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.
Course description	Not entered

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites		Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		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.