Media Aesthetics Syllabi

sir I have heard there is subject or course known as ‘media aesthetics’. Can I get details about this subject. I also need the syllabus that is followed by the colleges

Here I am giving you syllabus for the Media Aesthetics of The University of Oregon in a PDF File with it so you can get it easily.. some content of PDF file with it ..

Course Schedule
Week 1: Studying Film & Narrative
Screening: Annie Hall (Allen 1977), Clips: A Trip to the Moon (Melies), The Lonedale Operator
(Griffith 1911), Actualities (Lumiere, Edison)
M 4/1: Introductions
W 4/3: Introduce Zoetrope Assignment, Readings Due: TFE Introduction: Studying Film:
Culture, Practice, Experience (p. 5), TFE Ch. 6 Telling Stories: Narrative Films (p. 215), TFE p.
327-8
(F 4/5): Week 1 Blog Entries and Comments on DQs Due

Week 2: Mise-en-Scene, Cinematography
Screening: Ali, Fear East the Soul (Fassbinder 1974), Clips: Rear Window (Hitchcock 1954)
M 4/8: Zoetrope Assignment Due, Readings Due: TFE Ch. 2 Exploring A Material World:
Mise-en-Scene (p. 63), TFE Ch. 3 Framing What We See: Cinematography (p. 95), TFE: p.
361-2 & 364-8
W 4/10: Readings Due: TFE Ch. 1 Encountering Film: From Preproduction to Exhibition (p. 19)
(F 4/12): Week 2 Blog Entries and Comments on DQs Due

Week 3: Editing & Sound
Screening: Memories of Underdevelopment (Gutierrez Alea 1968), Clips: Breathless (Godard
1960)
M 4/15: Shot List, Outline & Thesis Statement Due, Readings Due: TFE Ch. 12 Writing a
Film Essay: Observations, Arguments, Research, & Analysis (p. 435)
W 4/17: Readings Due: TFE Ch. 4 Relating Images: Editing (p. 133), TFE Ch. 5 Listening to
the Cinema: Film Sound (p. 177), TFE p. 368-9
(F 4/19): Week 3 Blog Entries and Comments on DQs Due

Week 4: Documentary & Experimental Film
Screening: La Jetee (Marker 1962), Meshes of the Afternoon (Deren 1943), The Thin Blue Line
(Morris 1988)
M 4/22: Readings Due: TFE Ch. 8: Challenging Form: Experimental Film & New Media (p.
285)
W 4/24: Readings Due: TFE Ch. 7 Representing the Real: Documentary Film (p. 255)
(F 4/26): Week 4 Blog Entries and Comments on DQs Due

Week 5: Genres
Screening: Shaun of the Dead (Wright 2004), Clips: Fargo (Coen 1996)
M 4/29: Draft 1 of Analysis Due
W 5/1: Readings Due: TFE Ch. 9: Rituals, Conventions, Archetypes & Formulas: Movie Genres
(p. 315), (Recommended: TFE Ch. 11: Reading About Film: Critical Theories and Methods p.
399)
(F 5/3): Week 5 Blog Entries and Comments on DQs Due

Week 6: TV Studies & Narrative
Postnetwork Era (p. 3)
Screening: Seinfeld (1989-1998), American Idol (2002-), Clips: Sports TV & Commercials
M 5/6: Midterm Exam
W 5/8: Readings Due: TCMA Ch. 11 An Introduction to Television Studies (p. 359), TCMA Ch.1
An Introduction to Television Structures and Systems: The Ebb and Flow of the Postnetwork Era
(p. 3)
(F 5/10): Week 6 Blog Entries and Comments on DQs Due

Week 7: Narrative & Stars
Screening: (Tina Fey) SNL (1997-2006), 30 Rock (2006-2013), Sarah Palin SNL Guest
Appearances (2008) & Commercials; Jon Hamm: Mad Men (2007-), SNL Guest Star Appearance
(2013)
M 5/13: Readings Due: TCMA Ch. 2 Narrative Structure: Television Stories (p. 21)
W 5/15: Readings Due: TCMA Ch. 3 Building Narrative: Character, Actor, Star (p. 55)
(F 5/17): Week 7 Blog Entries and Comments on DQs Due

Week 8: TV & The Real
Screening: The Bachelor (2002-), The Colbert Report (2006-), Clips: America’s Next Top Model
(2003-), Dirty Jobs (2005-), The Jersey Shore (2009-2012)
M 5/20: Final Shot List & Analysis Due
W 5/22: Introduce Commercial Assignment, Readings Due: TCMA Ch. 4 Beyond and Beside
Narrative Structure (p. 97)
(F 5/24): Week 8 Blog Entries and Comments on DQs Due

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The University of Oregon Media Aesthetics Syllabi.pdf (135.8 KB, 18 views)

Through current and historical examples, students learn the principles and significance of media aesthetics including light and color, space, time, motion, and sound, and how they are used to optimize effective message production. Students learn how aesthetic elements of film and electronic media have been translated into vectors – forces that push or pull users in certain directions. Operationally, students learn how to interpret order, clarify, and intensify various communications including fiction, by employing appropriate aesthetic elements.

And example of syllabus of one institute is given here.. the syllabus for most of the institutes is more or less same..
mattsmediaresearch.com/syllabi/MediaAestheticsSpring10.pdf

How can I get the Media Aesthetics Syllabi???

Here is the Media Aesthetics Syllabi:

Week 8:

Presentations

Week 9:

Herbert Zettl – Sight, Sound, Motion: Applied Media Aesthetics
Chapter 13: The Four-Dimensional Field: Motion.
Chapter 14: Structuring the Four-Dimensional Field: Timing and Principal Motions.

Week 10:
Herbert Zettl – Sight, Sound, Motion: Applied Media Aesthetics
Chapter 15: Structuring the Four-Dimensional Field: Continuity Editing
Chapter 16: Structuring the Four-Dimensional Field: Complexity Editing.

Week 11:
Herbert Zettl – Sight, Sound, Motion: Applied Media Aesthetics

Chapter 17: The Five-Dimensional Field: Sound
Chapter 18: Structuring the Five-Dimensional Field: Sound Structures and Sound / Picture Combinations

Week 12:
News Lab Tools for TV journalists and visit to Televisa news center.

Hand in Storyboards

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Will you please provide me syllabus for the Media Aesthetics course offered by The University of Oregon