SCREEN + SOUND 3: REALISM, ILLUSION AND WONDER IN THE CINEMA
MSS3SSC
Not currently offered
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
MSS3SSC Screen +Sound 3 is a capstone subject in which students explore ways of knowing and thinking about the world through screen and sound media. Students will evaluate the power of concepts such as frame, window, door, mirror and brain to explain the spectator's relation to real and imaginary worlds on screen and critically investigate the material ecologies of film production and consumption. Through viewing and listening exercises, students will investigate how moving images and soundscapes 'think' and make us think and explore some of the ways in which they will be able to contribute to future sustainable artistic practice that is informed by an ecological sensibility. Students will develop projects from a range of topics, such as: virtual reality and avatars; mind-game and puzzle films; CGI and 3-D worlds; distracted viewers and attentive listeners, the eco-politics of Hollywood and its alternatives, representations of landscape and national identity and ecological utopias and dystopias. This subject addresses La Trobe's Sustainability Thinking Essential.
SchoolHumanities and Social Sciences
Credit points15
Subject Co-ordinatorTerrie Waddell
Available to Study Abroad/Exchange StudentsYes
Subject year levelYear Level 3 - UG
Available as ElectiveYes
Learning ActivitiesViewing, listening and applying key concepts to screen and sound texts in tutorials, in online blog posts and in individual and collaborative projects. Writing an essay and reflective blog posts. Tutorial exercises in reading, research and critical thinking. Developing an audio-visual project proposal using these skills. Collaborative research project, group presentation, and evaluation, individual report. Reflective blogs. Collaborative audio- research project.
Capstone subjectYes
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Readings
Film Theory: An Introduction through the Senses
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AuthorThomas Elsaesser, Malte Hagener
Year2010
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PublisherROUTLEDGE
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Ecocinema: Theory and Practice
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AuthorStephen Rust
Year2012
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PublisherTAYLOR & FRANCIS
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The Language of New Media
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AuthorLev Manovich
Year2001
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PublisherMIT PRESSM
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Work-based learningNo
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