ZD_36 Seminar of Incidental Music and Musical Dramaturgy

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2022
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Petr Haas, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Martin Flašar, Ph.D. (alternate examiner)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Petr Haas, Ph.D.
Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Bc. Jitka Leflíková
Supplier department: Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Mon 14:00–15:40 N42
Prerequisites
A repeated experience with cinematography and theatre is a requirement, along with an interest in music.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 50 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 3/50, only registered: 0/50, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/50
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The seminar provides a broad outline of the issues presented by musical dramaturgy in cinematic or theatrical works. Attention is also paid to the specifics of so-called video-game music. The aim is to offer an understanding of the elementary principles of music and sound in general in a referential types of multimedia work. The course includes practical exercises, analyses of selected works by students in the seminar, and discussion.
Learning outcomes (in Czech)
Po absolvování semináře budou studenti schopni rozpoznat, pojmenovat a vysvětlit jednotlivé vazby mezi obrazem nebo hereckou akcí a hudbou, obecně mezi viděným a slyšeným. Získají tak analytický nástroj ke zkoumání multimediálních děl a současně pro ně bude snadné rozpoznat umělecké strategie použité při jejich tvorbě. Stanou se tak i poučenými diváky, kteří budou odolní vůči manipulativním technikám, jenž jsou běžné např. v komerční produkci nebo v reklamě.
Syllabus
  • 1. traditional instruments in scientific viewpoints of music; selected terms and issues in music aesthetics and music theory, selected terminology (for non-musicologists)
  • 2. a basic characteristic of music as part of a super-ordinate whole, film and incidental music; functional, autonomous and absolute music, the terms “scene” and “music tied to scenic arts”, the quality and limitations of functional music.
  • 3. the basic types of film and incidental music, musical dramaturgy, the term diegesis; categorization of film and incidental music, the terms “adapted” and “original music”, diegetic and non-diegetic music, working with the source of music, the term “musical dramaturgy”
  • 4. ties between the image/plot/action and music; position of music vis-à-vis the image/plot/action, direct and indirect ties – musical image counterpoint, inner (free) and outer (tight) ties, musical accent and pointing
  • 5. the tectonics of a work with a musical/sonic component; centrifugal and centripetal forces, re-runs, repetition and anticipations, leitmotifs, quotations and reminiscence, silence
  • 6. noises as facts and stylized noises as music; the reality of multimedia work and noise/sound dramaturgy, basic types of noise according to relation to image/plot, stylization, contradiction between the seen and the heard
  • 7. the specifics of game music; music/sound and the psychology of gaming, analogy with film music
Literature
    required literature
  • BLÁHA, Ivo. Zvuková dramaturgie audiovizuálního díla. Praha: Nakladatelství Akademie múzických umění v Praze, 2014.
    recommended literature
  • DYKAST, Roman - VIČAR, Jan. Hudební estetika. Praha: Nakladatelství AMU, 2002.
  • Hudba a film. Garel, Alain-Porcile, Francois (ed). Praha: Akademie múzických umění, filmová a televizní fakulta, 1999.
  • BLÁHA, Ivo. Zvuková dramaturgie filmu. Praha: Akademie múzických umění v Praze, 1983.
  • COLLINS, Karen. Game sound : an introduction to the history, theory, and practice of video game music and sound design. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2008, x, 200. ISBN 9780262033787. info
  • MICHELS, Ulrich. Encyklopedický atlas hudby. Illustrated by Gunther Vogel. 1. vyd. Praha: Lidové nakladatelství, 2000, 611 s. ISBN 8071062383. info
  • FUKAČ, Jiří. Hudební estetika jako konkretizace obecné estetiky a muzikologická disciplína (Music Aesthetics as Concretization of the General Aesthetics and a Musicological Discipline). 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1998, 167 pp. ISBN 80-210-1743-0. info
  • ZICH, Otakar. Estetika dramatického umění : teoretická dramaturgie. 2. vyd., (v Panoramě 1.). Praha: Panorama, 1986, 412 s. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, tutorials, class discussion
Assessment methods
The analysis on the function of music or sound dramaturgy in a selected multimedia work, presented by the student during the seminar, is assessed. Presenting the analysis is a condition for successfully concluding the seminar. Depending on the number of registered students, the individual analysis will be presented in the seminar or as homework handed in to the homework vault of course.

Min. 50% attendance is required for completion of the course.
Language of instruction
Czech
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