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Inter 135 The Great Directors and : The art of sight and sound (10 cr.) Spring 2011 CMST 120: Film History (5cr) & MUSC 118: History of Music in Film (5cr) ______Course meets: T/W/Th R110 A&B Instructors: Dr. Brian Cobb Email: [email protected] Office: A156 | Office Hours: tba

Ron Austin, M.Ed Email: [email protected] Office: A241|Office Hours: tba ______

Course Description The grand opening credits of Start Wars, the diabolical shower scene in , and the mystical tension throughout : the combination visual images and musical sound create excitement, horror, and wonder within the viewer. How do directors and composers collaborate to create a shared vision? How does the combination of visuals and music make a film more successful? This class will focus on the production & music in film and its impact on the audience. Learning Outcomes At the end of this course a successful student will: • Have a historical perspective of film and the role of music and audio in film. • Demonstrate knowledge of, and the use of terminology to, the discussion of film music and the history of music in film. • Describe the collaborative process of the various people involved in the film industry (director, producer, editor, , light designer, cinematographer, etc...) • Demonstrate knowledge of how lighting, editing, and sound collaborate to define a mood. • Be able to recognize and describe the characteristics and development of the various sub- genres in film and the accompanying musical scores. • Demonstrate knowledge of the timeline of the major directors and composers. • Create a short video production by applying film editing techniques with music to create a desired effect.

Course Component Descriptions

Homework Assignments Homework assignments that will cover the techniques taught in class, in your textbooks, and through viewing films.

Exams These assessments are designed to emphasis key issues and concerns. They will be written or application and project based. There will be two exams. A midterm exam on week five and final exam during the final week of class.

Final Presentation A group project due at the end of the course that is designed to be a synthesis of the skills learned in the class.

Film Journal A journal of films viewed with notes on directors and composers. It will include reactions to the films and technical analyses.

Participation In addition to meeting on campus there is an online component to this class using Vista. Attendance and online attendance counts towards your grade. Politeness and professional behavior are expected in class. All students are expected to conduct themselves with honor and integrity.

Assignment Descriptions 1. Film Director Analysis: 100 points 2. Film Music Composer analysis: 100 points 3. Create a thriller or horror short film: 100 points 4. Placing music to a pre-existing video: 100 points 5. Film Journal: 100 points 6. Final Project & Presentation: 200 points

Late Work No assignments will be accepted after the due date. You may make any one assignment during the quarter, but it will need to have originally been submitted on time. Please don’t ask for an exception unless it is a medical or other type of urgency. You are responsible for backing up your own work.

Final Grading There are 1000 Total points possible in this class 920-1000 92-100%=A 900-919 90-91=A- 880-889 88-89=B+ 820-870 82-87=B 800-819 80-81=B- 780-799 78-79=C+ 720-779 72-77=C 700-719 70-71=C- 600-699 60-69=D

Required Textbook Reel Music: Exploring 100 Years if Film Music Roger Hickman (Author, State University, Long Beach) ISBN 978-0-393-92574-6

A Short History of Film Wheeler Winston Dixon & Gwendolyn Audrey Foster INSB: 978-0813542706

Required Materials A journal solely dedicated to this course. (This journal will be submitted with your final exam.)

Spring 2011 Important Dates Holiday: Memorial Day, Monday, May 30th Final Day of Class: Tuesday, June 14th

Online Resources We will be using Vista located at: http://vista.bellevuecollege.edu/ This site will be updated often and discussion postings will be posted weekly.

Copyright and Plagiarism If you are found to have cheated or copied for any assignment or exam you will forfeit your grade for this course and will receive a failing grade. Cheating includes copying other people's work, with or without their permission, and using content from a Web site, book, or other source without quoting or citing it.

Student Services The project work submitted this quarter will make use of your presentation, and writing skills to assess your understanding of the class content. If you need help with your writing skills, please make use of the Writing Lab in D-221 (425-641-2493). If you have, or think you might have, a disability that will have an impact on your learning, please take the time to register with Disabled Student Services B233 (425-641-2498).

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Online services: http://bellevuecollege.edu/services/

Subject to Change: Each quarter brings unexpected events and this syllabus is subject to change with notice.

Topics Covered (4/5-4/7) Director/Film topics: Week 1 Topics: Lumiere Brothers, DW Griffith, Biograph, , Fritz Lang , Essential Terminology, Interframe narrative, slapstick and comedy, , Birth of a Nation, Early Foundations Intolerance, Great Train Robbery, City Lights, Modern Times, , and the Silent Era Steamboat Willie, Napoleon.

