Course Description
This course explores today’s leading art form. It traces the history of film music, its changing relationship to cinematography, and its inspiring future. Students will learn to critically discuss the language of film music and the many roles it plays in cinematic drama. Finally, participants will learn to document their aesthetic experience of major film scores.
Course Credits: 3
Student Learning Outcomes
- Students will demonstrate understanding of the history and present trends of film music.
- They will critically discuss the language of film music and the roles emotions, feelings, and senses play in the cinematic drama.
- They will grow to appreciate the need for an ethics of illusion.
- They will learn to document the aesthetic experience of major film scores.
- They will learn to recognize the motivational power of music.