Multimedia Presentations, Sec. 03

As you know, this semester you and a classmate will be responsible for a 10-minute multimedia presentation and a class hand-out. By midnight on Monday, September 2nd, you and a partner should be signed up for a topic and date.  

All topics and dates are first-come first-served. Topics will be crossed off as they are chosen. Anyone that has not chosen by this time, will automatically be assigned a partner, topic, and date.

Follow these steps:

1. Click on "Comments" at the end of this post.
2. In the "Post a Comment" box, leave the group's names (first and last), section, topic, and the preferred date—only one entry per group is required.

Example:
David Cortez and Kerry Clancy: The Music of Leonard Cohen, 10.16.13

Please be sure to post in the correct section!

Requirements:

• The work distribution is up to each pairing, though it should be somewhat equitable
• The presentation must be approximately 10 minutes in length
• There should be approximately 10 slides, including at least one video clip (no more than 2-3 minutes in length)
• You must provide a handout related to or outlining your presentation (23 copies) 
• On the day of your presentation, email both your presentation (or a link) and handout to me at dhdelao@gmail.com.

The best presentations will:

• Have an introductory slide which contextualizes the topic—very important 
• Use words economically 
• Include visually interesting illustrations
• Avoid a heavy use of animation and effects 
• Have a style that complements the subject matter and strikes the appropriate tone
• Engage the class through a conversational style, utilizing questions and/or activities
• Embed a relevant video or audio clip (e.g. YouTube, SoundCloud)*
• Conclude with a slide that summarizes the topic—also very important

Remember, this is an opportunity to be very creative, so feel free to have fun with the visual layout of your presentation.

*If you use PowerPoint 2007, here is a quick video explaining how to embed a YouTube clip into your presentation. Remember, embedding clips can save time during a presentation.

Lower scoring presentations might:

• Begin without an introductory slide and/or fail to offer any context upfront
• Be thinly researched
• Allow visuals to overrun their content, or lack a cohesive style
• Fail to engage the class in any meaningful way
• Lack multimedia
• End without a concluding slide

Remember, you are responsible for providing your own laptop.

These are the topics available for presentations:

1. All About New Wave 
2. Icons of Opera: Giacomo Puccini and Maria Callas
3. Game Changers: Nirvana's Nevermind
4. All about the British Invasion
5. Grease is the Word: Legacy of a Legendary Musical
6. The Singers and Songwriters: Cat Stevens, Joni Mitchell, and Jim Croce
7. Icons of Country: Patsy Cline and Dolly Parton
8. The Folk Music of Ireland
9. Icons of Rock: The Who and Led Zeppelin
10. The Holy Sites of Rock: Graceland, Yasgur's Farm, and The Apollo
11. Les géants de la musique Française: Charles Aznavour, Maurice Chevalier, and Edith Piaff
12. All About Bluegrass
13. Inside the Bollywood Musical 
14. Icons of Jazz: Thelonius Monk and John Coltrane
15. Vienna and the Classical Period
16. Music in the Classroom: A Crisis
17. The Sisters of Hip Hop: Lady B to Nicki Minaj
18. Go, Man Go: Inside West Side Story
19. Icons of Hip Hop: Run-DMC and Public Enemy
20. Blond Ambition: Thirty Years of Madonna
21. Game Changers: The Jimi Hendrix Experience's Are You Experienced
22. Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, The Big Bopper, and the Day the Music Died
23. Chinese Opera 101
24. MTV: The Early Years 
25. Where Things are Poppin': American Bandstand
26. Mexico's Mariachi 
27. Icons of Folk: Bob Dylan and Joan Baez
28. The Musical Returns: Moulin Rouge! to Les Misérables
29. Music Cities: Nashville, Detroit, and Seattle
30. Woodstock: Three Days of Peace and Music

Choose from these dates:

Week 05: Patsy Cline

Mo 09.16 

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Week 06: Carlos Santana

We 09.25 

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Week 07: Blondie 

We 10.02

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Week 08: Elvis Presley

Mo 10.07

1. Anna K./Tina N.—Icons of Jazz: Thelonius Monk and John Coltrane

 

We 10.09

1. Anthony T./Diona D.—Music Cities: Nashville, Detroit, and Seattle. Date

Week 09: Tony Bennett

Mo 10.14

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We 10.16
1. Cynthia A./Angelica C.—The Sisters of Hip Hop: Lady B to Nicki Minaj

Week 10: Queen

Mo 10.21

1. Shwetha S./Tuyet V.—Inside of Bollywood

We 10.23

1. Feaomalupe M./Jazmine R.—Blond Ambition: Thirty Years of Madonna

Week 11: Kanye West

We 10.30
1. Barbara N./Nancy Y.—The Musical Returns: Moulin Rouge! to Les Misérables2. Mark H./Robert T.—Icons of Rock: The Who and Led Zeppelin

 

Week 12: ABBA

Mo 11.04

1. Patrick V. and Jenavie G.—Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, The Big Bopper, and the Day the Music Died

We 11.06

1. Greg W. and John N.—All About the British Invasion

Week 14: Radiohead

Mo 11.18
1. Johnny R./Justin P.—Icons of Hip Hop: Run-DMC and Public Enemy

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Week 15: Barbra Streisand

Mo 11.25

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We 11.27

1. Cassidy P./Manvinder S.—All About Bluegrass

Week 16: Nirvana

Mo 12.02

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