In Class: Using Audio on your pages 

• Digital Audio Basics and formats 
• Download Winamp the mpeg, wave and midi player 
• PGMusic home page and Band in the Box tutorial
• Sound file recorded w/ Band in the Box by the prof
• Beth's Music page 
• Recording with with Windows Media Recorder 
• Recording with Soundforge
• Other free audio recorders
  • Audacity open source editor
  • Download Goldwave audio recorder and editor
  • Other freeware sound editors 
• A sound clip to play with (waves) Droopy 
• Server basics and streaming 
• Adam's Multimedia Tutorial for RealMedia 
• Convert audio sounds from the PC to a recorder with
  Messer

Acid On-line Tutorials

Use these Acid loops

Also: https://cissrv3.uwsp.edu/loops  

Creating Great Audio for the Web

Add streaming flash sound w/javascript

Another way to stream by converting an . mp3 file to the . swf format
      Download Soundnails mp3 audio converter (Tutorial at              http://www.soundnails.com)

Get the Acid user manual

PowerPoint Assignment:
There are two basic types of time: objective, or clock time, and subjective or felt time.  Clock time is measured quantitatively and can be represented by a horizontal vector.  Subjective time is perceived duration; it can be represented by a vertical vector indicating the relative involvement in an event and the relative awareness of time. We normally divide the time continuum into past, present, and future. Past and future events have objective "addresses" on the time continuum.  The present cannot be consciously fixed; it belongs to the subjective time category.  Live television is event-dependent.  Recorded television and film are medium-dependent.

1. List as many activities as possible that are ruled by the clock, that is, that would not be possible without a clock.
2. Find several URLs that are examples of nontime arts (painting, sculpture, photography) in which the artist has included the concept of time.
3. Explain that time is hard to measure because time itself is not observable. Show that the clock actually measures distance rather than time. (The hands of the clock point to distance markings that we interpret as time). Have students list other methods of measuring time.

Assignment for Everyone:
Create a two-minute audio clip from the Acid loops.  First, create a short story, write it down, then choose the music that goes with the story.  Post your short story and the music in Forum #9.  Also, tell why you chose the music to go with your story.

Acid Download site:

http://www.uwsp.edu/comm/rbullis/rb/download/audio/acidxpress30g_bld365.exe

Acid loops: http://www.sonicfoundry.com  or http://www.sonicfoundry.com/loop_libraries/default.asp?cid=-1

and http://flashkit.com

Acid Tutorial: http://www.uwsp.edu/comm/rbullis/300/lectures/acid.swf 
(It might take a little time to download)

Post your essay in the TNMA 300 Forum #9. 
http://ceilidh.uwsp.edu/rbullis/300/9/ceilidh.htm

Read the Chapters for Week 10 by class next week.
50 Fast Photoshop7 Techniques: Chapter 5 – “Combining Photos in Montages, Collages, and Composites”  Techniques 26, 27, 28
Photographic Composition: Chapter 2 
Creators on  Creating: World issues: Oyle [150-156], Callahan [216-223], Johnson [59-62]

In Class:
Videos of Song and Dance
Guest Lecturer: Lawrence Leviton, Film Music

PowerPoint Assignment:  
Find 10 URLs on the Internet that use music within the site or web page.  Create a criteria for judging these sites as well as the music and quality of music, and explain your reasoning to the class.

Assignment for Everyone: Video and Music

Find two films on the Internet:
Write at least a 350 word essay on the integration of music and these two Internet films.  Use the film, music, and lighting vocabulary that you have learned so far.
Address all of the following points for each film:

1. Give the title of the show.
2. Describe briefly the story line or plot using the names of the principal characters.
3. Estimate the total number of minutes of music.
4. How was the music integrated into the drama or comedy?
5. How did the music affect the mood of the show?
6. Do any of the characters have their own theme music?
7. Who is the composer of the music?
8. Who is the performer/s?
9. What instruments were used for the music?
10.Was music a necessary part of the show? Why or why not?
11. List the URL where you found the films.

AtomFilms: http://atomfilms.shockwave.com/af/home/ 

SightSound: http://www.sightsound.com/Media/ 

Read the Chapters for Week 11 by class next week.
Creators on Creating: Playwright and Film: Kushner [145-149], Bergman [135-137]
50 Fast Photoshop 7 Techniques: Chapter 6 - "Fine Art Techniques" Techniques 30, 31, 32
Photographic Composition: Chapter 3 – “Photographic Controls"

In Class:
West Side Story film presentation
http://www.uwsp.edu/comm/rbullis/rb/pptslides/musical genre.ppt  

PowerPoint Assignment: Create a short biography on the creators from Creators on Creating from Week 10, 11, and 12: Kushner, Bergman Foucault, Milner, Shelley , and da Vinci.  Show how they are similar and dissimilar in their creating methods using either a Mind Map or PowerPoint presentation.

Assignment for Everyone: A Before and After Photo Assignment
1. Take several photographs, either digitally or on film.  Have the film developed, if necessary.
2. Select on of your photos (perhaps one that did not turn out as well as you wanted, or one that needs enhancement in some way).
3. Scan the photo, name the photo, and save it in your H drive.
4. Open Photoshop, and get your photo from your H drive.
5. Save this image, Save for Web (...after.gif or .jpg), in your H drive, inetpub folder.
5. Then use at least three different techniques from Photoshop on the image.
6. Rename the image, Save for Web, in your H drive, inetpub folder.
7. Put the two URLs (the Before and After images) in the Forum for Week 11.
8. Describe in great detail what you did to the images and what steps you took to get your After picture.

