Module overview
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- understand, interpret and execute a professional brief
- manage a project
- analyse a narrative
- use a computer running Mac OS
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- music production techniques for scoring films
- the requirements of a film score
- industry-standard processes for making and scoring films
- compositional techniques for scoring films
Subject Specific Practical Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- produce film scores (realising musical ideas as sound)
- use notational strategies for scoring film music
- work in a Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) to compose film music
- synchronise music to image (planning and executing 'sync points')
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- identify creative and technical problems that arise in meeting the requirements of a film score
- research and implement solutions to problems that arise in meeting the requirements of a film score
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
| Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Teaching | 24 |
| Independent Study | 126 |
| Total study time | 150 |
Resources & Reading list
General Resources
Logic Pro X. This module will use Logic Pro X software in its teaching and assessment. This is installed in the computer cluster in Building 2, so purchase is not necessary.
Sibelius. This module will use Sibelius software in its teaching and assessment. This is available in the computer cluster in Building 2, so purchase is not necessary.
Assessment
Assessment strategy
This module is taught alongside second-year students (students are enrolled in modules with different codes and meet at the same time). In such modules work is assessed and moderated separately. Following national and University guidelines, Third-year students will be held to a higher standard and set more complex work accordingly. See the relevant Music student handbook for further details.Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Assignment | 50% |
| Assignment | 50% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Assignment | 50% |
| Assignment | 50% |
Repeat
An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Assignment | 100% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External