Digital Literacy: Sound, Motion, Object
T/Th 7:30-10:15pm
Instructor: Andrew Benson
Week 1
Tuesday:
- Welcome to class/introductions
- Assignment: start collecting and looking for media
Thursday:
- Intro to Final Cut
- Non-linear editing concepts
- Exercise: quick edits
Week 2
Tuesday:
- Compression, Effects
- Group Assignment: Music Video
Thursday:
- Material: Digital Video
- Continue Music Video
Week 3
Tuesday:
- Joe presents Pipilotti Rist
- After Effects demo
Thursday:
- Music Video cont. (work+discuss)
- Marcella presents William Kentridge
Week 4
Tuesday:
- AE continued (motion,keyframes,composites)
- Finish up Group Projects
- Read: The Matter of Electronics
- Elise presents Shawn Bixey
Thursday:
- Daniel Presents
- Music Video due
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Tuesday:
- Intro to Sound Editing
- Audacity
- Cutting, pasting, mixing
- Luke: Ryan Trecartin
Thursday 2.18:
- Discuss Sound more
- Begin Sound Project
- Assignment: Draw Sound Representation
- Michelle…
Week 6
Tuesday 2.23:
- Soundtrack Pro
- Sound Representation Due
- Discuss Matter of Electronics
- Madison
Thursday 2.25:
- More Sound stuff
- Synthesis
- Jay
Week 7
Tuesday 3.2:
- Processing sounds
- Xiaolong
Thursday 3.4:
- Work Day
- Nick
Week 8
Tuesday 3.9:
- work time
Thursday 3.11:
- John+Hector present…
Week 9
Spring Break!!!!
Week 10
Tuesday 3.23: Critiques (sound proj due)
Thursday 3.25: Critiques
Week 11
Tuesday 3.30: Max+Arduino+Electronics
Thursday 4.1: Max+Arduino+Electronics
Week 12
Tuesday 4.6: Interactivity
Thursday 4.8: Interactivity
Week 13
Tuesday 4.13
Thursday 4.15
Week 14
Tuesday 4.20
Thursday 4.22
Week 15
Tuesday 4.27
Thursday 4.29
Week 16
Tuesday 4.4 Final Projects Due. Crit 1
Thursday 4.6 Crit 2
References
- Audiovisual Art Links – I keep a long list of artists and authors for reference on this page.
- Internet Archive – “open source” and free media files available for download. Great sight for found-footage projects and getting some basic materials to work with.
- Stephen Wilson – keeps a rather exhaustive set of links for artists, research topics, and everything else related to art and technology. Great research site.
- VideoHelp – Online database of tips for working with digital video, spotted by Miguel.
- Video Copilot’s AE Tutorials – Andrew Kramer does a lot of the basic tricks in easy-to-follow video tutorials.
- la fondation Daniel Langlois – awesome online directory of media art and foundation that provides funding and research in media art.
- Vague Terrain – some good articles about electronic media
- DVD Studio Pro Notes
Feel free to suggest more links as you come across them…
