This course will explore the ways in which music contributes to the overall audiovisual message. Films will be analyzed with a special focus on the relationship between the narrative, image, and sound; film will be understood both as a text and as an interpretive argument, with a special focus on the role that music, and sound in general, play in these discursive/rhetorical functions. The goal of the course is to develop an understanding of the technical and aesthetic issues involved in music-image synchronization and a critical aural and analytical habit for the soundtrack of films, TV, and online video.
- Teacher: Zachary Greer
- Teacher: Ray Cronin
- Teacher: Colleen Wolstenholme
