Week 1

What happened during the week?

Monday

• Read up all documentation on AUS220 website

• Planned meeting with Joe on possible side project regarding a animation students portfolio item

• Briefed my partner Joe on a possible collaboration with a game design student regarding a sci-fi horror themed game similar to Dead Space.

• Began writing weekly blog entry starting with this one

Tuesday

• Gone through the W1 lecture materials

• Attended lecture, introduced to the assessment items due

• Confirmed with Rose that writing separate posts each week will tick LO

• Confirmed with Lecturer that writing separate posts for major posts will be fine for website blogs

• Sci-fi project utilizing FMOD can be used to replace of sound replacement project pending approval from Rose. The project must meet majority of the LO's in the first project.

• Enrolled the support of one team member for the Sci-fi project

• Contacted the project lead of the Sci-fi project and will get the full project brief by next Tuesday

Wednesday

• Developed the full idea to drive the game design project 1 that is due in week 7

• Brainstormed an idea for the games department

• Attended the SLQ game music and film music meetup with Robin and learned more about the details regarding how music and sound is incorporated into live projects outside in the field

• Responded to the potential meeting with a film project that came from a lead generated from last trimesters Synergy event

Thursday

• Went through genre and its various definitions in the first half of the class

• Second session we moved through the deliverable and the items that will be due throughout the semester

• Future readings learning materials are introduced from the AUS220 website

• Contacted project lead from Swedish Game project to confirm the

• Pitched project idea to lecturer, the direction is confirmed for use for project 1

Friday

• Introduced how sound designers and composers work out the project 1 idea with Project Director of Swedish project

• Listened to the full sound track to Alien Isolation and took down notes

• Wrote up the sound profiles for each character and the visualizing the soundscape for the game environment

• Approached again from a contact in the animation department to do the music and sound for their project

Did any of the experiences or learning material I went through relate to my profession?

After attending the Wednesday night meeting for the Made Today: sound composition for films and gaming we I found it satisfying to know that there is a burgeoning demand for dynamic audio and audio for games and VR environments. Sound and music composition is needed in the these environment. Andrew and Tim worked in this field and were applying the same skills taught in SAE regarding how to advertise oneself to the industry through networking events like synergy and external sound events. Also that people tend to like to work people that they know in this industry so it is extremely important to know as many people as possible and not be an a@#.

Is there an academic or scientific explanation to my experience and what were the lessons learned?

(TBA)

How do I intend to use the experiences encountered and learnt this week into my future practice?

After attending the meeting on Wednesday I kind of got the feeling that there is a light at the end of the tunnel and seeing active composers using the same knowledge I am currently learning at SAE is gratifying.

I intend to network as much as I can while at SAE to get my name out there so to speak and compose as much as possible to create a large portfolio. Since I put a great deal of planning this week it should set me up well for the next couple weeks following.

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References:

https://sites.google.com/sae.edu/audio-studio-2/home?authuser=0

https://www.gameawards.se/competition

https://www.slq.qld.gov.au/whats-on/made-today-sound-composition-films-and-gaming

https://youtu.be/URG11U69KS8