Assignment

Pick 5 of these movies to compose different scores to them:

3 Ages Advent Africa Blacksmith BTS Champion College Cops Fireman Haunted In the Park Lucky Rink Triple Trouble Vagabond Water Work


 * 1) Watch the examples on the @examples page.
 * 2) First watch the videos without sound
 * 3) Re-watch videos with sound
 * 4) Write 3 paragraphs for each video on your opinions about what differences there were after adding music to the movies. Use the questions and directions on the @Examples page.
 * 5) Read through at least 1 of the articles on the @Articles page
 * 6) Tips and helpful readings can be found on the @home, How Does Music Fit, and @Scoring pages.
 * 7) Start project by watching a few short silent films.
 * 8) Choose which 5 movies you want to write music for
 * 9)  Go to Keepvid to download the movies.
 * 10) Create your own soundtracks to the silent films. Use Garageband to create a soundtrack for all five of them.
 * 11) Figure out what mood is being conveyed, when that mood changes, what instruments are being used, how to make the music respond, and how to resolve it. There will be no lyrics.
 * 12) Export songs into iTunes.
 * 13) Import the films into iMovie and combine the audio with the video.
 * 14) Create a Wikispace to link all of your completed movies and put responses to questions on.
 * 15) Post your Wiki address on the class website.
 * 16) After you have successfully finished your films with newly added soundtracks, post your videos on YouTube, unlisted, and embed them on your Wikispace.
 * 17) Write 2 paragraphs for each video explaining what you did, why, how, and what your final thoughts were about this activity and soundtracks in general.
 * 18) Visit 5 classmate's Wikis and grade them based on the rubric.

Project is worth 200 points. 25 points for each video's music (125) 15 points for each writing exercise (45) 20 points for completed website with embedded videos (30) 1 point for each peer grading (5)
 * Grading**

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 * **Grading Rubric** || Use of dynamics || Use of instruments || Use of silence || Use of emotion ||
 * Beginning || Only used one dynamic throughout piece. || Used only one or two instruments in piece. || There was no silence or too much silence. || There was no emotion felt with the music. ||
 * Intermediate || Only used two dynamics throughout piece. || Used more than one instrument but same type of instruments were used || There was a use of silence, but it did not fit with the character and scene of the film. || There was only one emotion felt with the music. ||
 * Advanced || Had an obvious range of dynamics used throughout piece. || Used a wide range of instruments to fit character of music. || The use of silence fit perfectly with the character and scenes of the film. || There was more than one emotion felt with the music. ||