If you need help scanning or working with your H drive, contact Nikki or Matt Smith.

Post your project URL in TNMA Forum #11.
http://ceilidh.uwsp.edu/rbullis/300/11/ceilidh.htm

Read the Chapters for Week 12 by class next week.
Creators on Creating: Imagination: Foucault [108-112], Milner [113-116], Shelley [91-95], da Vinci [178-179]
50 Fast Photoshop 7 Techniques: Chapter 7 - "Using Plug-Ins to Add Impact to Your Photos"
    Techniques 36, 37, 38

In Class:
Guest Artist: Susan Gingrasso, Professor of Dance
Topic: Storyboard/Content
Swish
Discussion and demonstrations of West Side Story

Documentaries on Annie Liebowitz and Steigletz.
The Creative Spirit
Discussion groups focusing on creativity and using The Creative Sprit as a launch for discussion.  A spokesperson from each group will present a brief report on how the film can stimulate a person's creativity.

Film Ethnic Notions and discussion.

PowerPoint Assignment: Create a PowerPoint presentation of choreographers and dancers- Modern, Post Modern, and Second Post Modern period.  Some choreographers and dancers to consider are Isadora Duncan, Martha Graham, Jerome Robbins, Hermes Pan, Fred Astaire, Ray Bolger, Gene Kelly, Alvin Ailey, Twyla Tharp, Garth Fagan, and Debbie Allen.  Choose several from each period and describe their contributions to dance.  
Here are some URL to get you started: http://www.calarts.edu/~dk/mdance.html 
http://www.lancs.ac.uk/palatine/danceindex.htm#wid 
http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/jgv4/dance/current.htm     
http://www.lancs.ac.uk/palatine/danceindex.htm 

Find several of your own URLS to include in the presentation.

Swish Help Files

Swish menu movie file to play with

Post your Swish assignment in the TNMA 300 Forum Forum #12. 
http://ceilidh.uwsp.edu/rbullis/300/12/ceilidh.htm

Read the Chapters for Week 13 by class next week.
Readings: Creators on Creating:
Musicians: Eno [165-169], Tchaikovsky [180-184], Stravinsky [189-195], Zappa 
[195-198]
Topic: Narration
50 Fast Photoshop 7 Techniques: Chapter 8 - "Making Photographic Prints"
    Techniques 42, 43, 44
Photographic Composition - Chapter 4 "Color Controls" 

In Class: 
1. PowerPoint Presentations
2. A presentation of Alfred Stieglitz, photographer,  followed by a discussion about the visual meanings expressed in the film.

PowerPoint Assignment: Create a PowerPoint presentation using these authors from Creators on Creating: Fellini [31-36], Duncan [207-209], Finley [209-211], Halprin [44-49], Eno [165-169], Tchaikovsky [180-184], Stravinsky [189-195], Zappa 
[195-198], Ogilvy [173-177], and Herrigel [198-201]. Explain how they create, and how they are similar or dissimilar in their creating methods. Show several URLs that support your thinking, and also include several URLs of your favorite musical groups. Playing a musical clip of one or two to highlight your reasoning would be very enlightening and interesting.

Post your link in the TNMA 300 Forum #13. 
http://ceilidh.uwsp.edu/rbullis/300/13/ceilidh.htm

Read the Chapters for Week 14 by class next week.
Creators on Creating:
Musicians: Eno [165-169], Tchaikovsky [180-184], Stravinsky [189-195], Zappa 
[195-198]
Topic: Narration
50 Fast Photoshop 7 Techniques: Chapter 8 - "Making Photographic Prints"
    Techniques 42, 43, 44
Photographic Composition - Chapter 4 "Color Controls"

In Class: 
1. PowerPoint Presentations round-up
2. Listening to two disparate musical compositions.  Following the music, each group will write a short scenario for each piece, propose a list of the characters, a synopsis of the plot, suggestions for lighting, camera angles, color psychology, costumes, scenery, etc. and will then present their scenarios to the class that evening.  The scenarios will then be written up formally and posted on the Post your essay in the TNMA 300 Forum #14. 
http://ceilidh.uwsp.edu/rbullis/300/14/ceilidh.htm.

Read the Chapters for Week 15 by class next week.

Final Project for TNMA 300  
  
The final project can be a project of your own choice. Possibilities include a multi-layered web page design; a Christmas/Holiday greeting card with graphics, text, and music; a documentary, a video, or a project of your own design. 

A research paper could be on any of the issues that were introduced in class such as camera angles, film analysis, lighting, etc.  A minimum of 5-7 pages of written work is required for a research paper.  Both URLs and library books must be cited. 

A web design could be a multi-layered design for a business, arts group, movie theater, restaurant, etc.  A short paper would tell how and why you designed the particular project, and the URLs of the many sites that you visited to get ideas and style. 

A Christmas/Holiday card should include graphics, music, color, a message, but must be able to be downloaded quickly.  There should be at least four scenes.

You might want to be part of a two-person team that creates a short video, and perhaps your individual project might be to write the short screenplay.  Both members of the team would explain your experience in making the film. 

All projects will be placed in the Forum with a link to your work, along with your statement (at least 300 words) about why and how the work was created, and what its significance is in relation to the course, course readings, and discussions. Our goal is to make available each project in a web-published form. 

We will show the Final Projects in Lab on the last day of class as well as during the Final Exam period.
http://ceilidh.uwsp.edu/rbullis/300/15/ceilidh.htm.

Read the Chapters for Week 15 by class next week.

Final Exam Period: Final Exam and Project Presentations (continued).