"The latest viral video doesn't just come from YouTube — it's a remix of it. Amateur musicians with video cameras and homemade gadgets are all the playthings of an Israel-based musician and producer named Kutiman, who blends their sounds and images into unique songs. . . "
One of fifteen experiments in writing typical detective themes, "I Recall Bacall" has been set here to classic film noir footage. Silly credits are added in typical forties font. I use this music (and visual) genre study in my film music teaching.
From YouTube description: Part 1 of extended version demonstrating what the famous 4-note Intel inside jingle mans and how it works. Part 2 is longer and includes intertextual connotations and musical commutations.
4. What's next for your audio projects? share (common assets); next class: create rough videos with available audio and photos collected from Creative Commons and Flickr)
So you've captured and edited audio. You've downloaded (public domain) audio and edited together multiple tracks.
You've played with audio. You've shared it (some). We'll share more in class 2/12. We'll share it by loading it into our common assets.
But right now you are just playing with audio. It needn't be a high quality piece. Production needn't be high. It doesn't even need to make sense. It just needs to show that you know how to mess with audio.
After that, the real work begins.
If you choose to create an audio project for your final assignment, you'll want to think about the kind of "thing" you'd like it to be. an audio essay? soundscape? a sound portrait? something else?
Perhaps you are interested in creating the first episode in a new podcast series. Or developing a podcast-like project to share with the National Conversation on Writing or some other structure designed for sharing.
Lots of great ideas are available in your book (Multimodal Composition) and in the "inspiration" posts located here and in your classmate's blogs.
If you have an audio recorder you'd like to use, bring it to class tomorrow. We'll begin capturing/editing audio Thursday, 2/5.
You'll be doing this in groups and I have at least one recorder to share. So if you don't already have a recorder you wish to use, don't run out and purchase one. (unless you just really want to) We've got you covered.
I would like for you to have the opportunity to attend as much of this as possible, so we'll try to end class by a little before 6:00 rather than 7:10. That means we'll plow right through without a break and cut some of our discussion of the readings a bit short. I want you to have plenty of time to capture audio and, if possible, begin downloading. So that means we want to begin your interviews by no later than 5:00. Our agenda follows.
1. Blogs/audio/Audacity questions 2. National Conversation on Writing (contributions + Digital Installation at FRS) 3. Tagg/MC/French Manicure (We'll likely push much of this discussion to next week) 4. Technical suggestions, audio assignment 5. Go forth and collect audio! 6. Return and upload audio to computer. Edit out ums and ahs with Audacity (remember NPR's "Behind the Curtain") 7. Party and Dr. Fulkerson's!
Sometimes Audacity is useful in recording something you can't seem to download and port into Audacity but are able to actually *play* on your computer. If you need it and would like to work with it, simply play it on your computer and record that sound via the method described above.
9. Shortlists ("A Short List is made from your experience or research or daily life. You read it out loud for about 60 seconds and then tell su at the end what the list *was*"). http://transom.org/?p=4
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