SOUNDSCAPE : project description

SOUNDSCAPE: audio-visual portrait of a place
FINAL DEADLINE: 20 November
Teams: Lance & Tom ~ Nastia, Ade, Nate

You will build a website that creates an audio-visual portrait of a place. This can either be the college or another site of your own choosing. If you choose another site like a state park, business, or residence, you must be prepared for the the responsibility to travel there regularly to do your research and gather your materials.

1-Your first set of audio recordings will focus on concrete sounds, recording human-made, industrial, and natural sounds that represent different parts of the place and what goes on in the environment there.

2-Your second set of audio recordings will focus on the people who live, work, and play there. Depending on the diversity of the place, you should aim to target a broad range of people for your interviews: People of different AGES, ETHNICITY, GENDERS. Depending on your site, this may be a mix between personal and professional information, you need to decide what’s appropriate and interesting.

3- You will bring these audio portraits together for presentation through a website. You may use Dreamweaver, Flash, HTML, or any other tool that you would like to create the site. Use the Lynda.com tutorials for more information.

MON 23 OCT:
HW: read websites posted on the class blog – MANDATORY- each person will be asked to address one of the readings so you must be prepared to present a summary about one in-class. We will visit media services and try out our equipment.

WED 25 OCT: site proposals due – See handout for more details, but think about the following:
Who will you interview, what kind of sounds will you record? What is your schedule & time-line for the work? What is the angle? How will the audio fit with the site images and design? Who is the audience? What is your goal.
SITE MAP: make a site map on paper
DESIGN ROUGH: bring in full-color sample, printed, of what your page design will look like, drafted in Photoshop or some other imaging program

MON 30 Oct: Audacity tutorials & check out mics to start recording.
More info about Audacity here.
BLOG swap over the weekend with the following people (entries should be made by Monday)
Nastia will post for Ade
Tom will post for Lance
Nate will post for Nastia
Ade will post for Nate
Lance will post for Tom

WED 1 Nov: finish concrete recordings, be ready to edit

MON 6 Nov: VERSION 1 of site – at least 3 pages with uploaded recordings

WED 8 Nov: finish recordings for version 2, be ready to edit

MON 13 Nov: VERSION 2 of site + response to artist lecture by Rev. Billy
we will have guest critiques with visiting artist Blithe Riley

WED 15 Nov: PR for site and thank-yous

MON 20 Nov: final site up and ready for viewing/listening