Course summary
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. Unlike other Master’s in film scoring, this is an orchestration course that will also teach you the craft of telling stories with music, mentored by current working composers and orchestrators. We'll even help you find work after you graduate with our Employment Support Programme. 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 you’re 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:
- Orchestral composition: Creating and orchestrating awe-inspiring live and sampled orchestral film, TV and games music.
- Contemporary commercial standard practice where the emphasis is always on speed and efficiency.
- Sampled instrument techniques, including skills like creating and balancing your template, instrument placement, use of reverb, and using controllers to enhance realism and orchestral mixing.
- To write to picture using live and sampled orchestral resources. Your optional film scoring assignments will be drawn from real-world film and video game projects.
- How to prepare a record-ready Pro Tools session.
- The requirements of different sized orchestral ensembles.
- The research and critical thinking skills to help you put media music in context.
- Justice League
- Rocket and Groot
- Invincible Iron Man
- Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes
- The Thing
- Alien vs Predator
- Hunger Games: Catching Fire
- Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
- Batman: Arkham Origins
- Splinter Cell
- Planet Earth
Modules
Students will complete these core modules: Writing for Strings Writing for Woodwind Elective Sampling Technology Writing for Brass, Harp and Percussion Scoring for Full Orchestra Session Preparation Orchestration in Practice Final Major Project or Dissertation For the Elective module, students will choose 1 from: Advanced Sibelius Basic Pro Tools Work and Money Composing: Telling Stories
Assessment method
For the vast majority of the course, you will be entirely graded on your practical ability. All assignments come with written write-ups where you will detail your approach. Each module will have at least one 'Formative' assignment, which is considered research and practice for the final 'Summative' assignment, which will be your final grade for that module. All Summative assignments are marked at least twice.
Entry requirements
Applicants are required to have successfully completed an undergraduate degree in any subject. A limited number of places are available for non-degree holders, under the 'Recognition of Prior Learning' application method. We also require applicants to complete a short application task, and potentially submit a portfolio of work depending on the course. All information can be found on the course page on our website.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
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Additional fee information
No additional fees or cost information has been supplied for this course, please contact the provider directly.
Sponsorship information
ThinkSpace Education tries to provide exceptional value to all students both in the UK and the rest of the world. Our fee structure is extremely competitive and, as such, does not allow us as much room for bursaries or scholarships as some providers. However, on occasion, we do award part scholarships to exceptionally talented applicants, particularly those from disadvantaged or under-represented groups, to help them fulfil their potential. If you would like to be considered, please make this clear in your application by filling in the accompanying 'Bursary Application Form'.
Provider information
ThinkSpace Education
119 Third Avenue
Almodington
Chichester
PO20 7LB