T195 MUSIC VIDEO AND VISUAL MUSIC CALENDAR AND LINK
WEEK 1
Day 1)
Seminar Introduction
Visual Music
Please complete this survey and bring to Thurs. class.
Day 2)
Visual Music
Read Block- Introduction, Chapters 1, Visual Components, 2, Contrast/Affinity
Avante Garde Cinema Reading
Before there was Music Video, there was Visual Music. What is Visual Music?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_music
Center for Visual Music
Iota Center
Prepare 3-5 discussion questions/points
Hans Richter, Rhythmus 21 (1921)
Manray, Le Retour A La Raison (1923)
Viking Eggeling, Symphonie Diagonale (1924)
Fernand Leger, Ballet Mecanique (1924)
Marcel Duchamp, Anemic Cinema (1926)
Manray, Emak-Bakia, (1926)
Oscar Fischinger, Walking From Munich to Berlin (1927)
Oscar Fischinger, Spiritual Constructions (c. 1927)
Terms to explore:
DaDa
Cubism
Constructivism
Surrealism
WEEK 2
Day 1)
Visual Music
Read Block- Chapter 8, Rhythm
Cinepoem Reading
Prepare 3-5 discussion questions/points
Oscar Fischinger,
Spirals (c. 1926)
Studie Nr. 6 (1930)
Studie Nr. 7 (1930-1931)
Kreise (1933)
Allegretto (1936-1934)
Radio Dynamics (1942)
Motion Painting No. 1 (1947)
Day 2)
Visual Music
Read my VJing and Live A/V Practices piece
Read Block- Chapter 8, Rhythm continued
Read (some) and explore
Read- The VJ Book
Read- VJ Audio-Visual Art+VJ Culture
Share DJ
VJ Central
VJ Theory
http://rhythmiclight.com
Prepare 3-5 discussion questions/points
Mary Ellen Bute
Various Works
WEEK 3
Day 1)
Visual Music
Read Block- Chapters 5, Tone
Read Willis, Preserving Visual Music
To turn in instead of questions: find three pieces on YouTube or Vimeo, etc. by any of the Visual Music Artis we have looked at and write a one sentence description or comment regarding audio-visual components.
Norman McLaren
Day 2)
Visual Music
Read Block- Chapters 5, Tone
Read McDonnell, Visual Music
To turn in instead of questions: list three music videos that use visual music/basic visual elements.
Norman McLaren
Len Lye
WEEK 4
Day 1)
Visual Music
Review discussion for QUIZ I
QUIZ I covers Block Intro. and Chapters 1, 2, 5 and 8 + Misc. readings
Norman McLaren
Stan Brakhage
Day 2)
***** QUIZ I *****
WEEK 5
Day 1)
Music Video
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_videos
Making Music Videos- Foreword, Introduction, Commissioning the Video
Making Music Videos- Director and the Director's Rep., The Treatment-Writing Process
Prepare 3-5 discussion questions/points
Day 2)
Music Video
Read Chapter 10, Music Television
Read Block- Chapter 4, Line and Shape
Prepare 3-5 discussion questions/points and Music Video examples
Various Works
WEEK 6
Day 1)
Music Video
Read-
Medium Cool: Introduction, Music Video and Synesthetic Possibility PDF
Prepare 3-5 discussion questions that mix the senses, examples: What does the sun taste like? How does chocolate mint feel like to the touch?
Synesthesia and Multisensory Perception
Watch 1
Watch 2
Day 2)
Music Video
Read- Medium Cool: Strange People, Weird Objects PDF
Prepare 3-5 discussion questions/points
WEEK 7
Day 1)
Music Video
Read Block- Chapter 3, Space Part I
Read: How to Make Better Music Videos
Prepare 3 concepts for three musical pieces (you have not seen a video for), try to apply what we have learned. Keep them very short, few sentence paragraph synopsis with engaging language.
Day 2)
Music Video
Read Block- Chapter 3, Space Part II
Prepare 3-5 discussion questions/points
Class VJ (Music videos should be examples of what we have covered or discussed, you must introduce with this)
WEEK 8
Day 1)
Music Video
Study readings and Block book for QUIZ II
Day 2)
Music Video
Questions/discussion for Quiz II
Open VJ and Discussion
Find a favorite music video and write a few notes about the form and what is happening (style, art, performance, etc.)
