Film Music & Sound Effects, three workshops with Ulrika Varankaitė, visiting professor from Erasmus+ partner institution Kaunas University of Technology in Lithuania.
The lecturer will be visiting the Saint Louis College of Music from April 8-11, 2025 with an extensive teaching proposal designed primarily for students of Composition, Applied Music, Electronic Music and Sound Engineering, but open to students from all departments.
Ulrika Varankaitė is a lecturer at the Erasmus+ partner institution Kaunas University of Technology in Lithuania. He mainly teaches Film Music and Sound Effects to students in the Music Technology department; his research focuses on the extra-musical associations evoked by listening to music from the perspectives of music psychology and semiotics.
These are the scheduled Workshops with Ulrika Varankaitė:
Tuesday, April 8 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. – Via del Boschetto AULA 9
The Three Sound Layers in Film: Dialogue, Sound Effects and Music – Basic level, open to all students
Exploration of film sounds especially from a technical and psychological perspective: hierarchy of sounds (layers) in film, non-diegetic layers and their combinations, techniques of recording dialogue and sound effects, functions of film music, live orchestra vs. MIDI mockups. Theory with illustrations, examples and analysis, plus hands-on workshops/games.
Wednesday, April 9 0re 16:00-18:00 – Cimarra Street AULA 6
Semiotics of Film Sounds – aimed primarily at students of Composition, Applied Music, Sound Technician, Electronic Music
Second part of previous workshop. The exploration focuses mainly on two levels-film music and sound effects-primarily from semiotic and psychological perspectives. Subtopics: sounds in film as signs, unrealistic sounds, symbolism of sound effects, musical instruments (timbres) and other elements in film music, multimodality of music. Theory with illustrations, examples and analysis, plus hands-on workshops/games.
