| Course Title: Topics in Music: 'Music and Animation' |
| Start Date: 01/28/2025 End Date: 05/13/2025 |
| Term: Spring Semester 2025 |
| Description: An in-depth exploration of music and animation from the silent era to the digital age. We will draw on film-music theoretical and critical approaches to analyzing the interaction of music and image in shorts and feature films by studios like Warner Brothers, Disney, Pixar, and Ghibli, television shows, video games, music videos, and experimental animation. Our focus will be on audio-visual media that thematizes music and music-making, from Visual Music and Silly Symphonies to Mamoru Hosoda's Belle and the video game Guitar Hero. Final projects can range from critical-analytical papers and video essays to original audio-visual creative work. |
| Distribution(s): I - Humanities , WI - Writing-Intensive , TP - Topics Course |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Adeline Mueller | amueller@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 01/28/2025 - 05/13/2025 | Seminar | Monday and Wednesday | 03:15PM - 04:30PM | PRAT - Pratt Memorial Music Bldg | WRBK | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| Prereq: 8 credits in classroom Music or Film Media Theater courses including at least 4 credits at the 200 level or above. | Take previously | Required |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| MUSIC-371MA-01 Music and Animation |
| FMT-330MA-01 Music and Animation |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open | Capacity: 18 | Enrollment: 14 | Available: 4 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: A New History of Animation Author: Furniss, Maureen Copyright: 2016 Edition: 1st Volume: ISBN: 9780500292099 Publisher: Thames & Hudson |
Optional | 93.12 |
| Title: Writing About Screen Media Author: Patti, ed., Lisa Copyright: 2020 Edition: 1st Volume: ISBN: 9780815393528 Publisher: Routledge |
Optional | 37.56 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is the complete book list for this class. |