Sound, Music, and the Moving Image

Description from DukeHub

Introduction to film studies with emphasis on uses and functions of sound, film music, sound and other aural objects such as the voice, through a selected body of works. Topics include representations of sound, music and voice, the functions of pre-existing music and their relations with the moving image in cinema and television; gendered representations of music and voice in pop and rock music videos; Hollywood practices and non-Hollywood practices.

Skills

• public speakingdescription: "voice" and 4 more

AI-resilient: 2 of 5 2/5

• No: Physical, lab or field work
• No: Live work with people
• No: Judgment someone is accountable for
• ✓Yes: A craft you practice with your hands or body · "voice"
• ✓Yes: Small, in-person format · seminar, 18 seats per section

The checks lean on Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025), which found generative AI applies least to physical work and hands-on work with people. A signal, not a promise. How the score works

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