Spring 2024 Film GU4049 section 001

Music, Sound and Image Theory DISC

Music, Sound & Image Theo

Call Number 20495
Day & Time
Location
F 2:10pm-3:00pm
212A Lewisohn Hall
Points 0
Grading Mode Ungraded
Approvals Required None
Instructor Xiaoyi Zhong
Type DISCUSSION
Method of Instruction In-Person
Course Description

Some of the most exciting theoretical moving image work in recent years has centered on the problem of the acoustic sign in cinema and especially around the relation between image track and sound “track.” This course rethinks the history and theory of cinema from the point of view of sound: effects, dialogue, music. From cinematic sound recording and play-back technologies through Dolby sound enhancement and contemporary digital audio experiments. Revisiting basic theoretical concepts from the pov of sound: realism (sound perspective, dubbing), anti-realism (contrapuntal and dissonant effects), genre (the leitmotiv), perception (the synaesthetic effect). The silent to sound divide considered relative to the 19th century Romanticism of the classical Hollywood score associated with the Viennese-trained Max Steiner to the scores of John Williams.

Web Site Vergil
Department Film
Enrollment 3 students (20 max) as of 9:05PM Wednesday, December 4, 2024
Subject Film
Number GU4049
Section 001
Division School of the Arts
Open To Barnard College, Columbia College, Engineering:Undergraduate, Global Programs, General Studies
Note Class begins second week of the semester
Section key 20241FILM4049W001