| Unit name | Critical Analysis of Media Music |
|---|---|
| Unit code | MUSIM0020 |
| Credit points | 20 |
| Level of study | M/7 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
| Unit director | Dr. Heldt |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Units you must take before you take this one (pre-requisite units) |
None |
| Units you must take alongside this one (co-requisite units) |
None |
| Units you may not take alongside this one |
None |
| School/department | Department of Music |
| Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
The unit is designed to introduce students to different theoretical perspectives for looking at music in screen-media texts, and to the choice of different analytical tools and methods, depending on the features of the screen-media texts and the music in question.
The unit introduces the students to characteristic examples from different periods of the history of film, television and the internet, from silent cinema to recent Youtube clips, including original as well as pre-existing music, and to appropriate theoretical frameworks (including narrative theory, semiotics, genre theory, critical theory) and analytical methods to adequately understand and describe different aspects of screen-media music, and the relationship between the modes of production and consumption of screen-media texts and their music.
The unit also aims to equip students to discuss music in screen-media texts in a variety of formats: in classroom discussion, in academic writing, and in the audiovisual form of a video essay.
On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
1. understand and critically discuss a range of theoretical approaches to music in screen-media texts with regard to their disciplinary origins, conceptual foundations and potential analytical usefulness;
2. analyse music in screen-media texts from a variety of theoretical perspectives, and apply terms and concepts from different theories appropriately;
3. discuss different screen-media music practices and aesthetics in relation to modes of media production and consumption and to related aspects of cultural history;
4. apply verbal and non-verbal (e.g. graphic) techniques to represent features of screen-media music in a given text;
5. provide insight into music in screen-media text in audiovisual form.
Teaching will be delivered through a combination of synchronous and asynchronous sessions, including seminars, tutorials, and self-directed exercises.
1. A video essay (10 minutes) on an aspect of music in one or more screen-media texts (35% of the unit mark) [ILOs 1-3 and 5].
2. A written essay (3,500 words) on the music in one screen-media text (65% of the unit mark) [ILOs 1-4].
If this unit has a Resource List, you will normally find a link to it in the Blackboard area for the unit. Sometimes there will be a separate link for each weekly topic.
If you are unable to access a list through Blackboard, you can also find it via the Resource Lists homepage. Search for the list by the unit name or code (e.g. MUSIM0020).
How much time the unit requires
Each credit equates to 10 hours of total student input. For example a 20 credit unit will take you 200 hours
of study to complete. Your total learning time is made up of contact time, directed learning tasks,
independent learning and assessment activity.
See the University Workload statement relating to this unit for more information.
Assessment
The Board of Examiners will consider all cases where students have failed or not completed the assessments required for credit.
The Board considers each student's outcomes across all the units which contribute to each year's programme of study. For appropriate assessments, if you have self-certificated your absence, you will normally be required to complete it the next time it runs (for assessments at the end of TB1 and TB2 this is usually in the next re-assessment period).
The Board of Examiners will take into account any exceptional circumstances and operates
within the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.
