Sound on Screen 2

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Code Completion Credits Range Language Instruction Semester
373MSS2 Z 1 12S English, Czech summer

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Learning outcomes of the course unit

Listening to film, sound-film theory, sound discourse

Mode of study

film projection, discussion

Prerequisites and co-requisites

none

Course contents

This module consists of 4 meetings in the spring semester. Each meeting will be the projection of a movie with „added sonic value“. Students will vote on what movie should be screened. The discussion about the sound will be supported by references and concepts within a theory of sound-making resulting of Pinheiro's research „Acousmatic Foley“. In the end of the module, students can choose one of the films and write a short essay about it.

Dates: all at 6pm in FAMU Projection room

Friday 16th February

Friday 16th March

Friday 20th April

Friday 18th May

Films:

Dance, Girl, Dance (Arzner, 1940)

The Hitch-Hicker (Lupino, 1951)

Cutting Heads (Rocha, 1970)

The Spirit of the Beehive (Erice, 1973)

Z (Gavras, 1981)

The Headless Woman (Martel, 2008)

Turin Horse (Tarr, 2011)

Chevalier Athina (Tsangari, 2015)

Recommended or required reading

Altman, R. (org.). 1992. Sound Theory/Sound Practice. Nova Iorque: Routledge.

Beck, J. and Grajeda, T. 2008. Lowering the Boom. Baltimore, United States: University of Illinois Press Chion, M. 1990. Audio-Vision. New York: Columbia University Press Weis, E. e Belton, J. (orgs.) (1985) Film Sound. Nova Iorque: Columbia University Press.

Assessment methods and criteria

film projection, discussion, writing of an essay

Note

Projekce FAMU, Fri at 6pm on Friday 16th February, Friday 16th March, Friday 20th April, Friday 18th May

Further information

No schedule has been prepared for this course

The subject is a part of the following study plans