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Audio Projects


The audio of a digital media project can either make or break its effectiveness. Appealing, purposeful sound can take productions to the next level, while inappropriate or out of place audio can take away from the overall success. Knowledge and skills in audio production can be used in a wide variety of industry settings - a few of which we will get to practice in this unit. You will start out by editing spoken word and adding special effects to create persuasive radio advertisements. Then you will use your creativeness to produce an original music track and create a complete music album with a group of your peers. Finally, you will add sound effects and background music to an otherwise silent video to help bring it to life.
If you finish your projects before their due date, and have checked the rubric to make sure you're meeting all of the project requirements, try your hand at an practice project. They are meant to further develop your skills and learn new tools and features, and will count as an extra credit grade when submitted. Show me what you got!
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Billy Bob Project

Radio Advertisement
Sometimes it is easy to forget that audio production is not only recording and editing music tracks, but also includes editing spoken word. This type of skill is used to create audio books, recording voice-overs for commercials and movies, and especially to produce radio broadcasts and advertisements. 
In this project, you will edit a raw voice recording to match a script. Your client is Billy Bob's Auto Warehouse. You have his original recording (as you will see, Mr. Billy Bob is not so good at recording a commercial) and the written script of what the radio commercial should say exactly. As you learn how to cut and splice clips in GarageBand, arrange Billy Bob's recording in the correct order. When you have matched the script, add sound effects and background music to make the production appealing and persuasive. Remember to match the script exactly!

When you have finished your project, save it as a GarageBand project file (.BAND) and name it lastname + billybob. Export it using the .MP3 encoder and name the output file the same name (ex: fursebillybob.MP3). Submit your exported project using the form on the right. Don't forget to review the rubric to make sure you are meeting all of the project requirements!

Billy Bob Recording
File Size: 2685 kb
File Type: mp3
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Billy Bob Final Script
File Size: 46 kb
File Type: pdf
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Billy Bob Project RUBRIC
File Size: 64 kb
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Monster Truck Project

Radio Advertisement
Now that you have learned a few basic tools and features of GarageBand, you will apply that knowledge in this project. As you may notice when listening to the radio, the advertisements incorporate special track effects like echo and reverb to help grab attention and persuade the audience.
In this project, you will learn how to add special effects to the tracks of audio in GarageBand, as well as further incorporate sound effects and background music to help your radio advertisements sound appealing and persuasive. Your client is Dorton Arena in Raleigh, NC. They are hosting a monster truck rally and Sesame Street wrestling match (fun for adults and children!). You have been given a raw recording of the commercial, a voice-over from Elmo talking trash to Big Bird, and a sound effect or two. You have also been provided with the final script of the commercial.

Your job is to cut and splice the original audio recording to match the script, then add in some excerpts from Elmo's voice-over. This time, every individual clip that you splice needs to be on its own track in GarageBand. You will use the software to add special effects like track panning, echo, reverb, and others. Finally, you will incorporate sound effects and background music to help persuade your audience to attend the monster truck rally and Sesame Street wrestling tournament.

When you have finished your project, review the rubric to make sure you are meeting all of the requirements! Save your project as a .BAND file and name it lastname + monster. Export your radio advertisement using the .MP3 encoder and save it with the same name (ex: fursemonster.MP3). Submit the file using the form on the right. 

Monster Truck Recording
File Size: 1402 kb
File Type: mp3
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Elmo's Voiceover
File Size: 651 kb
File Type: mp3
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Explosion Sound
File Size: 18 kb
File Type: mp3
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Monster Truck Final Script
File Size: 44 kb
File Type: pdf
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Monster Truck Project RUBRIC
File Size: 66 kb
File Type: pdf
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Group Album Project

Group Album
The ability to work cooperatively in a group is something that you will have to practice no matter what type of job you have in the future. In this project, you will team up with a group of your classmates to create an original album - complete with song tracks from each member and a printed cover designed in Photoshop.
The GarageBand software has an extensive built-in library of music loops that can be selected and assembled to produce an attractive, professional sounding song track. It also has the ability to record music from an instrument and add all types of special effects and sound equalization. 

We will be using the GarageBand App on the Apple® iPads to create one original song and then export it. After creating another song on your classroom computer, you will team up with your group members to design an album cover and track list. We will cut out the printed album covers, burn all of the group's songs onto a CD, and then assemble a finalized group album.

When you have finished your three original songs, make sure they are in .MP3 format and name them with a creative name. Submit them using the form on the right. Then use the Peer Evaluation Survey (see link on the right) to rate your group members' contributions to the completion of the album. Please be honest! Your responses are totally anonymous. 

CD Jewel Case Sizes
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File Type: jpg
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___album_rubric.pdf
File Size: 112 kb
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Foley Artist Project

Effective audio is a key part to making a successful video production. It takes specialized audio technicians to help create an awesome fight scene or stunning chase sequence. During these types of video scenes, extra sound effects have to be created and dubbed into the 
video to make things look and sound more realistic. The audio technicians that work to create these sound effects are called Foley Artists. You can find out more information about the Foley Artist career path here : http://www.filmsound.org/foley/

In this project, you will become a Foley Artist as you add real-life sound effects to an otherwise silent nature video. The goal of the sound effects are to make the video more realistic and entertaining - reaching more of the viewers' senses and capturing the audience more effectively.

Download the video located on the right. You will see a nature scene with water, animals, a train traveling through the mountains, and an airplane flying into the sunset. Also included on the right are some sound effects that will be helpful and a list of GarageBand loops that work well with the given video. You are to incorporate the sound effects and background music into the video to help it appear more realistic.

When you are finished with this project, save the .BAND project and name it lastname + foley. Use the directions provided on the right to export your video - complete with realistic sound. Name the output video the same name (ex: fursefoley.MOV). After you have reviewed the project rubric to make sure you are meeting all of the requirements, submit your finished project using the form on the right.

Nature Video (No Sound)
File Size: 43508 kb
File Type: mp4
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Airplane Sound
File Size: 741 kb
File Type: mp3
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Train Sound
File Size: 485 kb
File Type: mp3
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Useful GB Sound Clips
File Size: 114 kb
File Type: pdf
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How to Export Video from GB
File Size: 593 kb
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