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Art of Production Module
Module Description
“This module enables students to initiate and execute a creative music production project, from pre-production to final mastered output. The pre-production phase includes rehearsal, arrangement and project planning as well as technical preparation for recording. The module then provides an environment in which to explore advanced recording and mixing techniques and students are required to select and provide a rationale for the approaches that they use. The practical element of the module culminates in an introduction to audio mastering. Alongside this practical focus is an ongoing enquiry into the changing role of the producer and as part of their final submission, students will provide a critical commentary on their work, which situates the decisions they have made within a broader historical context.
- To develop a critical, historically-informed understanding of the role of a producer as applied to a specific musical context.
- To develop critical, creative judgement in approaches to pre-production, recording, mixing and mastering within a particular musical context.
- To develop technical skills in advanced sound recording, advanced mixing and mastering using a range of analogue and digital technologies.”
Assessment 1 Brief
Submission
Assessment 2 Brief
Submission
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Supersonic Module
Module Description
“Supersonic is a module that examines new creative approaches to composing with sound, through the study of electroacoustic music. Whatever style and genre of music you make, we will locate fundamental elements of electroacoustic composition i.e. gesture, transformation and texture. Lectures and workshops are designed to broaden your compositional vocabulary and expand your creative horizons. Throughout the module, you will compose a series of miniature compositions alongside a more substantial final portfolio element using ideas developed from the activity sessions and by responding to the subjects discussed in class. The miniature composition assignments will be showcased and marked every two weeks, with a final showcase at the end of the module to premiere your major composition.
This module requires engagement with and beyond the DAW or other studio-based compositional environments.”
Assessment Brief
“Supersonic is assessed 100% by Portfolio Elements submitted to the learning space, evidencing 200 hours of work, and comprising:
- Miniature composition (90-120 seconds*) with 200 word artistic statement and engagement with Super Texture sessions.
- Miniature composition (90-120 seconds*) with 200 word artistic statement and engagement with Super Transformation sessions.
- Miniature composition (90-120 seconds*) with 200 word artistic statement and engagement with Super Gesture sessions.
Final composition (3-5 minutes°) with 400 word artistic statement and engagement with final Supersonic playback event. Your final piece should respond to the themes of the module taking into consideration issues surrounding texture, gesture and transformation.
Submission
MSI232_SUPER_TEXTURE_MICHAEL_FREEMAN_(HOLMES).mp3
MSI232_SUPER_TRANSFORMATION_MICHAEL_FREEMAN_(HOLMES).mp3
MSI232_SUPER_GESTURE_MICHAEL_FREEMAN_(HOLMES).mp3
MSI232_FINAL_COMPOSITION_MICHAEL_FREEMAN_(HOLMES).mp3
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Creative Writing and Research in Virtual Music Module
Module Description
“This module explores the interdependency of technology, language and culture through research into music/sound based media and media theory. The module will equip you with a working knowledge of key concepts in cyberstudies, digital aesthetics and technoculture so that you develop a critical awareness of professional digital creative contexts. The module pays particular attention to the language used to create media profiles and identities whilst creatively working with an understanding of trends and trajectories in reviews of music, production and sound art. The module provides you with an opportunity to become critically and creatively engaged with language, text and visual representations of sound and music as they construct bodies of understandings in cyberspace and the ‘real world’. Students will elect to undertake a project based on advertising and self-promotion (writing about yourself) OR analysis and evaluation (writing about others) of a relevant case study. Either project will need to carefully consider context, module concepts, critical reflection, thorough research and appropriate language as you creatively respond to your project in writing.”
Assessment Brief
Submission
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