Course+Syllabus+and+Outline

Bernards High School Music Technology II 2017-2018

Music Technology II  Course Syllabus Teacher: Mr. Trumpy E-mail: ftrumpy@shsd.org Room: MIDI Lab (F201)

Purpose:
====Music Technology encourages interaction between musical creation, technology and research. The pedagogical goal of the Music Technology program is to provide a unique vehicle for students to unleash their creative potential. In addition, to provide students with an environment where creative and innovative thinking through technology is encouraged. Training includes lessons in electronic music performance and history, film history, the history of sound in film, multi-media applications and advanced audio and video editing. This training helps prepare students for a wide range of collegiate opportunities in music technology, media industries, and music education. ====

Course Description: Prerequisite-Music Technology 1
====This intermediate course is open to students who have successfully taken Music Technology I. Students will continue their exploration of the latest computer software and hardware along with analog and digital recording. Expertise gained in the Music Technology 1 class will give students the opportunity to maximize their creativity with a host of cross-curricular multi-media projects. These include the integration of Art, History, Creative Writing, Video and Music production. Students will leave this course with a professional quality digital portfolio of all the music technology based projects they have created. ====

Course Objectives:

 * Understand where specific sounds reside within the frequency spectrum.
 * Understand how an equalizer works and be able to effectively utilize the EQ as a tool to enhance and add clarity to a song.
 * ====<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,Times,serif;">Understand the history of film music, identify significant film composers and films, and understand the compositional style differences between the eras of film-making. ====
 * ====<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,Times,serif;">Understand the history of electronic music and have the opportunity to explore, hands-on, different electronic instruments. Compose, perform and produce an electronic music composition within a small group setting. ====
 * ====<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,Times,serif;">Create and produce a podcast which will expose depth of knowledge regarding specific eras of film, film scoring and films connection with the culture of the time. ====
 * ====<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,Times,serif;">Compose a musical theme for the podcast; include appropriate sound effects and music where appropriate. ====
 * ====<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,Times,serif;">Identify different mediums that have utilized music as an integral part of the overall product. ====
 * ====<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,Times,serif;">Adapt and apply audio editing skills to video editing software. ====
 * ====<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,Times,serif;">Become proficient with technical skills and editing programs, which will allow for students creative potential to be reached. ====
 * ====<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,Times,serif;">Effectively research a subject for a multimedia documentary and provide an outline and final narrative based on findings. ====

<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,Times,serif;">Student Responsibilities:
====<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,Times,serif;">1. To be punctual and attend all scheduled classes. The Bernards High School Attendance Policy requires students to attend class every time it is scheduled, unless the student is excused by an administrator. A student will not be granted credit in a course whenever any of the following attendance limits are exceeded in the course (note that tardies to class are equal to .5 absences from that course): ====

<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,Times,serif;">C. Time on Task: 25%
=<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,Times,serif;">Course Overview = =UNIT 1: Mixing and Mastering Raw Tracks=

//**<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,Times,serif;">Project 1: Mixing Drum Tracks **//

//**<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,Times,serif;">Project 2: Mixing piano, bass, guitar and other instruments **//

//**<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,Times,serif;">Project 3: Mixing and mastering a complete song **//

//**<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,Times,serif;">Project 4: Creating a Remix **//

<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,Times,serif;">A Brief History of Electronic Music

<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,Times,serif;">Unit 2: The History of Sound in Film
<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,Times,serif;">Chapter 1:[|Silent Movies] <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,Times,serif;">Read Chapter 1 in “The Complete Guide to Film Scoring” (pages 15-23). //**<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,Times,serif;">Project 5 : “Soundtrack for a Silent Movie” Easy Street **//

<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,Times,serif;">Chapter 2:The First Talkies “The Jazz Singer” “The Complete Guide to Film Scoring” (pages 25-29).

<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,Times,serif;">Chapter 4:Musical Styles 1930 to 1950 “King Kong”/Max Steiner “The Complete Guide to Film Scoring” (pages 39-45). <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,Times,serif;">Read assigned articles and web sites.

//**<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,Times,serif;">Project 6: “Historical Movie Figure or event Mini-Biography 1890-1960” **//

<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,Times,serif;">King Kong: Sound innovations - Charlie Spivak & Max Steiner

<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,Times,serif;">Chapter 5:Musical Styles 1950 to 1975 “Psycho”/Bernard Hermann <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,Times,serif;">Research Bernard Herrmann starting with the following links… <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,Times,serif;">[]/ <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,Times,serif;">[]/

//**<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,Times,serif;">Project 7: Time period podcast **// <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,Times,serif;">The Day The Earth Stood Still <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,Times,serif;">Introduction and Growth of Electronic Music <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,Times,serif;">[|The Theremin]

=<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,Times,serif;">Unit 3: Creating a multi-media mini-biography =

=Unit 4: Sound Design for a Movie Trailer=

<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,Times,serif;">Unit 5: Sound Design & Audio Production (Remix and Mastering)
//**<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,Times,serif;">Project 8: [|Honda Cog Commercial]/Recording sound effects **//

//**<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,Times,serif;">Project 9: Remixing and Mastering Raw Tracks **//

//**<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,Times,serif;">Project 10: Sound Design to a Movie Cue **// <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,Times,serif;">Sound Effects, Foley, Ambient Sound, Music, ADR