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For the next two weeks our class will be exploring the use of audio to create projects and tell stories. In class yesterday we got off to a good start with a foley artist project blitz in class working together to perform live a soundtrack for Charlie Chaplin’s Lion’s Cage. This assignment was completed by students in Jim & Alan’s UMW sections of ds106.
We introduced the class to the art of foley by watching this great one minute video produced by the LA Times as well as legendary sound designer Ben Burtt (Star Wars, Indiana Jones) describe the history of foley art in early Walt Disney animation. After that, the class was divided into four groups and given 20 minutes to explore ways to create sound, allocate roles for performance, and do some quick rehearsing. It was a lot of fun to see what kinds of tricks students pulled out of their pockets and from the hallways of York College to produce sound – newspapers, keys, nylon backpacks, a tray from a planter, a doorstop weight, and more…
Each group performed in sequence 50 seconds of the soundtrack while I walked around the room recording with a microphone attached to my iPhone. Below are the results of the two groups, which I think each had some great moments of creativity.
http://youtu.be/64KakwkLbVs
http://youtu.be/Zg_Tw4XJ9uo
Assignments for the next two weeks:
1. The same group with which you explored foley will be your group with which you will create a 20 minute radio show of any variety, theme, topic, and/style you want. By Monday 03/12 10PM you will need to collaboratively create a 30 sec bumper/teaser for your show and post it to your blogs. Only one student need upload the file to Soundcloud, and each of you should embed it to your blog and describe your role in producing it.
Please have a look at the ds106 page for additional description and links to some examples of bumpers and shows created by previous students. The final 20 min show is due by Sunday 03/11 at 11:59PM, again only one student need post the file to Soundcloud, but everyone needs to blog about their experience creating the show and embed the file in the post. We will be broadcasting your shows Monday 03/12 on DS106Radio for a live show.
In a comment on this post, please let me know your group’s name, show topic, and the members of your group. If you don’t already have a group, use the comments on this page to find one to join by asking to get in on one, or by creating your own and inviting others.
2. You will also be exploring the audio assignments bank and doing 15 stars worth of assignments over the next two weeks. I would like everyone to do the three star sound effects story assignment during this time. Read the post I wrote last semester describing the main tools needed to do sound projects. It talks about recording, sample sources, editing, and publishing tools.
Also you can visit Alan Levine’s 106tricks site for additional resources about working with audio over the next two weeks. And here’s a lot more links to videos about foley if interested.
And the title of this post is inspired by Bob Dylan infamously dismissing the majority of modern music since his time saying, ‘the radio makes hideous sounds.’ Well I say in response, let’s turn these two weeks ‘up to eleven.’
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23 responses to “CUNY Weeks 6-7 – Time to Make Some Hideous Sounds”
Group Name: “Dynamites”
Show Topic: “Relationships The Good, Bad & The Ugly”
Members Of Group: Alasia Laureano, Daniel Joffre, Janelle, Kevin, Adewole
Very excited to hear some Eastwood samples with this one. I’m sure a few western styled standoffs at least!
Group Name: Radio4 Us
Show Topic: Social Cultural discussions
Members: Casheda Peters, Taniesha, Khorri, Jordan
Very cool to see you all getting your group and topic together. Look forward to hearing your bumper on Monday!
Professor Smith,
Can the 30 sec radio bumper, and 20 min show be included in one file, or are we suppose to submit it separately? We’ve already created our show, and bumper recording, but it’s in a single file.
Thanks
Definitely separately. Think of the bumper as an ad for your radio show.
Hey professor what are we supposed to put our radio interview under in soundcloud?? Are we suppose to tag it or put it under a group??
Do you have a bumper done too? You can upload it to soundcloud and blog about it. Each member should blog about their perspective on the show and embed the show in the post.
Group Name: three guys and a girl
Show topic: awareness of politics, music, and sports
Group Members: Andrew Johnson, Walter Bryant, Alicia Gray
Great to see you’ve come together and posted your show topic. Looking forward to seeing the bumper soon.
I uploaded the radio interview to sound cloud but I need to know what to tag it as or what group to put it under: the bumper we are doing tomorrow like you posted.
Good question. There are no specific tags for the radio show assignment. So just tag it ‘ds106radioshow’ and if you can please make a comment to this post that links to the show. Really looking forward to hearing all the great stuff made by you and everyone else!
Ok Thanks:)!! Here is the link on my SoundCloud account!
http://soundcloud.com/alasia-laureano/group-name-dynamites
Show Name: The Viral Takeover
Topic: KONY 2012
Members of the group: Renae Cumberbatch, Valerie Mercado, Daljit Singh
Sounds really interesting. A very timely topic with lots of opinions and resources to draw from!
Hello Professor. I have the bumper for my groups Radio show, here’s the link:
http://soundcloud.com/formulatingdreams/the-viral-takeover-bumper
Hello Professor! our group “Dynamites” with Alasia, Kevin, Adewole, Janelle and Daniel finished our bumper, here is the link for you to listen to it:)!!!
http://soundcloud.com/alasia-laureano/dynamite
Hello Professor. I have uploaded my groups bumper for our radio show “The Viral Takeover”. The link to my sound-cloud is:
http://soundcloud.com/formulatingdreams/the-viral-takeover-bumper
link to radio show “Radio4Us”
http://soundcloud.com/casheda-peters/radio4us-bumper
This is the link to our radio show. The description tells everything & who was involved http://soundcloud.com/aleese-land/ds106-radio-with-the-juice
This is our 30 second bumper for our radio show http://soundcloud.com/aleese-land/radio-bumper
We did our show professor. Here it is.
http://soundcloud.com/andrewjohnsonct101ds106/ds106broadcastandrewwalteralic
Here is our radio show on sports
http://soundcloud.com/dehniaduplan/sports-radio-show
Our Ds106radioshow on sports.
Chad- Football
Marcos- Baseball
George- All Sports
Dehnia- Basketball, Audio edit
Audio Tracks Used
Missy Elliott- We Run This Instrumental
Biggie Smalls- Dead Wrong
Porter Robinson- Unison (Knife Party Remix)
DJ Khaled feat. Ludacris, Rick Ross, Snoop Dogg, & T-Pain- All I Do Is Win