Sound on Film
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This 3-credit upper-level course, sponsored by the Film and Media Studies Program at JHU and the program in Recording Arts and Sciences at the Peabody Institute, will offer undergraduates and faculty/staff from both institutions an unprecedented opportunity to collaborate on all aspects of designing soundtracks for film. Utilizing in-progress works, student filmmakers from the Film and Media Studies program will work with Peabody students to create soundtracks, from the initial phases of composition and scoring to the final stages of recording and sound syncing. Students will work in small teams in a lab setting to create their soundtracks, exploring a variety of scenarios, including the implications of image-driven music vs music-driven images, and the various uses of acoustic and electronic sound. Lab work will be supplemented by guest lectures and faculty presentations on various aspects—practical, theoretical, and historical—of applying sound to film. Guest lecturers will include sound designers and engineers, composers, editors, historians of film sound, and filmmakers working in both live action and animated film. Weekly film screenings.