Course Description: This course orients the student towards an understanding of the processes that govern the juxtaposition of image and sound that creates meaning and emotion in motion pictures. It uses the analysis of the art of cinema through a theoretical approach to generate that very understanding.
Methodology: Combination of Lectures, Presentations, Film Screenings and Short Discussions.
Course Objectives:
1. To generate better understanding of how image and sound creates the cinematic experience.
2. To teach students the concepts behind manipulation of picture and sound.
3. To generate an awareness of the cultural differences inherent in these processes depending on which culture the films originated in.
Course content:
1. Form and content in narratives
2. Genre and style in motion pictures
3. Documentary and experimental films
4. Critical analysis of scenes emphasising the plot points
5. The soundtrack in detail
Reading List: COM 197 (Editing & Post Production)
o The History of Cinema for Beginners by Jarek Kupsc
o In The Blink of an Eye by Walter Murch
o First Cut — Conversations with Film Editors by Gabriella Oldham
o Film Art – An Introduction by D. Bordwell & K. Thomson
o Our Films, Their Films by Satyajit Ray
o How to Read a Film by James Monaco
o Ways of Seeing by John Berger
o What is Cinema? Vols. 1 & 2 by Andre Bazin
o Sound Design: The Expressive Power of Music, Voice and Sound Effects in Cinema by David Sonnenschein
Evaluation Scheme: Group Presentation (25%), 1 Term paper (25%), Written Test (50%)
Number of Seats: 20
Course Instructor: Ashwin Ramanathan (Ashwin.Ramanathan@snu.edu.in)
Office: C216D
Office Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11 AM to 1 PM