Postgraduate Course: Music on Screen (MUSI11045)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course is designed to introduce Masters students from a number of programmes to key issues concerning the composition, analysis, and interpretation of music for screen(s). We have elected to use the term 'screen' purposely in that it allows discussion of a variety of formats and institutional frameworks (e.g. feature films and cinema, shorts and YouTube, television, audio-visual commercials, videogames, web-pages), though we expect the primary focus will be on music for film. The course is core for students on the MSc Composition for Screen programme, but is also optional for students on the following programmes: MSc Film Studies, MMus Musicology, MMus Composition, MSc Sound Design. As a result, we do not require that students be able to read or analyse music notation in order to take the course.
The course is organized around a series of lecture-seminars, set readings and some supplemental screenings. Students will be asked to lead on specific issues with the support and guidance of staff. We may run one or more class debate, exploring contrasting responses to the music for a specific film/format, or defending/critiquing musical approaches for specific formats, such as video-games.
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| Course description |
The course is organized around a series of lecture-seminars, set readings and screenings. Students will be asked to lead on specific issues with the support and guidance of staff.
We hope to run at least one class as a debate, exploring contrasting responses to the music for a specific film/format such as are available for The Piano (1993), for example, or defending/critiquing musical approaches for specific formats, such as video-games. For such classes, readings will be distributed, with students required to speak for (and against) the article they have been assigned.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2015/16, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Please contact the School directly for a breakdown of Learning and Teaching Activities |
| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
100% Coursework
There are 3 components:
Assignment 1 (weighted at 25%):
Analysis of a sequence chosen by the tutors (due during week 6) up to 2000 words.
Assignment 2 (weighted at 25%):
Presentation/audio-visual essay during class time, within second teaching block.
Assignment 3 (weighted at 50%):
Audiovisual essay 3000 words - due week 12/13 (exam weeks on timetable). |
| Feedback |
The student will receive feedback on each of the assessed components. |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Demonstrate your understanding of a wide range of contemporary and historical academic writing concerning music on screen(s).
- Demonstrate that you are able to use this knowledge in a sophisticated manner to articulate and develop cogent arguments concerning the aesthetics of music on screen.
- Demonstrate awareness of historical, technological, and economic issues affectig the development of music composed for screen (whether film, television, videogames, webpages, apps etc.)
- Demonstrate the ability to use audio-visual evidence in the development of musicological arguments.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Screen Composition Analysis Interpretation |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Annette Davison
Tel: (0131 6)50 2426
Email: A.C.Davison@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Lyndsay Hagon
Tel: (0131 6)51 5735
Email: Lyndsay.Hagon@ed.ac.uk |
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