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Team Audio Challenge 2024

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  • Using the scene provided below, create a 1 -2 minute audio design using the rules and requirements below. Scene for 2024 will be from William Shakespeare's The Tempest.
  • Teams of 1 - 4 are allowed to collaborate on the challenge. You may use actors to complete the script/voice over requirements. Schools can enter as many entries as they would like.
  • The script/prompt may not be altered in any way. The order of events and how the script/direction is navigated is what is being judged.
  • All designs are due by midnight on October 28, 2024. Winners will be announced at each festival with the top sound design for each festival being played during opening ceremonies

Students Can
  • Change the time period the show is set in. As long as the time period is supported by the final product and concept statement, have fun with it!
  • Create their own work. We would love it if every element of the design is created by the student!
  • Use friends, family, troupe, pets, etc to create the elements of the design. Use what you have in your life to create an awesome sound design.

Students Cannot
  • Use someone else’s work exclusively. If it is in the public domain, we want students to change or update to create their own vision. 
  • Change the script/prompt in any way. The order of events and how you navigate that is what is being judged.
2024 Prompt
Please download the file below for the prompt for this years competition!
​An easy to use in the classroom resource for teachers and students. Meant to be printed on one piece of paper and includes the competition rubric.

For more information or questions, contact Matthew Peters

Rules and Required Elements

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  • All elements of the sound design must be original student work.
  • Directors will also need to sign off that work is original work.
For the sound design the students must have the following included in their submission:
  • Design Justification
    • 7 - 10 sentences explaining the thought process, any time period updates, challenges you faced and how you overcame them
  • Final Track Includes
    • At least 2 Music Tracks - Orchestral Only, No Vocals
    • At least 2 Foley Sound Effects
    • At least 2 Voice Overs
    • At least 2 Ambient Sound Effects
      • If sound design is done effectively you will have many more than the minimum!
  • Submit 3 - 5 screenshots on how you made the digitally edited or created Sound FX or made changes to the original source material for the other elements
  • Submit a screenshot or PDF of your sound cues on the script provided. 

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