Module Details

The information contained in this module specification was correct at the time of publication but may be subject to change, either during the session because of unforeseen circumstances, or following review of the module at the end of the session. Queries about the module should be directed to the member of staff with responsibility for the module.
Title Voice in Screen Media
Code MUSI563
Coordinator Dr AE Skjerseth
Music
A.Skjerseth@liverpool.ac.uk
Year CATS Level Semester CATS Value
Session 2022-23 Level 7 FHEQ First Semester 15

Aims

• To understand how voice studies has prompted key issues in screen media sound scholarship
• To evaluate the voice’s relationship to screen sound and music in different cultures, media, genres, and political orientations
• To identify and experiment with the technologies that record and manipulate voices in screen media
• To analyse the voice in media from opera on film to digitally synthesised voices


Learning Outcomes

(LO1) Understand how uses of the voice have prompted key issues in screen sound scholarship.

(LO2) Evaluate the voice’s relationship to screen sound and music in different cultures, media, genres, and political orientations.

(LO3) Identify the technologies that record and manipulate voice in screen media and experiment with them in a Digital Audio Workstation.

(LO4) Analyse the voice in media from opera on film to digitally synthesized voices.

(S1) Critical thinking and problem solving – Critical analysis.

(S2) Critical thinking and problem solving - Evaluation.

(S3) Communication (oral, written and visual) - Media analysis.

(S4) Communication (oral, written and visual) - Presentation skills.


Syllabus

 

Topics covered in this module may include:
• Histories and theories of the voice in screen media
• Hierarchy of the screen voice among screen sound and music
• Techniques and technologies of lip syncing and dubbing
• Digital manipulation of the voice
• Acousmatic voice theory and use in certain genres
• Resynchronizing and adapting voices to new media

Resources will be made available to students through Canvas, UoL’s Learning Management System. Students will be expected to source supplementary resources to develop their skills outside of contact hours. Students will be expected to produce written work outside of the scheduled teaching hours.


Teaching and Learning Strategies

Lectures will be delivered in teaching rooms. Screenings will be delivered in screening spaces. 1-Time DAW Workshops will be delivered in the computer labs. Note: this is a four-week long module and contact hours reflect this format. The majority of teaching will be delivered face to face on campus. Online delivery will be used to complement the on-campus delivery and where technology affords a better learning experience.


Teaching Schedule

  Lectures Seminars Tutorials Lab Practicals Fieldwork Placement Other TOTAL
Study Hours 8

        8

16
Timetable (if known) 120 mins X 1 totaling 8
 
        120 mins X 1 totaling 8
 
 
Private Study 134
TOTAL HOURS 150

Assessment

EXAM Duration Timing
(Semester)
% of
final
mark
Resit/resubmission
opportunity
Penalty for late
submission
Notes
             
CONTINUOUS Duration Timing
(Semester)
% of
final
mark
Resit/resubmission
opportunity
Penalty for late
submission
Notes
Multimedia Project There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission.    100       
Project proposal. Meeting to discuss topic for Multimedia Project.         

Recommended Texts

Reading lists are managed at readinglists.liverpool.ac.uk. Click here to access the reading lists for this module.