Sound on Screen

Display Schedule

Code Completion Credits Range Language Instruction Semester
373SOS Z 1 25SS English, Czech winter and summer

Subject guarantor

Sara Patrícia DA SILVA PINHEIRO

Name of lecturer(s)

Sara Patrícia DA SILVA PINHEIRO

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Students learn to listen closely, hear and analyze film sound from practical and theoretical perspectives.

Students are able to eventually apply this clear understanding of film sound to their own projects.

Mode of study

seminar - film projection + discussion

Prerequisites and co-requisites

The student is expected to attend all screenings and write essays on the films screened.

Course contents

This course consists of monthly meetings over the semester. Each meeting will be the projection of a film with soundtracks of special importance. Films are alternated each semester depending on students.

Students will learn how to listen to films and develop new vocabularies to describe the experience in sonic terms. The class gives an open forum to collaboratively discuss the films screened.

3 sessions: October 14th, November 11th and December 9th. 6pm. FAMU Projection room

Recommended or required reading

ALTMAN, R. (org.). Sound Theory/Sound Practice. New York: Routledge. 1992. 298 pages. ISBN13 9780415904575

BECK, J. and GRAJEDA, T. Lowering the Boom. Baltimore, United States: University of Illinois Press. 2008. 360 pages. ISBN13 9780252075322

CHION, M. Audio- Vision. New York: Columbia University Press Weis, E. Belton, J. (orgs.) (1985) Film Sound. New York: Columbia University Press. 1990 239 pages. ISBN13 9780231078993

WEIS E. e BELTON, J. (orgs.). Film Sound. New York: Columbia University Press. 1985. 462 pages. ISBN13 9780231056373

LOBRUTTO, V. Sound-On-Film : Interviews with Creators of Film Sound. Westport, United States. 1994. 320 pages. ISBN13 9780275944438

Assessment methods and criteria

Attendance, participation in discussion, writing of an essay

Note

FAMU Projection room - 3 meetings

Further information

Course may be repeated

This course is an elective for all students of this school

Schedule for winter semester 2021/2022:

06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
room 124
Projection Room
(Lažanský palác)
DA SILVA PINHEIRO S.
18:00–20:00
(lecture parallel1)
Fri
Date Day Time Tutor Location Notes No. of paralel
Thu 18:00–20:00 Sara Patrícia DA SILVA PINHEIRO Projection Room
Lažanský palác 		lecture parallel1

Schedule for summer semester 2021/2022:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans