Film Composition
Journals
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17/09/12
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The college year has commenced and now we can get underway with our Final Year Project. My project is going to focus on children with autism and music therapy. I will look at some definitions of autism. I am also going to explore the meaning behind music therapy. I will do this by looking at a range of literature around autism and music therapy. This will hopefully give me a better insight into the effects of music therapy on children with autism. After some organizational discussion we assembled into our roles within the group and as it stands my duties include the following in the preliminary stages;
My role in the project primarily is the creating, sourcing, developing and processing of audio sound effects and soundscapes. I will basically be searching the net for stock audio clips (i.e. BBC sound effects library) or recording the sounds myself. The sounds will then be processed to optimize the quality until they are considered to be industry standard. Experiments with frequencies in conjunction with music therapy with autism will also be conducted in order to achieve positive results with creating a genuine mood alteration within the condition. This will be done through extensive research into the types of instruments, frequencies and other channels of sound that await for me to discover in order to improve quality of life.
We have booked a meeting for Friday the 28th of September to meet the special needs assistant in Liscarroll N.S. where we will be taken through the Autistic Unit and its audiovisual application implementation. I have decided to enquire with Susan Motherway (I.T. Lecturer) to obtain information and contact details on specialists in art therapy and research through the medium of audio. I have considered other implementations I may be able to offer the project within the modules I have completed and my general skillset acquired from previous group ventures and employment. So far it seems like
Word Count: 3,450
17/09/12
1
The college year has commenced and now we can get underway with our Final Year Project. My project is going to focus on children with autism and music therapy. I will look at some definitions of autism. I am also going to explore the meaning behind music therapy. I will do this by looking at a range of literature around autism and music therapy. This will hopefully give me a better insight into the effects of music therapy on children with autism. After some organizational discussion we assembled into our roles within the group and as it stands my duties include the following in the preliminary stages;
My role in the project primarily is the creating, sourcing, developing and processing of audio sound effects and soundscapes. I will basically be searching the net for stock audio clips (i.e. BBC sound effects library) or recording the sounds myself. The sounds will then be processed to optimize the quality until they are considered to be industry standard. Experiments with frequencies in conjunction with music therapy with autism will also be conducted in order to achieve positive results with creating a genuine mood alteration within the condition. This will be done through extensive research into the types of instruments, frequencies and other channels of sound that await for me to discover in order to improve quality of life.
We have booked a meeting for Friday the 28th of September to meet the special needs assistant in Liscarroll N.S. where we will be taken through the Autistic Unit and its audiovisual application implementation. I have decided to enquire with Susan Motherway (I.T. Lecturer) to obtain information and contact details on specialists in art therapy and research through the medium of audio. I have considered other implementations I may be able to offer the project within the modules I have completed and my general skillset acquired from previous group ventures and employment. So far it seems like