Production Lab 2*
Module code
M-FT-PRLB2
Curricular domain
Practical Classes
Credits
5
Group size
All second-level students (*NB Through 2024 a group of second-year students will follow the Production Lab 3 course)
Number of course weeks
30
Class duration
One 60-minute lesson per week
Total contact hours
30 hours
Study load
110 hours
Form / content / level
Prerequisites
Completion of Production Lab level 1.
Competencies
Aims
Over the course of this module, students acquire a broad understanding of the technical side of composing and arranging for film and theatre and develop themselves from a competent (knows adequately, qualified) level to a proficient (practiced, skillful) level.
Relation to other modules
Mainly Main Subject, Projects, Traineeship and several electives.
Content
Sound Engineering / Music Production:
Learning different aspects of recording in the ArtEZ Arnhem sound studio.
All aspects of recording individual instruments, bands, and ensembles up to orchestra. Adequate microphone settings, talkback, signal flow also in complex studio situations with Pro Tools HDX, Madi and REAC.
Recording String Quartet with various setups under the aspect of integration of recorded sound into library sound.
Mode(s) of instruction
Group lessons that, depending on the composition of the group, take place entirely on-campus, entirely online or in a combination of both, i.e., that there are attendees both physically in the classroom and virtually via a screen. Online attendees communicate by seeing, talking and listening to each other and the on-campus attendees equally. The teacher has access to a whiteboard, application sharing, desktop sharing and document sharing and can hand this privilege to any other participants.
Apart from the video conference a high quality stereo audio stream is open at the same time via source connect. That way students and instructor can listen to music from any source of the group and talk about it simultaneously.
Material & Tools
Students use ArtEZ’s studio equipment and their laptop with DAW.
Student activity
Students pro-actively record bands and single artists from their ArtEZ environment and produce the recordings by mixing and mastering on broadcasting level.
Examination and assessment
Mode(s) of assessment
Assessment by the instructor at the end of each semester.
Criteria
Students demonstrate their skills using a live recording situation.
Using their own completed productions, students demonstrate their level of production and are able to reflect on all production steps.
Pass requirements
The student has completed this module if they are awarded a minimum grade of 5.5 at the end of the second semester.
Examination procedure
At the end of both semesters the instructor fills out an assessment form designed specifically for this module. Assessment is comprised of a verbal evaluation and a concluding grade. Assessment at the end of the autumn semester is formative and expressed in terms of satisfactory/unsatisfactory. It indicates a student's progress in this module. No ECs are awarded and there is no resit. Modules can only be absolved, and ECs awarded, after the end of the spring semester.
Tests conducted online are valid only if it is done without interruption. The assessor will decide whether or not the test was valid.
Resit options
Module summary
A group class on production skills, bringing students from a competent to a proficient level. Relevant topics over the years: DAW, Plug-ins, Sample libraries, Templates, Recording, Mixing, Mixing for Orchestra, Mixing for Bands, Mock-up.