Sound Design
| A selected collection of original work:
(c) Maddi Deckard - Sound Design - Descendants.mp4Disney's Descendants, Puttin' On Productions
Directed by Megan Davis & Hazel Seaman
Assistant Directed by Jess Ward
Sound Design - Maddi Deckard
Scenic Design - Tim Keuhn
Lighting Design - Megan Mahoney
Costume Design - Rebecca Roth
Props Design - Patricia Briles
DAW: QLab, Ableton Live | Category: Theatrical Sound Design
2022-04 Zanna Don't Sound Designs (c) MDeckard.mp4Zanna, Don't! A Musical Fairytale, Chapman University
Directed by Nick Gabriel
Sound Design - Maddi Deckard
Scenic Design - Avery Tang
Lighting Design - Camille Roberts
Costume Design - Kate Poppen
Hair & Makeup Design - Jo Mojonnier
Props Design - Fawn Hutchinson
DAW: QLab, Ableton Live | Category: Theatrical Sound Design
Maddi Deckard - Sound in 24 - USITT21.mp4Sound design is all original; visuals are from 'Mountain', a nature video game.
This sound design was created for the "Sound in 24" Challenge at the USITT 2021 Conference. Completed in less than 24 hours, all sounds are original recordings that were then modified while designing. USITT's Sound Commission organized the challenge and held a playback session, where designs were presented.
The Sound in 24 Challenge is a 24-hour challenge that tests the skills of the designers to create a sound design with the prompt. No commercial or pre-recorded libraries were allowed. Everyone gathered their own sounds from the environment around them. This year’s prompt was a video of clips from the game 'Mountain.' It has been described by the creator as an "Existential Nature Simulation."
DAW: Ableton Live | Category: Game Audio Design
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"The River" was created as part of TSDCA's Fall Creative Challenge and then presented to various members of the Theatrical Sound Designers and Composers Association. Maddi Deckard collaborated on a team with Joseph Gherardi and Isabel Waldie. The River, a poem by Ralph Waldo Emerson, inspired the piece. Maddi sourced sounds and created the arrangement with initial mixing. Joseph did all field recording and completed the final mastering. Isabel worked on the musical instrumentation and the voiceover.
DAW: Logic Pro X | Category: Poetry
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Short Interludes is a small compilation of music interlude excerpts, all originally composed and mixed.
The cover photo and all pieces are original.
DAW: Logic Pro X | Category: Music Production, Composition
Maddi Deckard - The Kingdom of the Fairies (Méliès 1903) - Sound Design Only.movSound "Re-Design" for Silent Film
For a mentorship project, a music composition and sound design were created for this excerpt from the silent film The Kingdom of the Fairies (Méliès 1903). The mentor, a recording artist, provided knowledge in music production techniques for the composition. The version provided here is only the sound design.
All composition and design was created by Maddi Deckard with an original composition and sourced, copyright-free sounds. The project was one of seven projects chosen to be presented at the virtual closing event for mentors and mentees.
DAW: Pro Tools | Category: Movies & Film
COMC YouTube Intro Clip.mp4Sound Design & Music Sync for YouTube Intro
Sound effects designed to compliment select visual aspects of video animation (created by COMC's film lead). Music track edited to sync with the movement of illustrations - edited in Adobe Audition to create a shorter version to fit the introduction.
Music is copyright-free. Animated video licensed for use in videos on Color of Music Collective's YouTube.
DAW: Adobe Audition + VE: Premiere Pro | Category: Content Creation
Music Technology
| A selected collection of original work:
Anonymous Vision is a compilation album from the members of MUS344-01: "Live Performance with Technology," directed by Sarah Belle Reid. The album features new works exploring experimental synthesis, sampling, and sound design techniques. Maddi's contributions to the album are a solo track entitled "submerged hysteria" and 1 part of a 12-part 'blind recording' collaboration between the entire MUS344 Ensemble (explained more below).
DAWs: VCV Rack, Ableton Live | Category: Synthesis, Composition
Pieces of Pieces is a short compilation album of excerpts from pieces and miscellaneous dark compositions. It is an incomplete continuation of isolated sounds and misplaced soundscapes.
All pieces are original and the album artwork was also designed by Maddi Deckard.
DAWs: VCV Rack | Category: Synthesis, Composition
"low fidelity melody" is an excerpt from a song created in collaboration with Rachel Ross. Both Maddi and Rachel composed, recorded, and mixed for the song.
DAW: Ableton Live | Category: Music Production, Composition
Lighting Design
Lighting Design - Concert Concept - High Hopes, P!ATD.mp4"High Hopes" by Panic! At The Disco
Lighting design programmed with Lightkey for live set concept.
Lighting Design - Bohemian Rhapsody, Queen.mp4"Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen
Lighting design created in collaboration with four other live entertainment professionals.
Visual & Media Design
Poster Graphic Design
A redesign of the Hadestown poster, which is a Tony- and Grammy-award-winning Broadway musical about the Greek myth of Orpheus & Eurydice. Created using Adobe Photoshop.
Visual Expressionist Design - Lonely from Lovely Little Lonely .movProjections Design
An expressionist visual design of "Lonely" from Lovely Little Lonely by The Maine. Created using a combination of QLab and Adobe AfterFX.
Music by The Maine (themaineband.com). All videos are public source or original.
Deckard,Maddi_After Effects Album Art_2.movDigital Media Design
Animation of the album cover art for Apollo 11 by Adam Young. Created using Adobe After Effects.
Music by Adam Young (ayoungscores.com) with artwork by James R Eads (jamesreads.com).
A/V Multi-Cam Edit
Fully edited video of Chapman University's Jazz Band performing "James Brown" by Tower of Power. Created using Adobe Premiere Pro.
Filmed by Chapman University A/V team.
COMC Motion Graphic_2021 GRAMMY Panel - Maddi Deckard.movMotion Graphic Animation
Animated motion graphic title for YouTube video of music industry panel, "The GRAMMYs: Behind the Nominees." Created in Adobe Premiere Pro.
Graphic design by COMC graphics member.
OCTG Roundtable Promo Video - Maddi Deckard.movDigital Media Promo Video
A promotional video created for Orange County Theatre Guild's "Theatre Going Virtual" roundtable discussion. Audio edited in Adobe Audition.
All graphic elements and animation created using Adobe After Effects. Music is copyright-free.
Technical Set Ups
