Artistic Expression and Multimedia

Recommended Prerequisites

video, image and audio editing.

Teaching Methods

During the semester the themes will be introduced, and 2 exercises will be proposed.

Learning Outcomes

This course has as main goal the acquisition of a qualified visual culture within the arts, particularly in artistic practices, multimedia, video and animation.

The knowledge of the visual arts examples motivates the development of practical exercises. Thus, knowledge of multimedia artistic practices will manifest itself through practice and not only by the analysis of the works presented.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

-silent movies/sound movies
-experimental cinema
-animation
-visual music
-video art
-music video
-kinetic type
-motion graphics
-audio / video editing

Head Lecturer(s)

Maria Alice Barriga Geirinhas dos Santos

Assessment Methods

Assessment
The accompaniment and discussion of the project and the 2 works delivered will be the main elements of evaluation.: 100.0%

Bibliography

ABBADO, Adriano. Perceptual Correspondences of Abstract Animation and Synthetic Sound. Leonardo, Volume 21, Issue 5. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press. 1988.

-BENJAMIN, Walter. Magia e Técnica, Arte e Política. São Paulo: Editora Brasiliense. 1986.

-CHION, Michel. Audio-Vision: Sound on Screen. New York: Columbia University Press. 1994

-EMMER, Michele. The Visual Mind II. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press. 2005.

-WHITNEY, John. Digital Harmony - On the Complementarity of Music and Visual Art. Peterborough, N.H: Byte Books/McGraw-Hill. 1980.

-YOUNGBLOOD, Gene. Expanded Cinema. P. Dutton & Co., Inc. 1971.