Students will launch the inquiry by comparing how sound changes mood in a movie scene, analyzing animal calls as communication signals, and capturing evidence in a Sound Analysis Journal that will guide later sound design work.

Students will build, test, and revise a low-fidelity sound redesign for a silent movie clip by using peer audience feedback and evidence from animal communication to improve how clearly their sounds create mood.

Students will present their redesigned silent film scenes to an authentic audience, explain how their sound choices create mood, compare those choices to animal communication, and use audience feedback as evidence of effective communication and revision.