Looking at successful scenes from different genres

Developing an analytic ear

Assignment: students to review a short scene (to be provided) and prepare a brief analysis for review

Working with synths

Vocals and other instruments

How to programme orchestral VSTs

Basics of notation and creating scores for musicians

Working with orchestras Assignment: students to write a short piece of music for an imagined film scene

Discussion of students’ responses to assignment scene given in (2)

Intro to mixing both electronic and orchestral elements for media

Working with DAWs and plug-ins

Discussion with one of Helen’s collaborators about a real world film project on which we’ve worked, and about their career & experience

Discussing sample libraries and their use in modern media music (overview discussion), hybrid scoring, use in sound design

Peer review of students’ music from (4)

Looking at some recent examples of great film/tv scoring, and relating these to students’ work

Sound design vs. Composing - how they differ and where they overlap

Creating bespoke sounds

Brief Overview of mixing with dialogue

Looking at a real world example, we will walk-through writing a short cue to picture, mixing and adding sound design