Students develop the skills, knowledge, and historical perspective necessary to create their own unique body of work using the computer. This course explores the process of creating computer-aided soundtracks for video and film. Students complete a short soundtrack for one of their own videos or films. Digital recording, editing, and mixing of sound and music is covered, emphasizing unconventional approaches made possible by new digital techniques. The computer sound workstation is equipped for high quality sound recording and playback, video synchronization, MIDI synthesis and sampling, and DAT storage and transfer.
Attention is given to both hardware display concepts and software techniques.
Principles are emphasized through construction in class of low-cost, working digital video devices suitable for artistic uses, optionally controllable by available small computers. Some prior electronic knowledge is helpful, but not necessary. This course expands the basics of Beginning Holography and offers the student a comprehensive and thorough understanding of hybrid or multi-image display holography. The techniques of producing master holograms for various styles of white-light viewable displays is treated in detail. Basic mechanisms and mathematics for controlling and analyzing holograms are discussed.