann collaboration); d) the historical evolution of film music from the silent era through to the present.
Learning Outcomes	On satisfying requirements for this course, students will have gained: Greater awareness of soundtracks, and their interaction with visuals in films. Knowledge of a range of historical approaches to film scoring. Skills and tools for approaching and analysing film music. Skills in analysing film as text via music as narrative device, and as cultural marker.
Indicative Assessment	Close reading/listening excercise (15%, week 5) (LO 1,2,3,4) Research Essay (35%, due mid semester) (1800 words) (LO 1,2,3,4) Research Essay (50%, due in examination period) (2200 words) (LO 1,2,3,4)
Workload	3.5 hours week classtime (weekly lecture, weekly tutorial, fortnightly 1 hr. seminar, fortnightly 2-hr. screening). Beyond this, students will be expected to spend 6.5 hours/week on independent study (written, web, visual and/or musical materials).
Areas of Interest	Music
Assumed Knowledge and Required Skills	Students are expected to have some technical background in one field (e.g. score-reading, or grasp of technical film terms, but not necessarily both).
Requisite Statement	Courses counting towards a Film Studies or Musicology major to the value of twelve units, or permission of the Convener.
Prescribed Texts	Electronic readings also will be put on the e-reserve for this course.
Preliminary Reading	Chion, Michel, Audio-Vision: Sound on Screen, Columbia UP, 1994. Required Reading - a reading brick to be advised.
Majors/Specialisations	Film and New Media, Music Inquiry, and Music
Academic Contact	Dr Roger Hillman (Film Studies) and Dr Ruth Lee-Martin (Musicology)

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