Dark Places: Sound in Noir, Horror, and SciFi

(Cross-listed with FMS 182) Inquiry into the contribution of sound design and music to the dystopian imaginaries of Noir, Horror, and Sci-Fi films. How do soundtracks manipulate the sense of space and place, they aurality and hapticity? Close viewing of films and readings in film theory, musicology, and media studies. Pre-requisites: Junior or senior standing or graduate standing or permission of instructor.