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Lecturer(s)
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Course content
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1) Sound in film (dialogues, music, sound effects) 2) Film music terminology and film music analysis 3) Types of film music (diegetic - non-diegetic, original - pre-composed) 4) Functions of film music 5) Silent film and its performances(life accompaniment) 6) First sound films and their music 7) Music of Hollywood films I (features and clichés) 8) Music of Hollywood films II (composers and works) 9) Key tendencies in European film music 10)Nouvelle Vague 11)Sound design 12)Czech film music
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming)
- Attendace
- 26 hours per semester
- Preparation for the Exam
- 30 hours per semester
- Semestral Work
- 30 hours per semester
- Homework for Teaching
- 14 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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The course will provide: - basic orientationin in film music terminology and sound in film - overview on theoretical approaches to film music analysis and aesthetics of film music - detailed view on some specific features in film music history (silent film, film music of the Hollywood era, tendencies in European film music, Czech film music)
By the end of this course students will be familiar with film music terminology, theoretical approaches to film music analysis and a variety of functions of film music in relation to other auditive and visual film components. Students will understand specific features of film music in its history, and will be familiar with numerous examples of the following areas: silent film, film music of the Hollywood era, tendencies in European film music, Czech film music.
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Prerequisites
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None.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Oral exam, Seminar Work
Active participation in class. Writing an essay. Passing the oral exam.
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Recommended literature
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- Mera, Miguel ? Burnand, David . (2006). European Film Music. Aldershot.
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Altman, Rick . (1992). Sound Theory, Sound Practice. New York.
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Bláha, Ivo. (2004). Zvuková dramaturgie audiovizuálního díla. Praha.
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Brown, Royal S. (1994). Overtones and Undertones: Reading Film Music. Berkeley, Los Angeles & London.
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Dickinson, Kay . (2003). Movie Music: The Film Reader. London.
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Donnelly, K. J. (2001). Film Music: Critical Approaches. Edinburgh.
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Eisler, Hanns. (1959). Hudební skladba pro film . Praha.
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Chion, Michel. (1999). The Voice in Cinema. New York.
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Kalinak, Kathryn. (1992). Settling the Score: Music and the Classical Hollywood Film. Madison.
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Kuna, Milan. (1969). Zvuk a hudba ve filmu. K analýze zvukové dramaturgie. Praha.
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Lexmann , Juraj. (2006). Teória filmovej hudby. Bratislava.
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Pilka, Jiří ? Matzner, Antonín. (2002). Česká filmová hudba. Praha.
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