Y12 Sound (Term 3) Design SOW Copy

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Y12- Sound Design

WEE

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LEARNING

OBJECTIVE & KEYQUESTIONS

RESOURCES HOMEWORK STUDENT ACTIVITY

1 Challenge notion

that directors areauteurs through

case study looking at

contributions of

sound designer.

(Note: The film is

about a soundtrack)

Three Colours: Blue

(DVD in D82) See

http://www.esfmedia.

com/page/Trois+Coul

eurs+Bleu(Teachers

link only)

Begin prepwork for

deciding on

topic for

Independent

Study

Set up analysis

of film using

Keynote

presentationd

ifferent

questions for

each individual

in class. (One or

two pairs)

2- How can short films

convey meaning

without using

dialogue?

For all students to

have opportunity to

experiment with

sound and visuals

within thedocumentary form.

Irving Penn task

For all students to

Signs (11mins Short

Film) See

http://www.esfmedia.c

om/page/Cannes+2009

+Winner-+Signs


om/page/Irving+Penn+

Task


Students findother (award

winning) short,

short films.

Show the film

and explain

why you think

it was

successful.

Begin work onIrving Penntask

Deconstruct

Signs using

Criterion D

(The

construction of

Film Language)

Set all students

the Irving Penn

task
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see previous

examples of work

done on this task

om/page/Hong+Kong+

Traders

3- Learn to use

appropriate subject

specific terminology

in textual analysis of

sound related clips.

To apply subject

specific terminology

via the analysis of

the clip and posting

of comments onto

forum discussionthread

The Conversation (d.

Martin Scorsese, 1974)

Note this is by Walter

Murch! (Opening

10mins) See

http://www.youtube.co

m/watch?v=AUKUe15

WZkE&feature=player_

embedded

http://sisfilm.ning.com

/forum/topics/sound-analysis

Rationalemust be inplace by

here

Watch opening10mins of The

Conversation.

Use

terminology

taken from

sound glossary

on wiki to write

analysis of the

scene

Students topost on forumthread

including

responses to

their peers.

4- To introduce

students to avant

garde filmmaking

techniques

To consider the use

of deliberately

dissonant diegetic

sound and the

Eraserhead (d. David

Lynch, 1977) See


om/page/Eraserhead

* Going to HK Film

Archive

*

* All students are

taken on a tour of the

HK Film Archive. At

the end of the tour

they have an hour toexplore resources that

may be useful for their

EE or Independent

Study.
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impact on the

audience

For all students to be

exposed to

presentation by

former students on

Soundtrack Pro


om/page/Edward+Mur

chie+and+Will+Wong+

Video

* Use of lecture by

former students on

sound

designstudents to

take pertinent notes.

5 To introduce all

students to diigo and

the possibilities of

annotation

Irving Penn Task

(Dialogue &

Documentary

Conventions) See


om/page/Irving+Penn+

Task

The best production

from last year was

produced by Caroline &

Kai (See


om/page/Hong+Kong+

Students read

annotated article from

NY Times. (The

annotations were

produced by the

teacher using diigo)
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Traders

http://www.nytimes.co

m/2007/12/07/movies

/07eras.html?_r=2

6 For all students to be

part of a workshop

based on sound

design, focusing on

how to get the best

of Garage Band and

compositional skills

Ken Chan workshop

resources (unable to

upload these are they

copyrighted files)

Research Shaw

Studios. What is it

famous for? Why is it

so important to the

Hong Kong film

industry? Prepare each

two questions each

that you want to ask

during our tour of thestudios.

Invitation for outside

lecturer to run

workshops in

compositional

soundtracks whilst

showing simple ways

to achieve music

relating to specific

genres.

7 For all students to

have a sense of the

development

associated with at

least one genre of

Hong Kong cinema

* Documentary Cinema

Hong Kong

* Go to Shaw Studios

* Complete Irving Penn

task and upload onto

sisfilmmaker (You

Tube)

Watch documentary

on Kung Fu. Students

to establish a timelineof the genres

development with key

texts and challenges to

the established rules.
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