COMP1943 Creative Sound Design

COMP1943 Creative Sound Design

Course Description

This experiential project course will provide hands-on experiences in creating music videos and movie/game trailers by creatively remixing music, recutting video, and applying effects. It will provide a creative outlet where students can apply their problem solving skills in a deep and engaging way to create music remixes, mashups, character videos, and reimagined video stories. It will also give students a chance to work with emerging video technologies. Whether students have music and video editing background or not, this course will provide them a chance to create like a sound designer, video editor, and director. For each of their music video creations, students will also create a behind-the-scenes commentary video that describes what they did and how they did it. They will share their creations and commentaries in class, and learn from and be inspired by one another.

[EXP] Experiential learning

List of Topics & Course Intended Learning Outcomes

1. Create video and audio mashups by combining video from one source and audio from another to make them work together.

2. Edit, remix, and apply effects to the music and video.

3. Refashion music and video sources with plot twists, movie/actor mashups, and creative storytelling.

4. Incorporate emerging technologies in creative music videos and movie trailers.

5. Create behind-the-scenes director commentary videos that document what students did and how they did it.

Grading Scheme

3 Assignments	45% (10, 15, 20%)
Final Project	45%
Peer & Research Ratings	10%
Total	100%

Textbook

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