Those of you who did not come to class on Wednesday 10th of April you must watch Annie Hall (Woody Allen, 1977) for next week. The next couple of weeks we will be working on Michel Chion’s book Audiovision.
Chapter 1 (Projections of Sound on Image) and chapter 2 (The Three Listening Modes) must be read for April 17th. As I explained in class last week, I will be away on a congress that day but I have organized a workshop for you to work on during class, based on the chapter mentioned above and the movie Annie Hall.
For the following week (April 24th) you must read chapter 4 (The Audiovisual Scene). You must write a series of 5 questions that can either address issues that are resolved in the reading or issues that, in your opinion, are left unclear. On a different sheet of paper, please write your answers. Bring both papers (printed) to class that day (April 24th).
On April 24th you must also bring a proposal for your final paper, which, as I briefly explained to you last week, consists of the analysis of a scene in terms of the relation between image and sound. The paper can be worked in groups of 2 and the results will be presented to the class on May 15th. You must prepare both a paper and an oral presentation. The presentation must also be accompanied by visual tools such as p.points, videos, etc.
The movie Punch Drunk Love (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2002) must be seen by May 8th, and finally, chapter 7 (Sound Film – Worthy of the Name) and chapter 10 (Introduction to an Audiovisual Analysis) must be read for the same class (the 1st of May is a bank holiday). The same exercise done for chapter 4 applies for chapter 7 and must be handed in on May 8th.
Make sure you hand in your work on time, especially if you are concerned about your grades. Also, all movies are available at the library.
If you have not yet decided on an author or a movie to work on, here is a list of titles and of directors that use sound in an interesting way.
Blade Runner, Ridley Scott
David Lynch
Robert Altman
Jacques Tati
P.T. Anderson (anything but Punch Drunk Love)
Radio Days, Woody Allen
The Conversation, Francis Ford Coppola
Blow Out, Brian de Palma
The Shining, Stanley Kubrick
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