The University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences School of Music Introduction to Film Music Spring 2012 Course Number: 025:066/MUS:1066 Class Meetings: 9:30-‐10:45 Tu/Th Location: UCC Recital Hall Instructor:
Teaching Assistant:
Dr. Jonathan Allen jonathan-‐allen@uiowa.edu ofOice: 319.335.1655 Jessica Ducharme jessica-‐ducharme@uiowa.edu ofOice: 319.XXX.XXXX
Required Materials: Hickman, Roger. Reel Music: Exploring 100 Years of Film Music. New York: W.W. Norton, 2005. Course Objectives: This course will familiarize students with the major styles and composers of Oilm music from the early twentieth century to the present. Through a focus on case studies, students will gain an understanding of the different roles music can play in cinema. Several brief response papers will give students opportunities to employ critical thinking and listening skills to the analysis of particular Oilms or key scenes. Grading Breakdown: Exams (3) -‐ Exams will include a combination of listening and/or viewing questions, multiple choice questions, and short answer questions. Exam 1 -‐ 20% Exam 2 -‐ 20% Exam 3 -‐ 20% Response Papers (3) -‐ Response Papers will be two to three pages in length and will ask students to engage critically with a Oilm or selected scenes. SpeciOic assignments will be handed out in class. Assignment 1: Discussion Questions -‐ 10% Assignment 2: Essay 1 -‐ 15% Assignment 3: Essay 2 -‐ 15% Attendance Policy -‐ You are allowed one unexcused absence from lecture. For each additional unexcused absence, your Oinal grade will be lowered by one point. Class Schedule: UNIT 1: Exploring Film and Music Week 1: January 24
Syllabus; Introduction to course.
Chapter 1 -‐ Wagner’s Prelude. Chapter 2 -‐ Drama and Film.
January 26
Week 2: January 31
Chapter 3 -‐ Elements of Music. Chapter 4 -‐ Listening to Film Music.
Chapter 5 -‐ Birth of an Art Form, 1895-‐1907. Chapter 6 -‐ The Foundations of Modern Film, 1897-‐1919.
February 2
UNIT 2: The Silent Film Era -‐ 1895-‐1928 Week 3: February 7
Chapter 7 -‐ CASE STUDY: Birth of a Nation. Writing Assignment #1 (Discussion Questions) Due.
Chapter 8 -‐ The Golden Age of Silent Film, 1920-‐1928. Chapter 9 -‐ The Transition to Sound, 1926-‐1928.
February 9
UNIT 3: The Sound Era Begins -‐ 1928-‐1944 Week 4: February 14
Chapter 10 -‐ The Early Years of Sound, 1928-‐1933 Chapter 11 -‐ Entering a New Golden Age, 1934-‐1938.
Chapter 12 -‐ Hollywood’s Greatest Year: 1939. Chapter 13 -‐ Modern Voices, 1936-‐1944.
Chapter 14 -‐ CASE STUDY: Casablanca Writing Assignment #2 (Essay 1) Due
EXAM 1
February 16
Week 5: February 21 February 23
UNIT 4: Entering a Cold War -‐ 1944-‐1959 Week 6: February 28
Chapter 15 -‐ Postwar Trends, 1944-‐1949. Chapter 16 -‐ Country, Rock, and All That Jazz, 1950-‐1956.
March 1
Chapter 17 -‐ Expanding Modern Styles, 1950-‐1956. Chapter 18 -‐ Close of the Decade, 1956-‐1959.
Week 7 March 6
Chapter 19 -‐ CASE STUDY: Scenes from Ben-‐Hur
UNIT 5: A New American Cinema -‐ 1960-‐1976
March 8
Chapter 20 -‐ CASE STUDY: Scenes from Psycho
March 13, 15
SPRING BREAK -‐ NO CLASSES
Chapter 21 -‐ Declining Traditions, 1960-‐1967.
Week 8
Week 9 March 20
Chapter 22 -‐ The Emerging New Era, 1960-‐1967.
March 22
Chapter 23 -‐ Crisis Years, 1968-‐1972. Chapter 24 -‐ The Postwar Years, 1973-‐1976.
Week 10 March 27
EXAM 2
UNIT 6: The Classic Revival, 1977-‐1988
March 29
Chapter 25 -‐ Star Wars and Postmodernism, 1977-‐1984.
Week 11 April 3
Chapter 26 -‐ CASE STUDY: E.T. the Extra-‐Terrestrial.
E.T. the Extra-‐Terrestrial continued.
Chapter 27 -‐ In the Shadow of Star Wars, 1977-‐1984. Chapter 28 -‐ Settings Far and Near, 1982-‐1988.
Chapter 29 -‐ New Box-‐OfOice Kings, 1984-‐1988.
April 5
Week 12 April 10 April 12
UNIT 7: Fin de Siècle and the New Millennium, 1989-‐2004 Week 13 April 17
Chapter 30 -‐ Symphonic Scores, 1989-‐1996.
April 19
Chapter 31 -‐ Popular Music, Animation, and Realism, 1989-‐1996.
Week 14 April 24
Chapter 32 -‐ The Sinking Titanic, 1997-‐2000. Writing Assignment #3 Due (Essay #2)
April 26
Chapter 33 -‐ CASE STUDY: The Red Violin
Week 15 May 1
The Red Violin -‐ continued.
Chapter 34 -‐ The New Millennium, 2001-‐2004. Final exam review.
Exam 3 to be held during Final Exam time
May 3
Week 16
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