Course Number: Art 369
Course Name: Audio Art

Synaesthetic Sound (Foley Art) due Oct. 27

From Wikipedia: "Synaesthesia is a neurologically based phenomenon in which stimulation of one sensory or cognitive pathway leads to automatic, involuntary experiences in a second sensory or cognitive pathway."
Synaesthesia is a term commonly used in the time-based media arts to describe a relationship between a variety of media. For instance, a particular sound may be associated with a particular motion or a certain color may associated with a text. It is common for Motion Graphics professionals to use synaesthetic qualities in their work.

Objective:
Through using listening skills you will explore associations of visual movement with sound. Successful completion of this project should improve your sound and visual editing skills. You will be encouraged to creatively experiment with both sounds and visuals in order to develop new ideas about their integration.

Assignment:
1. Using sound from your Musique Concrete' assignment (or other sounds approved by your instructor) create visual accompaniment to your sounds. Note: you can re-edit your sounds as necessary. Also, consider using the original sounds across multiple tracks; mixing them upon export.

2. You may use any digital video editing tool for this assignment (Flash, Premiere, After Effects). Examples for using this software will be demonstrated in class.

3. Your final video should be 2-3 minutes in length.

4. Output/export your final video using Quicktime (.mov) with H-264 compression. Your video should be 640x480, square pixel, 30 fps with an audio track that is 44.1kHz, stereo. You will turn this in on a CD/DVD.

Assessment:
You will be graded on your ability to creatively associate imagery (abstract or realistic) with sound. Consider using text, color, image, shape, animation, looping, etc. Listening is an important component of this project.

Documentation:
The process used to create each sound/visual must be documented in detail. Explain your reasons for the placement of sound/visuals into the animation. Keeping a log while working is recommended. This documentation is required when handing the assignment in. It should be in sentence form, using terminology explained during lectures.

Resources:

From Andy Saia, you might like to experiment with these Flash/Actionscript tutorials:

http://gotoandlearn.com/play?id=62 -- how to generate audio effects in real time
http://gotoandlearn.com/play?id=75 -- actually generate sound directly from flash, no sound files necessary http://gotoandlearn.com/play?id=29 -- export the animation amplitude data out of after effects to use in flash

You also may wish to explore some advanced visual work with Max/MSP using Jitter:

Jitter Recipes Book 3: http://cycling74.com/story/2006/2/17/153427/406
Jitter Recipes Book 2: http://cycling74.com/story/2006/2/14/161736/108
Jitter Recipes Book 1: http://cycling74.com/story/2006/2/6/114353/4118

Look specifically at:

Recipe 00
Recipe 04
Recipe 05
Recipe 06
Recipe 07
Recipe 11
Recipe 20
Recipe 22
Recipe 23
Recipe 25
Recipe 26
Recipe 33