My Semester Project

My Semester Project

My driving question for the next few months is how will I create a well-made music video for one of the songs that I wrote?

For the rest of this semester, everyone in my class has to do a special project, and I am going to record two original songs with me playing drums and two other people singing and playing piano. One is songs that I wrote, and one is a song that the lead singer wrote. I will record and edit one song each week over a three week period, starting next week.

Once I am finished recording all of the songs, which will be in about four weeks from now, I will choose one and create a music video for it, and then edit it once I am done. It will probably take me over a month or two to finish filming and editing it, making it around late January when it is done, which is the end of the semester. I think that the filming of the video will take two or three weeks, which leaves me over a month to edit it.

The key skills that I will learn while doing this project will be how to use recording and editing computer programs such as Logic Pro X and Final Cut Pro. I will also learn how to use a professional video camera, and in my weekly updates, I will include the information that I learned that week from filming or editing.

Schedule:

11/1

Record the first song

11/22

Record second song

12/13

Design music video outline

12/20

Finish recording music video

1/15

Finish editing music video and upload it to blog

The criteria needed for each product:

1. Product: Videography-

I need to make sure that the camera is in the right spot at all times, isn’t shaky, and has the right lighting.

2. Product: Editing-

I need to make sure that everything is edited well without jumps between each change in scene, etc.

3. Product: Sound-

I need to make sure that the sound in all of my videos is good quality and cut together well.

	Skills Needed	Already Learned	Taught Before Project	Taught During Project
1	Drum playing	-----
2	Recording			-----
3	Video Taping			-----
4	Editing		-----