1. The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences Curriculum
Sound & Music
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences Curriculum

2. Unit 1 - Classroom Unity Freedom Writers

3. Unit 2 - Introduction to Film History
The Jazz Singer
Singing in the Rain
The Wizard of Oz
The Artist

4. The Language of Film - “Script”
Unit 3 - Screenwriting
The Language of Film - “Script”
Review Memory Aide

5. Unit 4 - Cinematography Capturing Images on Film Review Memory Aide

6. Unit 5 - Film Editing Piecing together “takes” to create emotion.

7. Unit 6 - Sound & Music

8. Test Question - Sound & Music Definition:
The Power to Enhance the Story

9. The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences (source of our class curriculum) has produced the following study guide that will focus on sound & music, one of the many craft areas involved in creating a motion picture.

10. Program Objectives
To enhance student interest in and knowledge about the motion picture development and production process
2. To encourage students to use critical thinking as they learn how all sound is recorded live or added back into the film in
post production.
3. To engage students in an exploration of film as an art form and a medium of communication
4. To help students become more visually literate (to be able to
interpret and make meaning from information presented in the
form of an image).

11. The following films have won Academy Awards for best sound editing/mixing and have been suggested by the Academy for students to view:

12. Master and Commander:The Far Side of the World (2003)

13. American Sniper (2014)

14. Zero Dark Thirty (2012)

15. U-571 (2007)

16. * Pearl Harbor (2001)

17. The following films were also noted for excellence and, according to Cinefix, are the top ten best examples of sound design / editing in a film.
15 minute clip

18. THE ORIGINS of SOUND - brief history of how sound was added to films
= The power to enhance the story
RECORDING SOUND - capturing live vs. adding in post production debate
Dialogue (looping & ADR - automated dialogue replacement)
Ambience (background noise)
Library Sounds (available for purchase)
Foley (footsteps, cloth, passing props)
MUSICAL SCORE / SONG - The ability to convey emotion and character
in ways that dialogue alone cannot.

19. THE ORIGINS of SOUND 15 minute clip

20. Day 2 Lesson RECORDING SOUND
Bellwork:
Please get out your class materials and turn to you bellwork section. Today we are going to continue our study of SOUND AND MUSIC and the power it has to enhance the stories of the films we watch in and outside of the class. Last class we watched a clip that explained how sound was slowly added to the movie making process. There were a lot of wrinkles to iron out and the lack of technology slowed down the process of adding quality sound to movies dramatically! Eventually however, technology progressed allowing sound to become the “staple” it is today to the movie making / watching process.
Today we are going to pick up where we left off and continue our study of how sound and a variety of sound effects can be recorded, specifically through the use of Foley Artists.

21. Day 2 Lesson RECORDING SOUND
Bellwork continued...
Foley Artist Clip #1:
5:30 minutes
Question #1: What is a Foley Artist?
Question #2: What is something that you learned, that you may not have known before, from watching this clip?
Question #3: What is one idea, thought process or strategy you admired from this specific Foley Artist? Why?
GROUP DISCUSS AS A CLASS

22. Day 2 Lesson RECORDING SOUND
Bellwork continued...
Foley Artist Clip #2:
7 minutes
Question #1: What is something that you learned, that you may not have known before, from watching this clip?
Question #2: What is one idea, thought process or strategy you admired from this specific Foley Artist? Why?
GROUP DISCUSS AS A CLASS

23. So many fun examples of foley sound recording online - check it out!
Fun Jurassic Park Example :26 minutes
Video Link:
So many fun examples of foley sound recording online - check it out!

24. EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNITY
Short 30 second to 1 minute of film that is silent
3 to 5 props needed to supply the “sound effects” in the silent film (bring to class)
Demonstrate to the class your foley artist skills as you perform the sound effects to your video footage.
video footage and/or link to instructor
Present NEXT CLASS!!!
10 extra credit - HUGE BOOST TO GRADE! CAST AWAY – Student Example Start - 0:55

25. Other Fun Examples Academy Packet Text To generate the whine of alien space ships in Independence Day, the sound crew used a recording of screaming baboons. In Saving Private Ryan, fly fishing lines cast into water were used to replicate gunshots hitting the English Channel during the D-Day invasion. The cartoon-like smack of a face punch in Raiders of the Lost Ark was accomplished by combining several different sounds, including that of a leather jacket thrown onto the hood of an old fire engine and ripe fruit dropped on concrete. Many sound effects can be made using simple materials. Cellophane being crumpled sounds like fire; salt sprinkled on paper evokes rain; hands squishing soggy newspaper suggest a character walking in mud. Some additional ideas are cutting a cabbage in half to represent a limb amputation; flapping a pair of leather gloves together to reproduce the sound of a flock of birds taking off; and squishing cornstarch to sound like footsteps on snow. A headache tablet dissolved in water stands in for fizzing champagne. Crunched up lifesavers could be small bones breaking

