MUS 208 - Film Music

3 Credit(s)

Prerequisite(s): WR 115 or designated placement.

Course Description: This course explores the capacity of music to enhance drama and affect our emotions in the medium of film. Examines different ways in which music has been used in film since the birth of cinema to the present. No prior knowledge of music is necessary.

Course Level: Lower Division Collegiate

Course Learning Outcomes:

CLO#1: Explain the power of music in enhancing the story, defining the emotion of a character, conveying an idea, and evoking a time or place in a given scene.
CLO#2: Describe the elements and parameters of music that contribute to creating music ideal for a given scene in a film. (ILO: Critical Thinking)
CLO#3: Identify the major composers and their works and styles in film.