Module Details

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Title MUSIC IN WORLD CINEMA
Code MUSI270
Coordinator Dr H Um
Music
H.K.Um@liverpool.ac.uk
Year CATS Level Semester CATS Value
Session 2020-21 Level 5 FHEQ Second Semester 15

Aims

- To study the musical practices of film traditions outside the Anglophone world and their cultural contexts, with particular emphasis on comparisons to classical Hollywood practice - To build on knowledge acquired in first year modules on world music and music in audio-visual media - To develop students' ability to think and write about music in audio-visual contexts


Learning Outcomes

(LO1) Ability to demonstrate familiarity with ideas about music and film in several other cultures.

(LO2)  Ability to explain the relationship between theory and the cultural context in which it has arisen, as well as the challenges of applying theories to texts from cultures outside that context.

(LO3) Ability to deploy comparative and cross-cultural perspectives in the understanding of the relationships between music and film as well as their cultural contexts

(LO4) Higher level analytical and essay-writing skills, including Higher level analytical and essay-writing skills, including more advanced argumentation and handling difficult bibliographic challenges.

(S1) Global perspectives demonstrate international perspectives as professionals/citizens; locate, discuss, analyse, evaluate information from international sources; consider issues from a variety of cultural perspectives, consider ethical and social responsibility issues in international settings; value diversity of language and culture


Syllabus

 

1 Topics will include: Bollywood; the French New Wave; New Chinese International Film; Post-War German film; Armenian Cinema.


Teaching and Learning Strategies

Teaching Method 1 - Lecture
Description: Asynchronous lectures introduce core concepts and case material
Teaching Method 2 - Seminar
Description: Seminars facilitate further discussion of material raised in lectures by way of small group discussion
Teaching Method 3 - Demonstration
Description: Screenings of film case material


Teaching Schedule

  Lectures Seminars Tutorials Lab Practicals Fieldwork Placement Other TOTAL
Study Hours 12

10

      25

30

20

97
Timetable (if known)              
Private Study 53
TOTAL HOURS 150

Assessment

EXAM Duration Timing
(Semester)
% of
final
mark
Resit/resubmission
opportunity
Penalty for late
submission
Notes
             
CONTINUOUS Duration Timing
(Semester)
% of
final
mark
Resit/resubmission
opportunity
Penalty for late
submission
Notes
Film review There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. This is an anonymous assessment. Assessment Schedule (When) :Semester 2  2000 words    40       
Essay There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. This is an anonymous assessment. Assessment Schedule (When) :Semester 2  2500 words    60       

Recommended Texts

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