In the ever-evolving landscapes of education for the era of digital-streaming-and-all-in-between with music, sound design, and current audio evolutions, here are some pieces featuring sound pioneer Thomas Dolby and his current work and perspectives on sound in media — a program at the Peabody Institute and an interview with Mr. Dolby talking about this work and his synth adventures.
Posted in Chapter 3, Music & Sound Design | Tagged Electronic Music, Game Design, Peabody Institute, Sound Design, Synthwave, Thomas Dolby | Leave a Comment »
Wishing everyone some solid fresh tones in this world with the New Year. Here’s to 2021!
In the meantime, here’s a nice piece on room tone with a neat video, a holiday gift from the folks at Criterion. Cheers!
Posted in Chapter 3, Music & Sound Design | Tagged Criterion Collection, Living in Oblivion, Room Tone | Leave a Comment »
In the “year without a (real) Halloween,” what more appropriate news could be posted than this “in case you haven’t heard” piece: Henry Selick is director for Wendell and Wild in collaboration with Jordan Peele and Keegan Michael Key, along with composer Bruno Coulais (who scored Selick’s classic Coraline). Let’s keep hoping for a release date that’s not too far off: we need this one!
Earlier this year, Selick received a highly deserved Winsor McKay award from the International Animated Film Society. Check out this link which features Selick’s induction with a moving introduction from animator Jorge Gutierrez.
Posted in Animation, Chapter 5, Directors | Tagged Bruno Coulais, Henry Selick, Jordan Peele, Jorge Gutierrez, Keegan Michael Key, Wendell and Wild, Winsor McKay Award | Leave a Comment »
How did a character from Matt Furie’s comic Boy’s Club become one of the mega-memes to end all viral meme characters? Yup, it’s Pepe the Frog. Do you even know where Pepe comes from? How he became a symbol of powerful forces of provocation and extremist alt-right political views today? And what does its creator have to say about how this came to be and what he can do about it?
If interested, check out more info on the Sundance Award-winning documentary Feels Good Man. Director by Arthur Jones leads us on an investigation of the webverse that many of us, particularly today’s students, inhabit here and now.
Posted in Chapter 1, Chapter 5, Chapter 6, Media Literacy, Social Studies | Tagged Arthur Jones, Boys' Club, documentary, Feels Good Man, Graphic Novel, Matt Furie, Pepe the Frog, Sundance Awards | Leave a Comment »
Numerous mediateacher posts have explored media literacy and its integral relationship to social studies in contemporary education, including Media Manipulation: An Ongoing Story, Media Literacy and Social Studies: Clash at Lincoln Memorial, Media Literacy and Social Studies: Portraits of America, and Infekted Minds. Currently, our tumultuous times bring us what seem to be daily examples of media messages intersecting with how events are actually playing out and the ways in which we process them. Here is a striking example of a video essay from the op-ed pages of the New York Times: The Bill of Rights, Revised. This can serve as a resource for classroom debate along with linked viewpoints and journalistic reporting from a range of online, print, video, and audio media resources.
Posted in Chapter 6, Media Literacy, Social Studies | Tagged Civics, Emily Holzknecht, Kristopher Knight, New York Times, The Bill of Rights, Video Essay | Leave a Comment »
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