M-FT-MHFA

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6-20

15

One 90-minute lesson per week

23 hours

89 hours

Admitted to ArtEZ Composition for Film and Theatre. Required for first-year students.
[School years '24-'25 and '25-'26: depending each year on teacher availability and student interest, possible as an elective for CFT students in years 2 and 3]

See Competencies Matrix.

Developing a broad understanding and insight into the history of film music as well as into its aesthetics. Understanding that cinema is an audiovisual art form in which music and sound are not a supplement to the visuals, but an integral part of the narrative, expressive and formal aspects of the medium. Achieving an attentive and contextual approach to film music throughout its development from the silent age to the present day.

History of Classical Music, History of Jazz & Pop Music.

Aspects of film music and aesthetics throughout history, included but not limited to:
- Music for silent films
- Music for sound films
- Film music, dialogue and acting
- Diegetic versus non-diegetic film music
- Film music and sound design
- Film music and silence
- The many lives of the leidmotif
- The colour of film music
- Electronic film music
- Music for animation
- Music for documentaries
- Music for experimental films
- The musicality of film

Group lessons that, depending on the composition of the group, take place entirely on-campus, entirely online or in a combination of both, i.e., that there are attendees both physically in the classroom and virtually via a screen. Online attendees communicate by seeing, talking and listening to each other and the on-campus attendees equally. The teacher has access to a whiteboard, application sharing, desktop sharing and document sharing and can hand this privilege to any other participants.
Apart from the video conference a high quality stereo audio stream is open at the same time via source connect. That way students and instructor can listen to music from any source of the group and talk about it simultaneously.
All online lessons are recorded and are available for students later on.

Recommended list of suitable literature and (video)links dealing with Film Music.

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Assignments throughout the course (scoring film fragments, verbal reflections on dramaturgical film scoring choices, etc.), Active Participation.

The student should have mastered the elements described under Aims.

The student has completed this module if they are awarded a minimum grade of 5.5.

Tests conducted online are valid only if it is done without interruption. The assessor will decide whether or not the test was valid.

See the Education and Assessment Plan.