Research Proposal Introduction:
Introduction
A general overview of the research topic.
Film score is defined as a body of original pieces of music combined to accompany film, these individual pieces of music are known as cues. In order to create these cues the music composer must meet with producers and the director to discuss the various aspects of the music: How music will be used in the film; what it will sound like; what part will it play in relation to narrative? And where cues will begin and end.
You can highlight the main research questions that are related to the project.
The project intends to look at the creation of film score from a beginners point of view; it will investigate the creation process, timeline and time constraints of film scoring and will look at the individual professional roles related to soundtrack creation i.e. musical composer and editor and how these roles work with other members of a films creative team. Most importantly the project will consider these research areas from an amateurs perspective and address their capabilities when composing film score. In order to investigate these areas there are certain research questions that must be focused on, such as:
- How does composed soundtrack work in film?
- What technology is available to assist?
- How does a composer remain in control of the score while working with other musicians?
- How does a composer work to tempo and time constraints?
- Identify emotional peaks and how to portray these emotions, how many emotions are there?
End the Introduction chapter with a clear description of your final Project Aim and 3-4 Objectives.
The project aim is to create a process in which complete amateurs can compose, record and sync emotive soundtrack for dramatic films.
Robin replied with the following feedback:
Hi Oliver,
You're starting to block out a clear Introduction, which is good.
I'd suggest that you clarify the use of 'amateur' - this might not be the best word, as it is unclear precisely what you mean here. Do you define yourself as the amateur? Or someone with film but not audio experience? Or someone with no media production experience at all?
I think you should use much more specific terminology so that your aim is not ambiguous.
Can you state in one short sentence what you intend to produce, and who for? I'd state this, make it very clear, and keep referring to this as you write up your introduction.
There are some issues if what you are proposing to do is effectively create a 'soundtrack tool'
Music composition is an artform - an amateur without musical training can't create high calibre soundtracks just because a tool exists (this is true of filmmaking, animation etc. - amateur users can make more polished content than ever before, but it is not of professional production standard).
The question 'what technology is available to exist' is effectively one you need to answer within the proposal, not the dissertation, if the aim of the project is to develop a pipeline for soundtrack composition. Discussing existing technologies is essential to establishing a rationale for your whole project, and thus needs to be addressed before you start. What if you set out to examine technologies and make a solution in semester 2, and find out right away that there are lots of great solutions already available? So make sure you address this in the proposal lit review.
Overall the project intro is looking fine, but you need the aim and objectives, lit review and method to really state what it is you are doing.
In response to this feedback I plan on on establishing my projects aims and objectives as soon as possible and will research available tools and technologies in my research proposal as a section in the literature review. I have also reworded my project aim using more specific terminology and addressing issues Robin mentioned above. The new project aim now reads: The aim of this study is to create a practical framework for the production of film scores for music and sound practitioners inexperienced in composing and producing music for film.
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