Sound/Image Practice

Undergraduate

The power and potential of sound is often overlooked as a means of advancing a film’s narrative/structural logic while simultaneously enhancing its emotional patina and immersive engagement. Our core concern in this course is with the conceptual development-through-practice of the sound/image dynamic. Students complete several short videomaking exercises in the first 7 weeks designed to highlight specific challenges in sound for picture. For the second half of the semester, each student design, shoot, edit, and mix a short (3-5min) video of their own design–a video that demonstrates attention to the use of sound in video and an understanding of how to design visual shots and temporal structures with sound in mind. There is no genre or mode preference in this class. Fiction, non-fiction, experimental, animation, game, tiktok, anything is okay. In addition, students complete weekly short readings with brief written responses, a final 2-3 page paper summarizing the concepts, goals, and outcomes of the final project, a short quiz, and are expected to fully participate in all in-class activities and critiques. Basic video editing experience. RP W 1pm-4pm