Live on Air! Using Sound FX to Express Emotions
Enjoy a video preview (right) and explore the learning guides below. Teaching artists are available for LIVE video instruction sessions to accompany each video.
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Video One:
The Sound of Emotion
In this first video of our five-part series, we examine our source material, the graphic novel 'When Stars are Scattered.' Ms. Hanzlik helps us find key plot points, and we start to learn about how sound can enhance story telling.
Video 1 PDF
Learning Guide
Video 1 DIGITAL
Learning Guide
Key Student Learning Standard Addressed:
NYSED S&L Standards 2 and 3
...CCRA.SL.2
Video Two:
Foley Artist 101
Video 2 PDF
Learning Guide
Video 2 DIGITAL
Learning Guide
Key Student Learning Standard Addressed:
NYSED Reading Standard 1
CCSS.ELA-Reading.CCRA.R.1
Video Three:
Foley Artist Pt. 2
In this third video in our series, we continue our study of Foley Artists and how we can use sound effects to enhance storytelling. In this video we will start to identify key plot points, movement(s) of a character, and other ambient sounds that we can select to make our story come alive.
Video 3 PDF
Learning Guide
Video 3 DIGITAL
Learning Guide
Key Student Learning Standard Addressed:
NYSED Reading Standard 1
CCSS.ELA-Reading.CCRA.R.1
Video Four:
Foley Artist Pt. 3
In our fourth video of the series we continue our journey to become a Foley Artist for our story, 'When Stars are Scattered.' Ms. Hanzlik teaches us how to integrate the dynamics and articulations we learned in the previous lesson into our own original soundscape. We also continue to practice using the Mood Meter to infer emotions for our sounds.
Video 4 PDF
Learning Guide
Video 4 DIGITAL
Learning Guide
Key Student Learning Standard Addressed:
NYSED S&L Standards 2 and 3
CCSS.ELA-Speaking and Listening.CCRA.SL2
Video Five:
Performing and Recording
In this final video of our series, Ms. Hanzlik helps us assemble all of the tools we have identified to make our foley sounds for our story. We will practice performing our sounds along with a read aloud of the story. We will also learn ways that we might also record and share our performance with others.
Video 5 PDF
Learning Guide
Video 5 DIGITAL
Learning Guide
Key Student Learning Standard Addressed:
NYSED Writing Standard 3
CCSS.ELA-Writing.CCRA.W.3
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Gina Hanzlik, Teaching Artist
Performing with an “aplomb rarely seen” (Le Devoir) and “a voice that is both brilliant in technique and deep in expressiveness” (Ludwig van Montreal) soprano Gina Hanzlik is known for her deep commitment to character and delivery. She has performed with Opera McGill, Tapestry Opera, the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Michigan Opera Theater, McGill Symphony Orchestra, Société d'art vocal de Montréal, and regularly premiers work for various composers and chamber ensembles in the US and Canada. Gina is a formally trained educator with a decade of experience teaching children and young adults. She is a Teaching Artist for the Metropolitan Opera Guild, and regularly presents groups sessions at music festivals across the US. Gina is a Teach for America Alumni and holds a Masters of Education in Urban Pedagogy from the University of Michigan, as well as music degrees from McGill University and the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities.


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