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Online
1 year
MAY
MA - Master of Arts
Film Studies Television Programme Production Film / Video Production Cinematography
If you want a career composing for the orchestra, this course will give you the technical and creative skills to turn that dream into a reality. MA Orchestration for Film, Games and Television takes you from first sketch through to sampled mock-up, then onto your final goal - recording your music with a live orchestra.
Students on this course go on to work as film, television and games composers, orchestrators, copyists, and composers assistants. If you are already a professional composer, this course opens up a wider range of work involving live orchestra and professional grade sampled mock-ups. If youre looking to start a career, then by graduation you will be ready to tackle real-world composition projects involving both sampled and live orchestra.
On this course, you will learn:
On successful completion of your course, you will be awarded a Master of Arts degree from the Arts University Bournemouth. The qualification is fully accredited in the UK (and recognised internationally) and is subject to regular quality control, review and external invigilation to ensure the highest academic standards are maintained. Your degree will list us as the 'Partner' that you studied your degree with.
The final major project is an extensive piece of work that will take 12 weeks to complete. It represents the culmination of creative, technical and research skills acquired during the rest of the course. The challenge is to take a piece of music from conception through to final recording, performing all the creative and technical tasks required along the way.
This module introduces some essential in-depth technical skills and knowledge that a modern professional orchestrator or composer must possess. It will provide students with an introduction to sampled instruments, how they work, the numerous technical challenges they present, how to balance the demands of the instruments with the available resources and how to make virtual instruments sound more realistic.
The journey from finished orchestration to final recording is a complicated one involving a combination of musical and technological skills. This module takes students through the complex process of taking a finished arrangement and preparing for the live recording session. This includes producing musicians’ parts, conductor’s scores, preparing pre-records, click tracks and Pro Tools sessions. Students also learn about session planning and budgeting for live recordings.
Students are introduced to the practical skill of writing music in sync with a movie and establishing a strong understanding of the powerful and complex relationship between music and the moving image. In addition to this technical skill, students will be presented with the complex challenge of evoking complex emotions through music to enhance a narrative and contribute a deeper meaning to a given subject. This requires a strong understanding of musical theory alongside an ability to critically analyse both their own work and the work of others, articulating this and incorporating said research into their methodology.
Every great work begins with the creator being intimately familiar with the tools at their disposal and their capabilities. The session orchestra is made up of many individual instruments and musicians that come together to make a whole unit. True Masters of writing for the orchestra have an encyclopaedic knowledge of what each instrument is capable of, both as individual entities and when played as a part of a larger ensemble.
This module looks at the treatment of the whole orchestra by cinematic orchestrators and composers and the differences in approach between large and small ensembles. We also examine the different approaches to orchestration possible through specialised recording techniques such as split sessions and combining live and sampled instruments. We also deal with approaches to creating convincing mock-ups of large and small ensembles.
For this course (per year)
£12,500
For this course (per year)
£12,500
Ideally, applicants will have completed an undergraduate degree before they apply. However, there is an option for those who do not have a degree, taking into account real-world work experience in related fields, and non-degree professional development courses. This Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) is always assessed on a case-by-case basis.