Music and Film since 1900
Subject MUSI30004 (2012)
Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2012.
| Credit Points: | 12.50 | ||||||||||||
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| Level: | 3 (Undergraduate) | ||||||||||||
| Dates & Locations: | This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2012: Semester 1, Parkville - Taught on campus.
Timetable can be viewed here. For information about these dates, click here. | ||||||||||||
| Time Commitment: | Contact Hours: One 1-hour lecture and one 1-hour tutorial per week. Total Time Commitment: 120 hours | ||||||||||||
| Prerequisites: | None | ||||||||||||
| Corequisites: | N/A | ||||||||||||
| Recommended Background Knowledge: | N/A | ||||||||||||
| Non Allowed Subjects: | N/A | ||||||||||||
| Core Participation Requirements: |
It is University policy to take all reasonable steps to minimise the impact of disability upon academic study, and reasonable adjustments will be made to enhance a student's participation in the University's programs. Students who feel their disability will impact on meeting the requirements of this subject are encouraged to discuss this matter with a Faculty Student Adviser and the Disability Liaison Unit. |
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T: 13 MELB (6352)
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Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
VCA and Music Student Centre
Contact: www.vcam.unimelb.edu.au/contact
Web: www.conservatorium.unimelb.edu.au
| Subject Overview: |
Students will develop an understanding of the multiple roles of music in relation to film over the last century. The impact of musical and operatic genres on film narrative will be explored, as will different theoretical and directorial concepts of the function of the film score. The film musical will also be considered as a genre. These issues will be examined with reference to selected films. |
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| Objectives: |
On completion of this subject students should have developed their critical skills, as well as their ability to write on music and film. They will have further appreciation of the contexts of music and its dissemination. |
| Assessment: | Journal entries and/or class presentations (40%); essay of 2000 words (60%). |
| Prescribed Texts: | A reading pack will be available for purchase from the Bookroom before the commencement of the semester. |
| Breadth Options: | This subject potentially can be taken as a breadth subject component for the following courses:
You should visit learn more about breadth subjects and read the breadth requirements for your degree, and should discuss your choice with your student adviser, before deciding on your subjects. |
| Fees Information: | Subject EFTSL, Level, Discipline & Census Date |
| Generic Skills: | Information Not Available |
| Related Course(s): |
Postgraduate Diploma in Music (Performance) |
| Related Majors/Minors/Specialisations: |
Academic Electives Composition Ethnomusicology Graduate Diploma and Certificate Elective subjects Musicology Performance |
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