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Unit of Study MUS10550 - Screen Sound (2020)

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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

  • Screen sound categories
  • Analysis of screen sound and music
  • Film music composition processes – concept development, spotting, technical processes
  • Functions of film music
  • Use of songs in film
  • Sound design: foley, effects, location recording
  • Live AV – styles and genres, processes and techniques
  • Game sound and virtual worlds

Availabilities

Not currently available in 2020

Learning outcomes and graduate attributes

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.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
Learning outcome count Learning outcome description GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 Understand and apply screen sound theory to a variety of screen based media contexts.
2 Create and present sound/music tracks to accompany given image tracks.
3 Demonstrate advanced level technical skills in relation to the creation of sound/music tracks to accompany image tracks.
4 Evaluate and reflect on creative practice outcomes and processes in relation to advance level practices.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. Understand and apply screen sound theory to a variety of screen based media contexts.
    • GA1:
    • GA6:
  2. Create and present sound/music tracks to accompany given image tracks.
    • GA2:
    • GA6:
  3. Demonstrate advanced level technical skills in relation to the creation of sound/music tracks to accompany image tracks.
    • GA1:
    • GA6:
  4. Evaluate and reflect on creative practice outcomes and processes in relation to advance level practices.
    • GA1:
    • GA2:
    • GA6: