Sound in Cinema: Sonic Theories in Film and Media

Catalog description

Examination of historical and contemporary debates on the impact of sound in film and various media. Exploration of how artists, scholars, and theorists challenge conventional assumptions about the relationship between image and sound, and the normalized separation of elements that privilege visual over sonic experience. Analysis of sound's political, aesthetic, philosophical, and theoretical implications, and the impact of stylistic approaches to sound design and innovation. Graduate-level students are expected to delve deeper into sound's scholarly and conceptual aspects through original research.