T195 MUSIC VIDEO AND VISUAL MUSIC CALENDAR
KEY:
WEEK 1 – Jan 07
WEEK 2 – Jan 14
WEEK 3 – Jan 21 (MLK, no class on Monday, class meets Wed.)
WEEK 4 – Jan 28
WEEK 5 – Feb 04
WEEK 6 – Feb 11
WEEK 7 – Feb 18
WEEK 8 – Feb 25
WEEK 9 – Mar 03
Spring Break – Mar 10
WEEK 10 – Mar 17
WEEK 11 – Mar 24
WEEK 12 – Mar 31
WEEK 13 – Apr 07
WEEK 14 – Apr 14
WEEK 15 – Apr 21 Free Week
WEEK 16 – Apr 28 Final Examinations
WEEK 1
Day 1)
Seminar Introduction
Visual Music
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_music
Center for Visual Music
Iota Center
Viking Eggeling
Hans Richter
Oscar Fischinger
Various Works
Day 2)
Visual Music
Read Block- Introduction, Chapters 1, Visual Components, 2, Contrast/Affinity
Prepare 3-5 discussion questions/points
Oscar Fischinger
Various Works
WEEK 2
Day 1)
Visual Music
Read Block- Chapter 8, Rhythm
Prepare 3-5 discussion questions/points
Manray
Various Works
Day 2)
Visual Music
Read Block- Chapter 8, Rhythm continued
Bute PDF
Prepare 3-5 discussion questions/points
Mary Ellen Bute
Various Works
WEEK 3
Day 1)
MLK DAY, NO CLASS
Day 2)
Music Video
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_videos
Making Music Videos- Foreword, Introduction, Commissioning the Video
Read Block- Chapter 4, Line and Shape
Prepare 3-5 discussion questions/points
Various Works
WEEK 4
Day 1)
Music Video
Read Block- Chapters 5, Tone
Making Music Videos- Director and the Director's Rep., The Treatment-Writing Process
Prepare 3-5 discussion questions/points
Various Works
Day 2)
***** QUIZ I *****
WEEK 5
Day 1)
More Experiments
Len Lye
Norman McLaren
Day 2)
More Experiments
Norman McLaren
Stan Brakhage
WEEK 6
Day 1)
Music Video
Read-
Medium Cool: Introduction, Music Video and Synesthetic Possibility PDF
Prepare 3-5 discussion questions/points
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
Prepare 3-5 discussion questions/points
Day 2)
Music Video
Read Block- Chapter 3, Space Part II
Prepare 3-5 discussion questions/points
WEEK 8
Day 1)
Music Video
VJ and Discussion
Find a favorite music video and write a few notes about the form and what is happening (style, art, performance, etc.)
Day 2)
***** QUIZ II *****
WEEK 9
Day 1)
Music Video
Read- Television- Critical Methods and Applications, Music Television
Prepare 3-5 discussion questions/points
Day 2)
Music Video
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) 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. Take part of the chapter on Movement to write a half page description of it using the concepts from the book.
WEEK 11
Day 1)
Live Cinema
Read- A Minima, Live Cinema
Day 2)
QUIZ III
WEEK 12
Day 1)
Web-Based Work
Read- Chapter 6, Color
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
Day 2)
Web-Based Work
Read- Chapter 6, Color
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
WEEK 13
Day 1)
Story and Music Video
Read Block- Chapter 9, Story and Visual Structure
Prepare 3-5 discussion questions/points
Various Works
Day 2)
Story and Music Video
Read Block- Chapter 9, Story and Visual Structure continued
Prepare 3-5 discussion questions/points
Michel Gondry
Various Works
WEEK 14
Day 1)
VJing and Live A/V Performance
What is a VJ?
http://rhythmiclight.com
Read- The VJ Book
Prepare 3-5 discussion questions/points
Various VJ Pieces
Day 2)
QUIZ IV
WEEK 15 - FREE WEEK
Day 1)
VJing and Live A/V Performance
Share DJ
VJ Central
VJ Theory
Video Out DVD
Day 2)
VJing and Live A/V Performance
Read- VJ Audio-Visual Art+VJ Culture
Prepare 3-5 discussion questions/points
Video Out DVD
WEEK 16
FINAL EXAMINATIONS
