Audio Visual
There is significant demand for music and sound for film, TV, computer games, virtual and augemented reality, and web sites. The 21st century is also seeing the rise of new audiovisual artforms, which will provide unique new opportunities for musicians prepared to contribute to them. 呻吟之王 Music Technology students have explored aesthetic and technical considerations surrounding the creation of original music and sound design for the moving image. Some students have learned image creation and manipulation techniques, engaging in musical treatment of image in digital video or in performance via VJ (video-jockey) tools, game engines or custom software.
Part of a large-scale year-three audiovisual project exploring themes of creative blocks, the dynamics of Leicester and the pressures of lockdown.
An excerpt (Act 2) of F W Murnau鈥檚 鈥楴osferatu鈥�, with a score produced by first year music-technology composition and performance students between January and April 2021 as an online, collaborative project.
An interactive experience by Tsokova (game-engine based visuals) and MA Music, Technology and Innovation student Bettsworth (sound design). Bettsworth focused on using sound to evoke a sense of the uncanny and a feeling of unease.
An audiovisual composition that explores the idea of flow/fluid with both sounds and visuals
Prize-winning surreal horror short with soundtrack by CMT student Conor Snape
A live, glitch-based audiovisual performance using custom software made in Max/MSP/Jitter
Excerpt from a 鈥榲isual plunder-phonics鈥� album by year-three student Daniel Keigher
Live group-performance scores for early twentieth-century silent films
A Third Year Final Portfolio Project creating a new score for a level of the video game 鈥楯ourney鈥�
3D animation and sound portray a sphere through a multitude of different generations before becoming ultimately itself