Composer/Film topics: The three components of the soundtrack, elements of music, the functions of film music, essential film visual/audio concepts and terminology Historical origins: opera , Richard Wagner , vaudeville, the “original” film music, the Silent Era, Rapee’s Motion Picture Moods, the Transition to Sound Film, Arthur Honegger

(4/12-4/14) Director/Film topics: Week 2 Topics: Dziga Vertov , Sergei Eisenstein , Vsevoldo Pudovkin, Leni Riefenstahl, Nationalism and Religious Man With a Movie Camera, Battleship Potemkin, Olympiad, Themes Olympiad, Frank Kapra

Project 1 assigned: Composer/Film topics: Music Placement the concert composer vs. the film composer, , Herbert Windt, , American: Charles Ives, , Elmer Bernstien

(4/19-4/21) Director/Film topics: Week 3 Topics: The Studio Setup: who’s who?, Frank Kapra , Disney, Fleisher Brothers, Foundations: introduction of color, new genres, Wizard of OZ, Loony Tunes, Minnie the The Classical Studio Era Moocher, Singing in the Rain, The Production Code, : & Touch of Evil , , Gone With the Wind, Project 1 Due: Maltese Falcon, Sunset Blvd, Chinatown Music Placement Composer/Film topics: Project 2 Assigned: the film music studio heiarchy, the film music business, standard film Film Director Interview and techniques:audio/visual relationship, , Carl Stalling, Alfred Analysis Newman , early , Miklos Rosza , ,

(4/26-4/28) Director/Film topics: Week 4 Topics: , : Halloween & the Thing, George The Horror Movie Romero: Night of the Living Dead, ; the Exorcist, Stanley and the Thriller Kubrick: The Shining, Psychological thriller/horror: Funny Games, A Clockwork Orange/Spider , M. Night Shyamalan Project 2 Due: Film Director Interview and Composer/Film topics: Analysis Technique of the genre, : Bride of Frankenstein, Bernard Herrmann : Psycho, the Birds, Vertigo, North by Northwest, Project 3 Assigned: Jerry Goldsmith, /Mike Oldfield, Original Horror Sequence

(5/3-5/5) Director/Film topics: Week 5 Topics: Fredrico Fellini, , Hayao Miyazaki, Liv International Film Ulman, , Pedro Almodóvar,

MIDTERM EXAM Composer/Film topics: , Fumio Hayasaka , Toru Takemitsu, Erik Nordgren, Alberto Iglesias,

(5/10-5/12) Director/Film topics: Week 6 Topics: : The Searchers, Sergio Leone : the Spaghetti Westerns, War, & Brutality Westerns, ; | Pa tton, , Platoon, Saving Private Ryan, Scorsese Project 3 Due: Horror Sequence Composer/Film topics: Max Steiner, Dimitri Tiomikin, , | Jerry Project 4 Assigned: Goldsmith | Film Music Analysis

(5/17-5/19) Director/Film topics: Week 7 Topics: : , , , Musicals, Comedy/the Compilation Singing in the Rain, Sound of Music, , Woodstock, Hard Score/”Product” Days Night, Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid, : 2001, Placement Easy Rider, American Graffiti, : Pulp Fiction, Forrest Gump Final Project Assigned: The Complete Film Analysis Composer/Film topics: the comedic score, , musical, the film song, , “product” placement, the monothematic score: Days of Wine and Roses & the Way We Were. the compilation score,

(5/24-5/26) Director/Film topics: Week 8 Topics: Franoic Truffaut, Jean-Luc Godard, Stan Brakage, Norman Mclaren, Experimental/ direct and direct sound, , Avant-Garde/ Composer/Film topics: Electronic music, Spellbound, Bernard Herrmann, Bebe & Louis Barron, Project 4 Due: 20 th Century “Modern” Music: Schoenberg, Ligeti, Penderecki, extended Film Music Analysis musical techniques, Minimalism: , Tom Wyker, Jerry Goldsmith: , ,

(5/31-6/2) Director/Film topics: Week 9 Topics: Stephen Spielberg , , , special effects The Blockbuster influence on editing and audio

Composer/Film topics: : the swashbuckling score, , : 007,

(6/7-6/9) Lab for Final Projects and Presentations Week 10: Final Projects and Presentations Project Workshop & Final Presentations

(6/14-6/15) Final Projects and Presentations Week 11: Final Presentations (continued) & Final Exam