Production Lab 4
Module code
M-FT-PRLB4
Curricular domain
Practical Classes
Credits
5
Group size
All fourth-level students
Number of course weeks
30
Class duration
One 60-minute lesson per week
Total contact hours
30 hours
Study load
110 hours
Form / content / level
Prerequisites
Completion of Production Lab level 3.
Competencies
Aims
Over the course of this module, students acquire a broad understanding of the technical side of composing and arranging for film and theatre and develop themselves from an expert (well practiced, having versatile knowledge) level to an advanced expert level.
Relation to other modules
Mainly Main Subject, Projects, Traineeship and several electives.
Content
Sound Engineering / Music Production:
Working on workflow in music production focus on DAW Midi Productions. Building a template in Cubase/Nuendo or Logic Pro or Digital Performer with Vienna Ensemble Pro, Lemur/touch OSC.
Mode(s) of instruction
Group lessons that, depending on the composition of the group, take place entirely on-campus, entirely online or in a combination of both, i.e., that there are attendees both physically in the classroom and virtually via a screen. Online attendees communicate by seeing, talking and listening to each other and the on-campus attendees equally. The teacher has access to a whiteboard, application sharing, desktop sharing and document sharing and can hand this privilege to any other participants.
Apart from the video conference a high quality stereo audio stream is open at the same time via source connect. That way students and instructor can listen to music from any source of the group and talk about it simultaneously.
All online lessons are recorded and though available for students later on.
Material & Tools
One of the following DAW: Cubase/Nuendo or Logic Pro or Digital Performer.
Full orchestra library like Cinematic Studio String / Brass / Wood or Spitfire BBC Orchestra or Orchetral Tools Inspire or any other full orchestra library
Computer with at least 64Gb RAM or use the computer in the ArtEZ Arnhem studio.
Student activity
Students build their own template in this course.
Examination and assessment
Mode(s) of assessment
Assessment by the instructor at the end of each semester.
Criteria
Students present their template.
Pass requirements
The student has completed this module if they are awarded a minimum grade of 5.5 at the end of the second semester.
Examination procedure
At the end of both semesters the instructor fills out an assessment form designed specifically for this module. Assessment is comprised of a verbal evaluation and a concluding grade. Assessment at the end of the autumn semester is formative and expressed in terms of satisfactory/unsatisfactory. It indicates a student's progress in this module. No ECs are awarded and there is no resit. Modules can only be absolved, and ECs awarded, after the end of the spring semester.
Tests conducted online are valid only if it is done without interruption. The assessor will decide whether or not the test was valid.
Resit options
Module summary
A group class on production skills, bringing students from an expert to an advanced expert level. Relevant topics over the years: DAW, Plug-ins, Sample libraries, Templates, Recording, Mixing, Mixing for Orchestra, Mixing for Bands, Mock-up.