PROJECT
ASSIGNMENT OVERVIEW
ASSIGNMENT OVERVIEW
This assignment is worth 100 marks. The marks contribute 70% of the overall marks for the course assessment.
This assignment is worth 100 marks. The marks contribute 70% of the overall marks for the course assessment.
This is one of two course assessment components. The other component is a question paper.
This is one of two course assessment components. The other component is a question paper.
This assignment has two tasks. Each task has three stages.
This assignment has two tasks. Each task has three stages.
- Stage 1 titled ‘planning the production’ has 10 marks.
- Stage 2 titled ‘implementing the production’ has 30 marks.
- Stage 3 titled ‘evaluating the production’ has 10 marks.
Your instructions and sample briefs are linked to the buttons at the top of this page. You are required to choose two of these briefs in discussion with your teacher. Each sample brief is based on a different context:
Your instructions and sample briefs are linked to the buttons at the top of this page. You are required to choose two of these briefs in discussion with your teacher. Each sample brief is based on a different context:
- a soundtrack to support a short film
- live studio recording and mixing of a performance by a small instrumental group
- multi-track studio recording and mixing of a performance by a small instrumental group
- producing music and sound to support a computer-gaming environment
- creating a short radio broadcast involving sound, speech and music
- creating an audiobook
Task requirements
Task requirements
The brief for each task must be agreed between yourself and your teacher.
The brief for each task must be agreed between yourself and your teacher.
An appropriate task is meaningful and appropriately challenging, and requires you to demonstrate technical skills, apply musical understanding in a creative way, and show understanding of context.
An appropriate task is meaningful and appropriately challenging, and requires you to demonstrate technical skills, apply musical understanding in a creative way, and show understanding of context.
Each task should allow you to demonstrate all of the following technical skills:
Each task should allow you to demonstrate all of the following technical skills:
- Selecting and making appropriate use of at least two microphones, with placement appropriate to the sound sources
- Selecting and making appropriate use of at least one of the following:
- direct line input
- USB keyboard controller
- MIDI controller
- imported audio
- Successfully and safely constructing the signal path for one or more inputs
- Choosing and setting appropriate input gain and monitoring levels, with no distortion
- Applying creative/corrective equalisation
- Applying time domain effects and using compression or noise gate controllers
- Applying mixing techniques including volume, panning and fade-in/out
- Editing tracks (eg to remove spillage)
- Mixing down to an audio master in appropriate file format(s
Each production should involve a minimum of five parts, at least two of which should involve the use of a microphone.
Each production should involve a minimum of five parts, at least two of which should involve the use of a microphone.
Each production should be between 1 and 3 minutes in length.
Each production should be between 1 and 3 minutes in length.