Multimedia Presentations, Sec. 86

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 Tuesday, September 3rd, 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

Tu 09.17

1. Kyle S./Alejandro A.—Go, Man Go: Inside West Side Story

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Week 06: Carlos Santana

Tu 09.24

1. Noel Z./Nathan T.—Icons of Hip Hop: Run-DMC and Public Enemy
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Week 07: Blondie

Tu 10.01

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Week 08: Elvis Presley

Tu 10.08

1. Jonathan T./Drew S.—Woodstock: Three Days of Peace and Music

2. Keanu H./Tristen L.—The Holy Sites of Rock: Graceland, Yasgur's Farm, and The Apollo

Week 09: Tony Bennett

Tu 10.15
1. Faviola A.—Mexico's Mariachi
2. Nicholas L./Patrick M.—Blond Ambition: 30 Years of Madonna

Week 10: Queen

Tu 10.22
2. Emilie N./Donia M.—Where Things are Poppin': American Bandstand

Week 11: Kanye West

Tu 10.29

1. Disha D./Nyantara N.—Icons of Jazz: Thelonius Monk and John Coltrane
2. Wilson L./Steven S.—Game Changers: Nirvana's Nevermind

Week 12: ABBA

Tu 11.05

1. Alexis C./Phoebe C.—MTV: The Early Years
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Week 14: Radiohead

Tu 11.19

1. Dustin N./Nicholas H.—All About New Wave

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Week 15: Barbra Streisand

Tu 11.26
1. Zhane M./Allison C.—Icons of Rock: The Who and Led Zeppelin
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Week 16: Nirvana

Tu 12.03 

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