Music as Image: Analytical Psychology and Music in Film

ISBN-13: 9780815357476 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 176 str.

Benjamin (Independent Mental Health Care Professiona Nagari

Opis

Chapters present a Jungian approach to music in film, highlighting how ‘music-image’ functions both independently and in conjunction with the visual image, and suggesting further directions in areas of research including music therapy and autism. Divided into three cumulative parts, Part I explores the Jungian psychological account of the music-image; Part II combines theory with practice in analysing how the auditory image works with the visual to create the ‘film as a whole’ experience; and Part III implements a specific understanding of three individual film cases of different genres, eras and styles as psychologically scrutinised ‘case histories’.

Spis treści

Part 1: The Psychological Image: Imaging and imagination - a Jungian perspective  Jung, Image, Archetype and Complex.  Jung, Opposites and Psychic Energy.  Jung’s Psychological Types.  Jung, Sign and Symbol.  Image, Imagery, Imagination: A perspective of placement.  The Autonomous Ways of Images: Dreams and synaesthesia.  Conclusion: The non-visual image  Part 2: Music as Image: The encounter of visual and non visual in film  Music as Image: An emotive introduction.  Music as Image: Its placement in film.  Music as Image: Its realities and functions.  Psychological Dimensions of the Film-Music Functions.  Film Music: Type, style, original and non-original music.  Film, Music, Archetype.  When Image Turns Hero.  Conclusion: The music-image – inside and outside film.  Part 3: Close Encounters of the Musical Kind: An analysis of the music-image in three films  Taxi Driver.  Nuit et Brouillard (Night and Fog).  Eyes Wide Shut.  Finale (Conclusion).

O autorze

Benjamin Nagari gained a PhD in Jungian and Post-Jungian Studies from the University of Westminster, UK. He is also a prolific musician and composer; having started in Pop and Rock music he went on to composing for stage, radio and television, followed by film scores and concert music (symphonic, chamber, vocal and choral).