Great class today, everyone. I especially enjoyed our conversations about masking and look forward to chatting a bit more about your new voice-over narrators for Dark Days on Tuesday.

Per your request, I’ve placed the following on 24-hour reserve at Odegaard Library:

• The Voice in Cinema by Michel Chion
• Invisible Storytellers by Sarah Kozloff
• Grizzly Man (I added this one to the list, because it’s rich with voice-over material)
• Dark Days
• The Shining

Also, if you are looking for Murray Schafer’s terms (keynote, signal, soundmark, etc.), then they are included in the “Audio-Visual Scene and Masking” post. These terms might be useful for your upcoming sequence one writing.

For Tuesday’s class, please:

• Read Ivan Illich’s “To Hell with Good Intentions” (please print for class discussion or bring your laptop)
• Read Nadinne Cruz’s “A Challenge to the Notion of Service” (please print for class discussion or bring your laptop)
• Review and respond to the prompt for Podcast 1.
• Record your podcast (recording options are on the course site under “course materials”). (If you are having recording issues, then just let me know!  Don’t stress it!)
• Upload your mp3 (titled in the form, “[firstname][podcast#].mp3,” like “jentery1.mp3”) to the course drop box (preferred) or e-mail it to english3000@gmail.com.
• (Recommended) Watch the film you are selecting for your upcoming sequence one writing.

On Tuesday, we will:

• First discuss your new voice-over narrators for Dark Days,
• Then we will converse about Cruz and Illich as a class,
• Conduct our second keyword collaboratory, and
• Finally, we will review balance of the sequence one writing prompts (1.2, 1.3, 1.4, and Major Paper 1).

Have a great weekend, people! And be in touch with questions!

Best,

Jentery