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13107
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| Year |
3
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| Semester |
S1
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| ECTS Credits |
6
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| Workload |
OT(15H)/TP(45H)
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| Scientific area |
Cinema
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Entry requirements |
Some bibliography will be available in English.
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Mode of delivery |
Face-to-face.
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Work placements |
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No
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Learning outcomes |
The learning objectives are directed so that the student is able to know and understand the role of music in a cinematic context. More specifically, it is intended that the student is able to:
1. Understand the sound and musical principles of film and audiovisual.
2. Understand the place and function of music in a cinematographic context.
3. Identify the organization of music within the structure of the film itself.
4. To promote sound and musical cinematographic analysis.
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Syllabus |
1. Idiosyncratic aspects of music.
1.1 The possible limits of the concept of music;
1.2 Abstraction, subjectivity and associative power;
1.3 Music as an autonomous and hybrid element;
1.4 The dawn of music in cinema.
2. Sound principles in audiovisual context.
2.1 Sound projections in the image;
2.2 Various types of listening;
2.3 Vertical and horizontal aspects;
2.4 The audiovisual scene and diegesis;
2.5 The "audiovisual phantom";
2.6 The types of speech.
3. The function of music in cinematographic context
3.1 Context:
3.2 Characterization;
3.3 Narrative support;
3.4 Dramatic Emphasis;
3.5 Modulation of realities;
3.6 Unity and diversity;
3.7 The absence of music.
4. Film music and sound analysis.
4.1 Audiovisual location;
4.2 Functional aspects;
4.3 Organizational and structural aspects;
4.4 Complementary aspects (aesthetic, authorial, cultural, symbolic, historical, other).
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Main Bibliography |
Burt, G. (1994). The Art of Film Music. Boston: Northeastern University Press.
Chion, M. (2011). A Audiovisão: Som e Imagem no Cinema. Lisboa: Edições Texto e Grafia.
Cooke, M. (2001). Film Music. In S. Sadie & J. Tyrrell (Eds.), The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (Second Ed.). Macmillan Publishers Limited, London.
Gorbman, C. (1987). Unheard Melodies: Narrative Film Music. Indiana University Press.
Hickman, R. (2005). Reel Music: Exploring 100 Years of Film Music. New York: W. W. Norton & Company.
Kalinak, K. (2010). Film Music: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press.
Filmography:
Amadeus (1984) – Milos Forman
Babel (2006) - Alejandro G. Iñarritu
Blade Runner (1982) – Ridley Scott
East of Eden (1955) – Elia Kazan
Eyes Wide Shut (1999) - Stanley Kubrick
Laura (1944) - Otto Preminger
Paris, Texas (1984) - Win Wenders
Taxi Driver (1976) - Martin Scorsese
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) – Sergio Leone
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Language |
Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
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