This course explores the fundamentals of multimedia entrepreneurship. The purpose is to answer the question "what is multimedia entrepreneurship" by providing students from a variety of backgrounds with basic knowledge and skills in multimedia workflows and an introduction to industry-standard practices. This course is open to all students, and is a requirement of the Multimedia Entrepreneurship major in music. Additional Fees May Apply.
Every Spring
Previously: MMEN 101
The Sibelius Fundamentals I course provides a comprehensive approach to learning the fundamentals of the Sibelius music-notation application. In this course you will discover and develop foundation-building themes and new ways of working in the software as well as a clear understanding of the Sibelius interface, from navigating the ribbon to inputting notes in a variety of ways. Become comfortable with using shortcuts while learning how to create, edit, and print your score quickly and efficiently. Sibelius Fundamentals I is the first crucial step in mastering Sibelius, the most popular music notation software in use today. Additional fees may apply.
Every Fall
Previously: AVID 101
Sibelius Fundamentals II reviews and builds upon the skills learned in the Sibelius Fundamentals I course. Introducing many new Sibelius features, the course covers how to create a simple lead sheet, complete with chord symbols, lyrics, repeat barlines, repeat endings, repeat text, and rhythmic slash notation. Additionally, the course introduces more advanced notations and some of Sibelius’ most creative features, which can help you quickly compose, arrange, or rearrange a piece of music. Additional fees may apply.
Every Interim
Previously: AVID 102
The Pro Tools Fundamentals I course introduces fundamental Pro Tools concepts and principles, covering everything an individual needs to know to complete a basic Pro Tools project, from initial setup to final mixdown. Students also learn to build sessions that include multi-track recordings of live audio, MIDI sequences and virtual instruments. Hands-on exercises and projects introduce essential techniques for creating sessions, recording and importing audio and MIDI, editing session media, navigating sessions and arranging media on tracks, and using basic processing and mixing techniques to finalize a production. Additional fees may apply.
Every Fall
Previously: AVID 210
The Pro Tools Fundamentals II course introduces the core concepts and techniques students need to competently operate a Pro Tools system running mid-sized sessions.
Students learn to build sessions designed for commercial purposes and improve the results of their recording, editing, and mixing efforts. The hands-on exercises provide experience setting up sessions, importing media, working with digital video, spotting sound effects, using loop recording and MIDI Merge techniques, working with virtual instruments, warping with Elastic Audio, applying Real-Time Properties, creating clip loops, applying signal processing, using automation, and using submixes and track groups to simplify a final mix. Additional fees may apply.
Every Spring
Previously: AVID 211
Media Composer Fundamentals I is the first step in achieving confidence, creativity, and efficiency with Avid Media Composer, the non-linear film/video editing application used in most movie and television productions. In this course, students develop an understanding of the video editing process and the basic skills to edit a video project from start to finish. This includes understanding the relationship between media and project files, media storage location, the abilities to create the project file; bring in the source video and audio files; edit the sequence, add titles, music, and basic effects, and then export the finished sequence. Additional fees may apply.
Every Fall
Previously: AVID 220
Media Composer Fundamentals II is an intermediate course designed to teach students the technical and organizational skills of an assistant editor and develop their editorial skills with the tools and techniques required to produce a well-edited video. From using dynamic trim techniques to shape the actor’s performances in a dramatic scene, to quickly assembling a news package to meet deadline, this course empowers novice users to take their Media Composer skills to the next level. Class projects and exercises are hands-on, giving students the opportunity to work on a scripted short film and a promotional video. Additional fees may apply.
Every Spring
Previously: AVID 221