WEEK 9
Day 1)
Music Video
***** QUIZ II *****
Day 2)
Music Video
Read Spike and Michel
Read Television: Critical Methods and Applications, Music Television
Prepare 3-5 discussion questions/points
WEEK 10
Day 1)
Animation
Read Block- Chapter 7, Movement
1) Take one of your favorite songs and write a (SHORT quality, not quantity!!!) half page description of a premise for an animated music video related to your song. Use concepts from the movement chapter to help.
Day 2)
Animation
Read Block- Chapter 7, Movement
2) Find an animated music video online. Prepare to share and point out what aspect of movement does your piece address? No discussion questions/points.
WEEK 11
Day 1)
Live Cinema
Read- A Minima, Live Cinema
No discussion questions/points.
Day 2)
Web-Based Work
Read- Chapter 6, Color
Read: Visions of a Youth Culture
Be sure to understand the concepts in the reading.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_hosting_service
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_video_sharing_websites
http://www.youtube.com
http://blip.tv
http://www.dailymotion.com
http://www.vimeo.com
http://www.vles.com
Find 3 examples of genres of video sharing, such as performance videos like BeatBoxing, be sure to include the links
WEEK 12
Day 1)
Web-Based Work
Read- Chapter 6, Color
Prepare 3-5 discussion questions/points
Find an music video or visual music piece on an online video sharing site (see above). Refer to the chapter on Color from Block and write a half page description of it using the concepts from the chapter. Be prepared to present this description and an excerpt from the video in front of the class, making sure that it is relevant to the reading. Please prepare one question for the class for the end of your analysis.
David Crawford
http://www.visitorsstudio.org
http://www.soundtoys.net
Y0UNG-HAE CHANG HEAVY INDUSTRIES
Day 2)
***** QUIZ III *****
WEEK 13
Day 1)
Story, Song Form and Music Video
Read Block- Chapter 9, Story and Visual Structure
Read: Connections Among Music, Image and Lyrics
Prepare 3-5 discussion questions/points
Day 2)
Story, Song Form and Music Video
Read Block- Chapter 9, Story and Visual Structure continued
Read: Connections Among Music, Image and Lyrics
Prepare some narrative heavy MV examples to share in class
WEEK 14
Day 1)
Story, Song Form and Music Video
Read Block- Chapter 9, Story and Visual Structure continued
Read: Connections Among Music, Image and Lyrics
Prepare some narrative heavy MV examples to share/VJ in class. Be sure to have a smart comment to make for your example.
Day 2)
***** QUIZ IV *****
WEEK 15 - FREE WEEK
Day 1)
Story, Song Form and Music Video
Read Block- Chapter 9, Story and Visual Structure continued
Read: Connections Among Music, Image and Lyrics
Prepare some narrative heavy MV examples to share/VJ in class. Be sure to have a smart comment to make for your example.
Day 2)
Story, Song Form and Music Video
Read Block- Chapter 9, Story and Visual Structure continued
Read: Connections Among Music, Image and Lyrics
Prepare some narrative heavy MV examples to share/VJ in class. Be sure to have a smart comment to make for your example.
WEEK 16
FINAL EXAMINATIONS
No final for this class.
LINKS
VJ/Visualization
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fu0x46tRBjw
http://vimeo.com/channels/hd#7936431
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sl-bX1L_OaQ
Visual Music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6QqschdhPQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTrKWJe6CS4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbV7loKp69s
Collaborative Visual Music
http://www.visitorsstudio.org
Interactive Music Video
http://www.wowow.co.jp/music/radiohead/special
http://www.freewaregenius.com/2009/01/13/radiohead-in-japan-an-interactive-video-experience
http://www.tokyoplastic.com
http://www.beonlineb.com
http://www.studiotonne.com
http://vispo.com/
http://soytuaire.labuat.com
http://www.baekdal.com/articles/Management/music-video-social-interaction
http://www.whoismgmt.com/efvideo
http://judgeseyesonly.com/rockstar_video.html
http://onflash.org/ted/2008/03/3d-interactive-video-on-sphere.php
Games and Visual Musi/Music Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-43yx4zid4
Visual Music and Architecture
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bug_wAgcvPc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giHvQPrvonY
Visual Music and Dance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pS1WALmBqUw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExEvOpkeWcU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJ3_AOBX6TM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSmNTdFl9jk
Installation/Sculture
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3cP_NAbfzU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqDzPAA1Urc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEepuIzOjXc
Graphic Design, Motion Graphics and Visual Music/Music Video
Audio-Visual Instruments and Visual Music/Music Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vm_FzLya8y4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2eiP12hQQY
X-Mas Lights
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1HmcvXFgaY
Articles
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2003/may/12/popandrock.artsfeatures
