School Of Humanities And Communication ArtsSound Composition for Screen MediaWestern Sydney University Unit Code: 101536.2
Discipline: MUSIC
Student Contribution Band: 1
Level: 3
Credit Points: 10
Assumed Knowledge
Music Composition: Concepts and Creativity or Music Composition: Text and Visual Interactions or Introduction to Sound Studio or Post Production Sound or demonstrated prior knowledge and experience of sound recording and computer technology or composition and sound design.
Incompatible Units
101145 - Digital Musics 6: Performance Contexts, 101096 - Music Composition Advanced
Prerequisite
101175 Postproduction Sound OR 101526 Introduction to Sound Technologies OR 101530 Music Composition: Concepts and Creativity OR 101531 Music Composition: Text and Visual Interactions
About this Unit
In 2018 this unit replaced by 102563 - Screen Media Composition. This unit is the final stage in the Composition and Sound Technologies sub-major sequences. The unit is also available to Media Arts Production and Creative Industries students. The unit aims to prepare students creatively and technically to undertake self-directed sound composition projects for screen media. The areas to be examined include: sound studio techniques, mix processing for compact disc and DVD, an introduction to surround audio techniques, sound composition (score-based and/or sound-scape) for screen, film spotting for sound, audio-visual interactions, and professional communication/pitching of sound composition proposals. Each student produces a complete sound-composition for screen package (including sound composition, compact disc recording, DVD product, and promotional documentation and samples.
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