Sound in Cinema

3 credits · Undergraduate

This course will introduce students to the field of sound studies through the means of film. It will compel them to consider the ways sound is used to echo thematic choices as well as sociological trends. It will ask questions such as: what is the importance of film sound, and how is a soundtrack constructed? How is deafness represented throughout cinema’s history, and how is it changing? How does music in film represent Indigenous or marginalized national identity? In taking this course, students will gain vital insight into the sounds that often go forgotten throughout media studies, and be able to construct and comment on what exactly is communicated through cinematic sound. PREREQUISITES: FILM 2311.03 FORMATS: Lecture | Seminar