 Homework for MM 126
Audacity HOMEWORK ( 1.5 hours) Install Audacity at home - when surveyed... lots of student said they have used it. http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ Play with some sound files, music files in Audacity Seek out some basic tutorials on it. MrM - DO Grading sheet for MS Office, quick mark, but watch PowerPoint... DONE... at bottom of Assignment page PowerPoint total recall -Start with asking your neighbor to write down what they recalltake 2 minutes to do this... take time to thing, recall... Mr. M>- POST ALL Midterm in all courses on Blackboard... so students will know how they did. Review the midterm... - show spreadsheet -talk about how to weigh a bbc.com - iPhoto sing-a-long  How many have used iPhoto May be used for some or part of your Reel (final MM 126 project) Steps
 VERY IMPORTANT - Beginners always seem to set their sound levels WAY TOO high. - Today, we will learn the correct sound levels Consider: Relax and learn week? check plan of attack... - ask person beside you about their PowerPoint... - Sketch ideas final reel... in your Sketchbook 0- quick review of midterm - see notes 1- little more email 2- Intro to iPhoto - get 6 of their own images in there. Singalong 3- Intro to SOUND (just go over basic sound levels and Loudness wars) 4- Mr. M. to mark PowerPoint... Mr. M. show what was wrong with EXCEL.. and that ~ trick to spot it... and maybe thaty TRACE formula trick if you can get it working. Show the websiteoptimization.comsite.. this was NOT what Mr. M. meant... but accepts it since you can do it in less than one minute. Review site: re bandwidth around the world A FEW people MISSED the bbc.com how large.. Do DEMO... it is NOT page info... Right click only gives you B+ :) Look to FF Word What do you think is a "good" attribute for a MM student and MM professionalWould you believe "Curiosity" Mr. M. thinks that is as important as Creativity, or maybe it is the same? Where were these photo's taken Macro / Reverse Ring Did you see it, did you step on it Be curious - practice being curious... From: Ryan Date: October 31, 2011 8:50:14 AM EDT To: "mccormac (Rob Mccormack)" Subject: Re: Macro image of bug on floor outside of MM labs request Good morning, Mr. M, I attached the two best shots from that collection. I hope they do well to get your message across. Always happy to help Ryan   LabFrom last weekTip of the Day - Alternate to tinyurl.com (you saw before)From a good student.. DEMO: Find a book on Amazon for example. Have you seen this before? Just like Sing-a-long - Useful stuff makeuseof.comhttp://www.makeuseof.com/tag/pdf-manuals-round-up/
Understanding most basic thing about Sound / AudioTurn OFF the screen..... Mr.M. - What is the MOST basic Photography question? You know, the thing that if you do wrong, or don't know, will render your photos unusable, despite ADVANCED techniques in Photoshop You could think of. So... for SOUND, the MOST basic question of all is What sound levels should I use in my video/animation/youtube/DVD ? We will answer that TODAY! DB GILLES Professor New York University Tisch School of Arts Mr. M. colleague says it best in his book:  In the tech world, there is a widely known, comically named behavior that takes over many a novice with they get into technology related arts. It's said they get: GAS - Gear Acquisition Syndrome. The inexperienced think the more they buy, the more advanced the technology they have, the more amazing their work will be. It doesn't work that way. More gadgets and gizmos usually become a huge distraction. Novices may try to "buy" a sense of artistic accomplishment by getting all the glitzy stuff available them, but it seldom works, because art is never about the technology. Employers will look for the raw talent and whether it's there or not. Fortunately, talent is NOT a function of money. ~ Quote from DB Gilles BOOK. Review More on Email One Basic Thing - Sound LevelsOpen your What I learned Document MM 126 Word of the Day
Alarming: After 2 video courses, 1 audio course, and Mr. M. MM 462 which covers briefly the BASIC of sounds... What % of students were unable to recall the MOST fundamental thing about sound? Questions were: - Given this sound meter, where do you set your sound levels for DVD/Internet etc. - Name a couple sound filters you might use and why? Nothing could be MORE basic. So... Let this class do a WHOLE lot better before you reach 3rd year. Let's learn the MOST basic things about sound TODAY. The final assignment MUST have some sound in it. (Your 30 second Portfolio on YouTube) Sound is SO important in MM When will people walk out of a short film? Reel Art Shows- how was the sound? Film Night - PAST year - how was the sound? So.... the thing you gotta know... in MM 126... is what levels to set your sound ACTION: Open Your What I Learned Document in MM 126 and copy this text------------------- START COPY TO What I Learned Document ----------------------- According to Larry... (from lynda.com fame).... What are the things that would get you fired? http://www.larryjordan.biz/articles/lj_audio_checker_boarding.html AUDIO LEVELS Here's the most important rule: Your audio levels must NEVER go over 0 dB. Not once. Not ever. The red clip lights must remain dark for your entire project. There are only three technical offenses that will get an editor fired:
Of these, the easiest to prevent is maintaining control over your audio levels. (Keep in mind that no one, really, cares how soft your audio goes -- that is an aesthetic decision you get to make. People only get bent out of shape when it gets too loud.) So, here are levels that I recommend for all general mixing -- creating audio for DVDs, the Internet, broadcast, weddings -- anywhere that there is not a specific technical specification that you need to meet.
 So... what is the ONE thing you need to know in first year MM about sound levels....Keep them down! There is a tendency for beginners and people who NEVER have done anything in the industry, to get them too loud - and garage band /iMovie contribute to this problem by NOT marking their sound meters. (You will take a whole course in Audio Production - but even that just scratches the surface of this important topic) Mr. M. , made this tutorial (for 3rd years preparing their Reels) In your Google Doc - write down some observations of sound levels from the Dark Knight - Batman Sound Levels - Learning from BatmanShow ONLY this ONE on Friday --- Here is the sound level one, with assets from The Dark Knight http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtxQHTX9iHs And another one Mr. M. did. You can review ON YOUR OWN. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYJELdQDjV0 Warning - Music/CD/iTunes/mp3 are DIFFERENT Be AWARE - of this, and don't confuse Music with DVD's/Film/Video audio - IT IS DIFFERENT - MUCH different! The loudness war, also referred to as the loudness race, is a publicized criticism of the American[citation needed] recording industry's practice of digitally mastering albums with progressively increasing levels of loudness and reduced dynamic range. The phenomenon developed as the result of the widespread adoption of the compact disc digital music format.Mr. M. thought this was an outrage, until he thought that we have lost Details in Artistic efforts before http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loudness_war SHOW THIS VIDEO ONLY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Gmex_4hreQ Monet? Turner? ------------------- END COPY TO What I Learned Document -----------------------   |
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