Module Details

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Title Composing for New Media
Code MUSI557
Coordinator Dr PA Turowski
Music
Paul.Turowski@liverpool.ac.uk
Year CATS Level Semester CATS Value
Session 2022-23 Level 7 FHEQ First Semester 15

Aims

• To provide a conceptual basis for composing sound and music for new media
• To provide an overview of the function of sound and music in new media
• To introduce the tools and software relevant to composing for new media
• To introduce the techniques appropriate to composing for new media


Learning Outcomes

(LO1) Understand the role of sound and music in new media.

(LO2) Implement basic techniques relevant to composing for new media.

(LO3) Understand tools and software relevant to new media composition.

(LO4) Compose audio assets appropriate for a piece of new media.

(S1) IT Skills.

(S2) Problem solving.

(S3) Communication.

(S4) Adaptability.


Syllabus

 

Topics covered in this module may include:
• Historical and social context; genre and style
• Industry-standard authoring software, e.g., Unity, FMOD
• Sound design – cues, mixing
• Variation and linear music strategies, transitions, stingers
• Interactive music – modular and generative composition, game states
• Composing for VR, AR, and other emerging technologies

Resources will be made available to students through Canvas, UoL’s Learning Management System. Students will be expected to source supplementary resources to develop their skills outside of contact hours. Students will be expected to produce practical work outside of the scheduled teaching hours.


Teaching and Learning Strategies

Lectures will be held in the computer labs. Concepts and compositional strategies will be introduced with time allocated for hands-on practice. Workshops will be supervised practice time in the computer labs where staff help, and feedback will be available for the weekly exercises. There will also be time devoted to class presentation, discussion, and peer feedback of student work in progress. Note: this is a four-week long module and contact hours reflect this format. The majority of teaching will be delivered face to face on campus. Online delivery will be used to complement the on-campus delivery and where technology affords a better learning experience.


Teaching Schedule

  Lectures Seminars Tutorials Lab Practicals Fieldwork Placement Other TOTAL
Study Hours 8

        4

12
Timetable (if known) 120 mins X 1 totaling 8
 
        60 mins X 1 totaling 4
 
 
Private Study 138
TOTAL HOURS 150

Assessment

EXAM Duration Timing
(Semester)
% of
final
mark
Resit/resubmission
opportunity
Penalty for late
submission
Notes
             
CONTINUOUS Duration Timing
(Semester)
% of
final
mark
Resit/resubmission
opportunity
Penalty for late
submission
Notes
Composition There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission.    100       
Project proposal. Presentation/discussion of work-in-progress.         

Recommended Texts

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