Applications open:
02 Jul 2018
Applications close:
17 Oct 2018
Duration:
2 years full-time
Attendance:
Three days face-to-face per week
$50,976 ($25,488 p.a.)
The fee shown is the indicative course tuition fee, expressed as a both a total course cost and per annum cost. For more information, see fees and scholarships below.
FEE-HELP and scholarships available
$101,952 ($50,976 p.a.)
The fee shown is the indicative course tuition fee, expressed as a both a total course cost and per annum cost. For more information, see fees and scholarships below.
Become a creative leader in the global screen industry
In the Master of Arts Screen: Music you examine how to apply varied styles of music to screen narratives. You will discover how music works with images, plot, editing, dialogue and other onscreen and soundtrack elements to create meaning and move audiences.
Throughout the course, you develop your own unique voice as you write and produce music in collaboration with students from other disciplines. You evaluate the most effective technologies to help you realise your ideas and undertake in-depth research to explore the possibilities of the form.
Is the 2019 Master of Arts Screen: Music right for you?
Why do this course
This course is designed for those who seek the skills and knowledge to become a screen composer, arranger, programmer, orchestrator, copyist, or music editor of film, television, documentary, advertising or web-based and interactive projects.
By the end of the course you will be equipped to work at a professional level on screen narratives of all kinds.
What you can expect
The course will be delivered in a combination of coursework, practical exercises and research. The coursework will look at the repertoire of films, television programs, and interactive narrative, and discover what filmmakers and composers have done in the past (and how and why they have done it) and what they are doing now (and how and why they do it), taking note of shifting styles in music scoring.
The practical work will require you to write and produce music for a range of exercises and projects in collaboration with your fellow Masters students, which will increase in scope and complexity as you progress through the course. You will focus on exploring the possibilities of the form, finding an innovative approach to the craft, developing an individual voice, and achieving excellence in the execution.
Industry practitioners will contribute to the coursework program, providing insights into their practice. In small, cross-disciplinary groups, you will collaborate with your peers to develop a shared vocabulary of cinematic storytelling and life-long collaborative networks.
In your final year, you create a funded major project using AFTRS’ extensive production facilities to realise your vision and undertake a professional placement.
Across the course, you will be supported to consider who you are as a creative practitioner and develop an adaptable, creative skill-set. Learning to document and analyse your process through the development of a practice-based research project, you will understand how you have been informed by innovations and processes of the past, and how your practice engages with contemporary screen culture and its emerging trends and technologies.
Career opportunities
The Master or Arts Screen: Music enables you to work at a professional level on screen narratives of all kinds. You will graduate with the skills and knowledge to become a screen composer, arranger, programmer, orchestrator, copyist or music editor in film, television, documentary, advertising or web-based and interactive screen projects.
AFTRS screen composing alumni include: Antony Partos Animal Kingdom (2010), The Slap (2011); Caitlin Yeo president Australian Screen Composers Guild, The Rocket (2013), The Butterfly Tree (2017); Matteo Zingales The Hunter (2011), Farenheit 451 (2018), Mystery Road (2018).
Meet our Head of Music
Cameron Patrick
Cameron Patrick is an Annie Award nominee and AGSC Screen Music Award winner whose screen experience spans 29 years. He…
Demonstrate and apply advanced knowledge of theory and practice as a professional and creative leader in their discipline.
Critically evaluate and apply a deep understanding of cinematic storytelling to create audience-engaged work for the screen.
Justify and implement a reflective creative practice that synthesises specialist knowledge, research and an understanding of personal process.
Apply an adaptable skill set.
Demonstrate an ability to lead, inspire and collaborate across diverse projects with a confidence in their creative voice and core value.
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