INQ-177 | Cinematic Sound

Topic Description:

This intensive learning course offers students an introduction to film analysis and cinematic sound design. It focuses on stages in the conception and execution of cinematic sound (i.e., preproduction, production, post-production), the analysis of filmic sequences, including craft aspects such as photography, mise-en-scène, movement, editing, sound, and drama. The course includes interpretation of analyses of renowned film sequences that establish important techniques and solutions in cinematic sound. Course work includes planning ambient sound for a given scene (no underscoring), and creating the underscoring of a scene using a popular song, in addition to a final analysis of how cinematic sound is used in a sequence from a movie selected by the student.

Course Types Offered: On-Campus

Topic Approved: March 2009