Undergraduate Course: The Sound of Film (LLLG07060)
Course Outline
| School | Centre for Open Learning |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 7 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | Comparatively under-explored in the area of film studies, sound and music is a crucial part of the film-viewing experience. Through the works of filmmakers such as Hitchcock, Lynch, Malick, Bresson, Scorsese and Tarkovsky and composers such as Steiner, Hermann and Morricone, the course will examine the use of sound and music in the cinema from the pre-sound era to the present. |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Understand the importance of sound and music in the cinema from as early as the pre-sound era (1894 - 1926).
- Understand and appreciate the importance certain directors, no matter how aesthetically diverse, place on sound and music.
- Understand the role of film composer in the film-making process through study of key director-composer collaborations.
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Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Ms Martine Pierquin
Tel: (0131 6)51 1182
Email: m.pierquin@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Kameliya Skerleva
Tel: (0131 6)51 1855
Email: Kameliya.Skerleva@ed.ac.uk |
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