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Description
In the context of the module "Music Production for Media", which is taught during the winter semester at the Department of Music Studies of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, one of the main assignments that students have to complete is the creation of a full soundtrack for a short video.In this particular project, the group of students undertook to soundtrack a short animation video clip based on the adventures of a small clam in the coastal and underwater zone, approaching the music - soundtrack in the classical sense of the term, so as to reach a complete production at postproduction level.Film Scoring is created with original music composition for the whole film, Sound Design and Foley for the other sounds of the film. Software such as Audio Production Suites, VST Instruments, Symphonic VST Libraries, as well as Sound Libraries built by the group exclusively for this purpose, are used. The whole short animation video is presented, along with the methodology implemented during the production process.
CV
Yannis Malafis belongs to the Laboratory Teaching Staff of the Music Department of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. His main fields of study are Audio Engineering, Music Recording, Music Technology and Music Production. His teaching is related to Audio Engineering, Music for Media, Creative use of Music Technology in Education, both in undergraduate and in postgraduate courses. His research interest focuses mainly on the acoustical analysis of traditional Greek instruments regarding their radiation patterns. Yannis works very closely with the Greek Ministry of Education in matters related to the implementation of Audio Engineering and Music Technology in the Greek Music school’s curriculum. He is also an active musician, performing in numerous events.
