| CODE | MSP3115 | ||||||||
| TITLE | Music for the Media | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 03 - Years 2, 3, 4 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 6 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Music Studies | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit seeks to make students aware of the different uses of music in the media. It provides a critical understanding of the various relations that exist between music and the forms of media particularly the digital arts and film. Study-unit Aims: - To develop skills in the use of technology in musical distribution; - To develop skills in areas of composition that are not primarily notation-based; - To assist students in acquiring an advanced level of practical skills in addition to those in music making; - To give students the knowledge and skills required to create musicfor a wide range of media. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: a) realise that the moving picture and audio (including music) can be related in different ways; b) evaluate how this interaction between picture and sound is contributing to the final effect on the viewer / audience; c) comprehend what a leitmotif is and grasp its importance in composing music for film; d) become aware of the nature of music for video games and interactive media and how one needs to approach composing such music differently than composing music for film; e) evaluate which software and hardware can be used to compose music for film; f) identify which software and hardware can be used to compose music for interactive media. Skills By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: a) use hardware (computers/sound cards); b) use software to create music for various mediums; c) consider carefully legal matters related to music downloads; d) compose a short piece for film; e) compose a short piece for a television advert; f) compose music for interactive media; g) analyse music in films, television, video games, presentations and hand-held devices in relation to the medium in question; h) use the acquired analytical techniques to be self-critical of own’s productions and those of others. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Readings - Adorno, Theodor and Hanns Eisler. 2002. Composing for the Films (London: Continuum). - Hoffart, Paul. 2007. Music for New Media: Composing for Videogames, Web Sites, Presentations and Other Interactive Media ( Boston: Berklee Press). - Larsen, Peter. 2007. Film Music (London: Reaktion Books). Supplementary Readings: - Collins, Karen. 2008. Game Sound: An Introduction to the History, Theory, and Practice of Video Game Music and Sound Design (Cambridge: MIT Press). - Cooke, Mervyn. 2008. A History of Film Music (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press). |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Reuben Pace |
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