Unit 4 - Task 3

Scenario

You have been given the job! Your first assignment is to take one of your extended ideas and complete it. Your work should have a complete structure, and be notated in an appropriate format with clarity.

Task 3

You should now choose one from your two developed Cubase projects to finalise as a completed composition. Explain how you have structured your ideas in an accompanying presentation. Label as ‘Advert 1 final’. 

Use structural features, development techniques and music technology to develop a clear style of music that synchronises with the video images.
Evidence you must produce for this task One final composition, comprising of a Cubase project files, audio mixdown and a PowerPoint presentation using screenshots to demonstrate how you have structured your musical ideas and how they synchronise with the on-screen images.

Click here for the full Assignment Brief 3.

Click here for an example presentation showing how the composition was structured. 

Creating your own brief

  • What is the product?
  • Describe the type of person that this product would suit. This is known as the target audience (like in English).
  • What feelings would you want the target audience to associate with the product?
Excited
Tense
Hungry
Calm
Happy

Angry
Relaxed
Upset
Inspired
Sad
Hopeful
Interesting
Young
Superior

Caring
Wealthy
Desired



  • Which feelings can music create?
  • Which feelings need an image?
  • Which musical devices connect with these feelings?


up beat major chord
minor chords
discords
fast tempo
short quick notes

long held notes
tremolo
ostinato drums
violins
cymbals
synthesizer
echo
effects
syncopation

building up layers
thin texture
passing notes
interval leaps




trills







Structure your Composition

Style

Base your composition on a particular style of music.

Use these examples showing different styles of drum patterns – set them at the correct TEMPO.

If appropriate to your chosen style use AUDIO SAMPLES to add vocals or other effects.

This guide will help you with importing and how to create a rhythmic effect from audio.​


4 Bar Units

Keep everything in 4 bar units:

Build the TEXTURE by adding a new layer every 4 bars.

Texture


Drum Fills

Repeat your drum pattern for 4 bars before changing to a new pattern. Change the 4th bar into a DRUM FILL.

Keep your INTRO, VERSE, CHORUS and BRIDGE sections in multiples of 4 bars.


Large Sections

Create excitement and CONTRAST by changing the TEXTURE in each section.

Build up layers in the INTRO (red section) and when building up to the main CHORUS section (yellow) and strip layers out for the BREAKDOWN (green section) to create contrast.

Repeat some sections so that there is a balance between REPETITION and CONTRAST (e.g. the yellow CHORUS section). You can add some small variations 2nd time round to make it more interesting.

Create a section that is completely different from the rest of the piece as a MIDDLE 8 or BRIDGE section (purple) and repeat a previous section as an OUTRO to create a balance between REPETITION and CONTRAST