How has silence been used creatively in cinema’s sound era?

The essay will need to draw on – and evaluate – a range of appropriate theoretical and/or historical secondary literature. But you will strengthen your essay by also focusing on one or two case studies to help give definition and focus on your discussion. 

An essay on an aspect of sound, culture, and society – 2,500 words. Your essay should offer an argument based on a critical reading of academic thinking on the subject, but also incorporate illustrative ‘case study’ examples, in which you apply some of the techniques of sound analysis you have learned in this module to a specific issue, text, event, phenomenon, or place of relevance to the theories being discussed.

Some tips for the essay:

• Introductions:
• Pose a question: what’s the issue or problem you’re trying to solve? How are you going to try? Why this particular strategy or focus?
• Don’t plunder sources – converse with them.
• Look beyond the familiar catchphrases: what else is in there?
• Be focused, specific, rather than broad – for most. Which means more specific
  • A hierarchy of points – not all are equal.
  • Specialist literature for the central part?
• Conclusions: stand back; a meta-narrative; leave space.
• Read – lots – before planning.

Instruction from me:

1. please use simple words, don’t be complicated.

2. This is a Media major sound project, not science.