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This book presents an overview of the emerging field of emotion in
videogame soundtracking. The emotional impact of music has been
well-documented, particularly when used to enhance the impact of a
multimodal experience, such as combining images with audio as found
in the videogames industry. Soundtracking videogames presents a
unique challenge compared to traditional composition (for example
film music) in that the narrative of gameplay is non-linear -
Player dependent actions can change the narrative and thus the
emotional characteristics required in the soundtrack. Historical
approaches to emotion measurement, and the musical feature mapping
and music selection that might be used in video game soundtracking
are outlined, before a series of cutting edge examples are given.
These examples include algorithmic composition techniques,
automated emotion matching from biosensors, motion capture
techniques, emotionally-targeted speech synthesis and signal
processing, and automated repurposing of existing music (for
example from a players own library). The book concludes with some
possibilities for the future.
This book presents an overview of the emerging field of emotion in
videogame soundtracking. The emotional impact of music has been
well-documented, particularly when used to enhance the impact of a
multimodal experience, such as combining images with audio as found
in the videogames industry. Soundtracking videogames presents a
unique challenge compared to traditional composition (for example
film music) in that the narrative of gameplay is non-linear -
Player dependent actions can change the narrative and thus the
emotional characteristics required in the soundtrack. Historical
approaches to emotion measurement, and the musical feature mapping
and music selection that might be used in video game soundtracking
are outlined, before a series of cutting edge examples are given.
These examples include algorithmic composition techniques,
automated emotion matching from biosensors, motion capture
techniques, emotionally-targeted speech synthesis and signal
processing, and automated repurposing of existing music (for
example from a players own library). The book concludes with some
possibilities for the future.
This is a practical and comprehensive guide for all watercolour
enthusiasts, from the beginner who wishes to explore this popular
painting medium to the experienced artist looking for inspiration
and ideas. Starting with advice on materials, colour and
composition, the book goes on to describe basic and more advanced
techniques and the wonderful effects they can produce. Fourteen
easy-to-follow, step-by-step demonstrations show the reader how to
paint skies, trees, water, buildings and flowers, and each section
is accompanied by a selection of inspirational paintings by the
seven featured artists, in a rich variety of styles. Originally
published as 'Working with Watercolour', this book uses material
from the 'Leisure Arts' series.
Engaging, informative, and nontechnical, Introduction to
Educational Research: A Critical Thinking Approach, Second Edition
was written and organized specifically for students intending to
conduct future educational research. It enables students to think
clearly and critically about the process of research and
illustrates how easily research can be misinterpreted. The author
empowers educators and makes research truly accessible by equipping
readers with the reasoning and thinking skills needed to understand
and critically evaluate empirical studies across all areas of
education. Students are guided through the stages of the research
process: thinking about research, formulating hypotheses, selecting
appropriate research designs, collecting and analyzing statistical
and qualitative data, and completing research analyses and
critiques. As a result, students will better understand research as
an integrated process, as well as show how and why researchers
think like they do.
The year is 1930 and the British are in Arabia. Ivor Willoughby, a
young Orientalist, embarks on an ambitious quest to find his
father, an officer abroad with the British Army. In all of Ivor's
life, Robert has returned to England only once, bedraggled and
wild-eyed with tales of As'ir, a land of Sheikhs and white-turbaned
bandits, where he is fighting alongside Captain Lawrence and is
known by the name 'Ullobi'. After that single meeting which left
such a mark on his son, Robert is never heard from again. Ten years
on, Ivor must find out what became of him. So he sets out on the
journey of a lifetime. Travelling to Cairo to join the Locust
Bureau, then circuitously to Abha, Yemen, and along the Red Sea
coast, Ivor searches everywhere for clues about Ullobi, but no one
appears to remember him. Or perhaps they are afraid to admit to it.
Along the way Ivor hears whispers of a woman warrior called Na'ema
who was once a slave. Her story seems tantalisingly connected with
his father's, and Ivor finds himself in the misty heights of Ayinah
looking for an Abyssinian seer who was carried on the same slave
ship as Na'ema in 1914 and might unlock the mystery... In this
dazzling epic, William Newton brings to life Lawrence's Arabia in
fascinating and vivid detail. The Mistress of Abha is a tale of
Empire, of wild daring, of devastating love and an utterly
surprising heroine.
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