Assignments:

Assignment #1 - Other Movie Music Maker Report  (30 Points) 
Write a report about one of the following film score composers:

• Elmer Bernstein - "The Magnificent Seven", "The Great Escape", "Ghostbusters", "The Blues Brothers"
• Michael Giacchoino - "The Incredibles", "Ratatouille", "Cars 2", "Up"
• Danny Elfman - "Batman", "Spiderman", The Nightmare Before Christmas", "The Simpsons"
• James Horner - "Titanic", "Avatar", "Star Trek II", "Apollo 13"
• Howard Shore - "The Lord of the Rings", "The Silence of the Lambs"
• Jerry Goldsmith - "Planet of the Apes", Patton", Stagecoach", "Alien", "Star Trek"
• Hans Zimmer - "Inception", "Gladiator", "The Dark Knight", "Crimson Tide"

Watch this video to see how to submit an assignment

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All reports in this course have a 'scoring rubric' that the teacher uses to grade the assignment. You should consult this rubric to make sure you include all the things that need to be included in the report. Here is the scoring rubric for this assignment: (On future reports, you will need to click on the scoring rubric link to view the scoring rubric for that assignment)

Assignment #2 Where in the World Quiz? (30 points) -  After reviewing the first 3 lessons in Unit 2 (World Music, Movie Music and Video Game Music) take a quiz in Canvas to determine if you have learned the material or not.
There are listening examples in this quiz  - make sure your can hear .mp3 files BEFORE starting the quiz. Test for audio

Music in the quiz will be selected from this list:

	African Music
	Australian Music
	Chinese Music
	German Music
	Mexican Music
	Peruvian Music
	American Music
	Williams - Star Wars Main Theme
	Sound from Pong
	Soundtrack from Minecraft

Assignment #3 Jingle Maker (30 Points) -
Create an advertising jingle for this music appreciation course!
You need to create and record a short (20 seconds or less) advertising jingle that would encourage other students to take this course.This can be an un-accompanied (just you singing), or accompanied (you singing with instrumental accompaniment).

Procedure:

1. Compose your jingle
2. Record your jingle - there are several ways to accomplish this listed below
3. Enter the jingle in the Canvas assignment (either as an attachment or in the comments section, depending on which method you are using to record)

• If you have recording software on your computer (audacity is a great free tool), record and save your jingle as a .mp3 file, upload as an attachment in the Blackboard assignment
• You can use http://vocaroo.com/ to record and save your jingle. Here is a video to show you how.

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• If you don't have a microphone, call my phone (346-315-6781). If I answer, you can just perform live, OR ask me to hangup and you can call right back and record your jingle on my voice mail. Be sure to start the recording with your name! In the Canvas assignment, enter "I saved on your voicemail on [insert date]" and submit.