MUS 172 MUSIC AT THE MOVIES
This cross-disciplinary course explores the development of film music from the silent era to the present. Drawing from both film and music studies, this course investigates the technological, aesthetic, and socio-economic dynamics that have shaped the role sound plays in sundry cinematic genres and conventions. An historical overview is accompanied by close textual analysis and theoretical reflection as students consider music’s impact on visual narrative, with particular attention to the way it affects our ability to identify with the people, situations, and relationships we see on the screen. Case studies include films such as Baby Face (1933); Now, Voyager (1942); Written on the Wind (1956); The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964); Mahogany (1975); The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover (1989); Jackie Brown (1997); and Notes on a Scandal (2006). The ability to read music is optional. Required screening sessions.
Cross Listed Courses
This is the same course as
FLM 172.
Enrollment Limit
Enrollment limited to 28 students.
Attributes
MOIB, MOIE