26. Extra Credit Foley Artist Assignment – 25 points
Day 3 Lesson STUDENT PERFORMANCES
Extra Credit Foley Artist Assignment – 25 points
Trouble Synchronizing?
WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAYS – Sound Effects

27. Day 3 Lesson RECORDING SOUND
Today we are going to continue our study of SOUND AND MUSIC and the power it has to enhance the stories of the films we watch in and outside of the class. Last class we studied how sound and a variety of sound effects can be recorded specifically through the use of Foley Artists.
Today we are going to learn the basics of how to record the audio needed for any movie. Sounds simple huh? It’s not.
SO MANY THINGS CAN GO WRONG.
The following video clips will help to explain how complicated recording quality sound is and some of the many things that can go wrong on set.

28. RECORDING AUDIO VIDEO #1 In Film Appreciation Teaching Folder = 10 minutes “Cut” explanations of technology and science behind sound (basic introduction only) INTRODUCTION TO ADR VIDEO #2 In Film Apprecation Teaching Folder = 11 minutes Automated Dialogue Replacement

29. Voice Over Activity The Sandlot – Smores Scene
2 volueeteer actors to perform the ADR or “voice-over”
Come to the front of the class, get a copy of the script
Listen to / watch the audio guide example a couple of times to sync up lines
Perform voice over!  Video #1 Sandlot Voice Over with Dialogue Audio - Teaching Folder Video #2 Sandlot Voice Over Track – No Audio Teaching Folder

30. Voice Over Activity The Sandlot – Smores Scene Script HAM
Voice Over Activity The Sandlot – Smores Scene Script HAM. Hey… you want a smore? SCOTTY. Some more what? HAM. No – no… you wanna smore? SCOTTY I haven’t had anything yet – so how can I have some more of nothing? HAM. You’re killing me Smalls! These are smores stuff… k pay attention. First you take the graham. You stick the chocolate on the graham. Then you roast the mallow. (blow off fire from marshmallow) You stick it on the chocolate…then (lick finger) you cover it with the other end. Then you stuff…

31. LIGHT SABER EFFECT – watch snapshot
SOUND DESIGN
STAR WARS EPISODE II
Stop at 10:30 minutes
LIGHT SABER EFFECT – watch snapshot

32. Day 4 Lesson MUSICAL SCORE / BEST SONGS
Today we are going to continue our study of SOUND AND MUSIC and the power it has to enhance the stories of the films we watch in and outside of the class. Today we are going to learn how rhythm, tempo and/or a melodic harmony within a film score can convey mood, emotion and character in ways that dialogue alone cannot. QUESTION: What is the creative process of a film composer? ANSWER: = 6 minutes This composer is a little… interesting…  GROUP DISCUSS CHRISTOPHER YOUNG’S PROCESS AS A CLASS Listen to a few minutes of one of his songs from the film – SPIDER MAN 3: = 3 minutes

33. “NAME THAT MUSICAL SCORE” – Contest - Get out a fresh piece of paper and put your name on it (participation credit) - Number your paper Listen to the music track Miss Rogers created that captures some of HER most favorite motion picture soundtracks (14 minutes long) - Listen to the music and enjoy it as you wait for the next soundtrack  - As you begin to recognize the music, write down the title of the movie it is played in - After the music is over, we will have a small contest and award the student who successfully identified the most movie soundtracks a small treat.

34. Song #1= __________________

35. Song #2 = __________________

36. Song #3 = __________________

37. Song #5 = __________________

38. Song #6 = __________________

39. Song #7 = __________________

40. Song #8 = __________________

41. Song #9 = __________________

42. Song #10 = __________________

43. Song #11 = __________________

44. “NAME THAT MUSICAL SCORE” – Contest  Switch papers with another student to correct 

45. Song #1

46. Song #2

47. Song #3

48. Song #4

49. Song #5

50. Song #6

51. Song #7

52. Song #8

53. Song #9

54. Song #10

55. Song #11

56. THE ORIGINS of SOUND - brief history of how sound was added to films
= The power to enhance the story
RECORDING SOUND - capturing live vs. adding in post production debate
Dialogue (looping & ADR - automated dialogue replacement)
Ambience (background noise)
Library Sounds (available for purchase)
Foley (footsteps, cloth, passing props)
MUSICAL SCORE / SONG - The ability to convey emotion and character
in ways that dialogue alone cannot.