Recording and Editing Project

Select

Objective: To record, edit, & organize naturally occurring or human-made sounds to express one of
the three following musical concepts.

Concept Option One: Popular Song

Choose a song or genre to imitate.
Concept Option Two: Sound Scape
Choose 1 or more photos to represent (capture environment or to tell a story).
Concept Option Three: Foley
Choose a dramatic story, text, poem, or silent video to animate (bring to life with sound).
Plan

Title: Visual dream

Tempo: Slow Mood: Relax
Projects must be at least one minute
Sounds:
Wind
Water
Bird
Canoeing
Tree
Rock
Walking on the sand
Walking on the rock
Graph- Form, Mood, Volume, Tempo

Develop a plan, create a proposal for your creative intent.

____I will explain the picture of the mountain which is very quiet and calm.

Idea: To make the audience relax, chill, and calm.

Sound of canoeing use to make the audience calm and pay attention because of the silent and stable
mood
Sound of fire use to give the warm feeling.
Sound of wind and water will give the audience cold weather.

Environment sound: Sound of water, Sound of the wind, sound of boat in the water, birds. I will use
the sound of the wind to represent the loneliness feeling. The sound of water will represent refresh
feeling.
Generate ideas for a popular music style.
Select: Choose a genre and/or favorite song to replicate.
Activities:
o Genre: Research popular rhythms for your chosen genre.
Listen to 3 songs in the genre to find inspiration.
Write different rhythms at least 8 measures.
o Favorite Song: Listen to and document the tempo, form, rhythms, instruments.
Develop: Create a list of instruments you want then match with a natural or human made
sounds to imitate.
o Sounds you hear in a pop song: Bass, Guitar, Drum-set (Snare, Bass drum, hi-hat,
crash, singer.)
o Sounds you can record to imitate: Bass Door slamming, snare- clap, cymbals-
handful of coins falling on something metal, etc.
Organize: Outline the project using a form graph and/or other visual organizers.
o What tempo do you want your song to be? Think of the mood you want to set.
o What and when will your sounds be used?

Concept Option Two: Sound Scape Generate ideas to represent your choice of a picture.
Select: Choose a picture (your own or others).
Develop: Research and listen to various examples of Sound Scape.
o Brainstorm sounds you might hear in your photo to tell a story?
o What sounds might you record to capture the environment?
Does the picture tell a story? Write the story.
Organize: Outline the project using a form graph and/or other visual organizers.
o Will your song have a regular or irregular pulse?
o How can you organize your musical thoughts to add variety or contrasts in sections?
o What and when will your sounds be used?

Concept Option Three: Foley Generate ideas that represent a

Select: Choose you storyline.
Develop: Brainstorm possible sounds to be recorded and used.
o (Ex. Footsteps, door opening, spooky sounds, other effects).
Organize: Outline the project using a form graph and/or other visual organizers.
o What and when will your sounds be used?

Explain your creative intent.

In one paragraph identify which project you chose. Include the following:

List the sounds you might hear in your project (Ex. Bass, snare, shaker, etc.).
Examine natural or human made sounds you might record to imitate instruments (ex. thunder, tin-
can falling on the floor, 2 spoons played together, rain on roof, etc.).

What mood do you want to portray?

How fast will your song be? How will your song be organized?