SCREEN + SOUND PERFORMANCE
MSS3PER
2014
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
In this subject students will investigate what makes screen and sound performance distinct from live performance. Students will do critical and creative projects on topics such as: performing for large and small screens; the close-up and the face; action bodies and embodied voices; stars, fans and the plastic self; TV audiences as performers in talent, quiz and reality shows; human voice-overs and non-human characters in animation; the affective voice in radio and sound plays; indigenous and national performance styles; performing the self in social media.
Faculty: Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences
Credit points: 15
Subject Co-ordinator: Felicity Collins
Available to Study Abroad Students: Yes
Subject year level: Year Level 3 - UG
Exchange Students: Yes
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites: 15 credit points of first-year and 30 credit points of second-year level subjects in Media: screen + sound or Media Studies or Cinema Studies
Co-requisites: N/A
Incompatible subjects: CST2CAC, CST3CAC & MSS2PER
Equivalent subjects: N/A
Special conditions: N/A
Melbourne, 2014, Semester 2, Day
Overview
Online enrolment: Yes
Maximum enrolment size: N/A
Enrolment information:
Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Felicity Collins
Class requirements
LectureWeek: 31 - 43
One 1.0 hours lecture per week on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via blended.
TutorialWeek: 31 - 43
One 2.0 hours tutorial per week on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via blended.
Assessments
| Assessment element | Comments | % |
|---|---|---|
| one 1,200-word equiv group project | 30 | |
| one 1,200-word written tutorial exercise | 30 | |
| one 1,600-word research essay | 40 |