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CMPN2223: Digital Composition 3
2024 unit information
Digital Composition units of study support the sustained development of compositional craft and creativity through the practical integration of music technology and digital music techniques in the preparation of sound based compositions to be submitted throughout the semester. The unit will focus on electronic music production techniques taken in the music industry today to create music for games, film scoring and other sound design for interactive and network media applications.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Composition and Music Technology
| Code | CMPN2223 |
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| Academic unit | Composition and Music Technology |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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CMPN2222 |
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Corequisites:
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None |
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None |
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None |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. implement strategic workflow specific to a given project brief
- LO2. discuss competently and confidently the key points of a brief with a game creator
- LO3. understand fundamental game, and game music concepts and protocols
- LO4. experience game engines, including Twine and Unity, and understand how authoring software, like FMOD and Wwise, allow composition to be implemented via dynamic structures
- LO5. draw upon a range of compositional techniques to create game music that underscores narrative concerns
- LO6. flexibly apply various concepts of structural and textural organisation.
Unit availability
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Semester 2 2024
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Normal day | Sydney |
Outline unavailable
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