22910318 - Film Music

The course gives a basic knowledge on the main issues and research metodologies in the field of film music studies.
At the end of the course the student:

- becomes familiar with the basic concepts and research methodologies in the field of film music studies.

- is able to have a critical knowledge and approach to the history and basic theory of film music

Curriculum

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Programma

The course gives the student a basic knowledge on the main concepts and methodologies in the field of Film music studies. The course programme is divided in two parts: the first devoted to the fundamentals of film music theory; the second to a survey of film music history, with an analysis of some exemplary and significant cases.


Testi Adottati

The examination textbook is the following: K. Kalinak, Film Music. A Very Short Introduction, New York, Oxford University Press, 2010. Italian translation: Id. Musica da film. Una breve introduzione, Torino, EdT, 2012.

Modalità Erogazione

The course (3 credits, 18 hours) is based on lectures in English (with a short summary in Italian) by prof. Raffaele Pozzi, in collaboration, for the history of cinema, with prof. Valentina Domenici. The presentation of the theorethical and historical contents includes an analysis of films and film sequences.

Modalità Valutazione

The assessment, with suitability evaluation, is based on a written test in English with four open-ended questions on the course program to be performed in 30 minutes.

scheda docente | materiale didattico

Programma

The course gives the student a basic knowledge on the main concepts and methodologies in the field of Film music studies. The course programme is divided in two parts: the first devoted to the fundamentals of film music theory; the second to a survey of film music history, with an analysis of some exemplary and significant cases.


Testi Adottati

The examination textbook is the following: K. Kalinak, Film Music. A Very Short Introduction, New York, Oxford University Press, 2010. Italian translation: Id. Musica da film. Una breve introduzione, Torino, EdT, 2012.

Modalità Erogazione

The course (3 credits, 18 hours) is based on lectures in English (with a short summary in Italian) by prof. Raffaele Pozzi, in collaboration, for the history of cinema, with prof. Valentina Domenici. The presentation of the theorethical and historical contents includes an analysis of films and film sequences.

Modalità Valutazione

The assessment, with suitability evaluation, is based on a written test in English with four open-ended questions on the course program to be performed in 30 minutes.