Music Videos: Visualizing Sound
FILM 398
Fall 2024
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Music videos are fascinating objects. They function in part as marketing assets (promoting albums and singles, for instance) and spaces of intense visualsonic experimentation within popular culture. While the language of cinema and the conventions of its production tend to foreground the visual, music videos are typically designed around a song. Accordingly, music videos can deploy elements of cinematic form, such as editing and mise en scene, to visualize the rhythms, timbres, and movements of music.
In this class, we will think critically with and about music videos. We will watch a wide range of music videos by various music artists and directors (Tierra Whack, Beyonce, Flying Lotus, Shabazz Palaces, Hiro Murai, Kahlil Joseph, Hype Williams, Michel Gondry). We will also watch shorts and feature films that are relevant to the course topic (St Louis Blues, Black and Tan Fantasy, As Told to G/d Thyself, A Hard Day's Night).
Assignments will include annotated playlists (lists of music videos and close readings), an annotated bibliography, and a final presentation. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA FILM |
| Course Format: Lecture | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: FILM307 OR FILM304 |
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Fulfills a Major Requirement for: (FILM-MN)(FILM) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Less than 50% |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
[Corrections and Updates]
Caroll Vernallis, Unruly Media
Steven Shaviro, Digital Music Videos
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Examinations and Assignments:
2 papers, 2-3 in-class exercises, class participation.
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Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
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| Instructor(s): Ball,Kevin Dwight Times: .M..... 01:20PM-04:10PM; ...W... 01:20PM-02:40PM; Location: TBA |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 12 | | SR major: 4 | JR major: 4 | | |
| Seats Available: 0 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 2 | JR non-major: 1 | SO: 1 | FR: X |
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