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.