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Unit description
Examines image-sound relations across a range of screen based contexts, focusing on film music and sound design, live audio visual performance, and interactive game environments. Students analyse and create music/sound works that accompany image tracks.
Unit content
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Screen sound categories
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Analysis of screen sound and music
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Film music composition processes – concept development, spotting, technical processes
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Functions of film music
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Use of songs in film
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Sound design: foley, effects, location recording
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Live AV – styles and genres, processes and techniques
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Game sound and virtual worlds
Learning outcomes
Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.
Learning outcomes and graduate attributes
GA1: Intellectual rigour,
GA2: Creativity,
GA3: Ethical practice,
GA4: Knowledge of a discipline,
GA5: Lifelong learning,
GA6: Communication and social skills,
GA7: Cultural competence| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | GA1 | GA2 | GA3 | GA4 | GA5 | GA6 | GA7 |
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| 1 | Understand and apply screen sound theory to a variety of screen based media contexts. | Intellectual rigour | | | | | Communication and social skills | |
| 2 | Create and present sound/music tracks to accompany given image tracks. | | Creativity | | | | Communication and social skills | |
| 3 | Demonstrate advanced level technical skills in relation to the creation of sound/music tracks to accompany image tracks. | Intellectual rigour | | | | | Communication and social skills | |
| 4 | Evaluate and reflect on creative practice outcomes and processes in relation to advance level practices. | Intellectual rigour | Creativity | | | | Communication and social skills | |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- Understand and apply screen sound theory to a variety of screen based media contexts.
- GA1:
Intellectual rigour
- GA6:
Communication and social skills
- Create and present sound/music tracks to accompany given image tracks.
- GA2:
Creativity
- GA6:
Communication and social skills
- Demonstrate advanced level technical skills in relation to the creation of sound/music tracks to accompany image tracks.
- GA1:
Intellectual rigour
- GA6:
Communication and social skills
- Evaluate and reflect on creative practice outcomes and processes in relation to advance level practices.
- GA1:
Intellectual rigour
- GA2:
Creativity
- GA6:
Communication and social skills
Prescribed texts
Prescribed texts may change in future study periods.