Sounds Different!

Worth a variable amount of extra credit points, listed below!

Be sure you're familiar with Shotcut or Windows Movie Maker before you begin this project.

Let's become movie editors! In the most fun way possible, of course. For this project, first, watch this short clip from Star Wars:

As you can hear, this clip has been edited. The original clip had no dialogue, just sound effects. This clip retains the lack of dialogue, but replaces the sound effects with humorous ones. Your job is to do the same! Below, I've provided you with a few dialogue-free movie clips with the associated sound cues. Your job is to mute the clip and replace those sound cues with something else! Please make the clips silly but comprehensible.

There are a prosody of sound effects available at my sound effects collection, but you can of course find more by searching online! (Freesound is a great resource.)

You may want to use Windows Movie Maker to edit the clips. If you have experience with it, feel free! However, if you already have experience with Shotcut, you might have a better time. Shotcut is able to layer multiple sound effects and music atop one another, whereas WMM can only play one at a time. If you'd like to learn how to use Shotcut to produce a more effective version of the assignment, my tutorial is right here!

Your possible clips:

• Alien - Possible 20 points - At minimum, please change:

  • The ambient noise of the busted ship

  • The hissing of the Xenomorph

  • Ripley's scream

  • Ripley pressing the button (both times!)

  • The sound of the airlock

  • Ripley firing the harpoon

  • The Xenomorph screaming

  • The door slamming shut

  • The Xenomorph hitting the door

  • The engines firing

• North by Northwest - Possible 10 points - At minimum, please change:

  • The sound of the plane flying

  • Roger hitting the ground (every time!)

  • Roger running

  • The plane shooting its gun

  • The car driving by

• The Force Awakens  - Possible 15 points - At minimum, please change:

  • Rey walking in the ship

  • Rey pulling her equipment off

  • Rey drinking water

  • Rey clanging the metal water bottle

  • Rey sledding down the hill

  • Rey dragging her loot

  • Rey loading the loot

  • The speeder taking off

• There Will Be Blood  - Possible 10 points - At minimum, please change:

  • The person shoveling at the beginning

  • The clanking and swaying of the rig

  • The character inside writing

  • The vibrating of the rope

  • The character yelling

  • The gas explosion

  • The child landing

As opposed to most extra credits, you may do this extra credit assignment again for multiple points, so long as you're doing a different clip.

There's no specific rubric for this assignment and it will be graded somewhat subjectively based on how well the timing of the clips matches, how varied the new sound effects are, and the presence of music.