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: a boy in the rain

Tempo: xxx/990 Mood: gloomy, aggressive, loud
Projects must be at least one minute
Sounds:
- Car sound
- Opening door sound
- Tram bell sound
- Bike bell sound
- Foot step sound
- Water drop sound
- Thunder sound
- Barking dog sound
- Bird sound
- Breathing sound
- Heartbeat sound

Graph- Form,

1. Mood
2. Volume
3. Tempo

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

- I am doing Foley

- The storyline that I will create is a boy in the rain

Storyline:

The story will begin with a boy walk on the street on his way home from the school.

Suddenly, the sunlight is starting to fade away. It starts to rain heavy. So the boy brings up his

umbrella and open it. On his way home there is a dog barking at. At first, it did not bother him

because it just barking. Suddenly, it stands up and run away him. The boy is so scared and

quickly run as fast as he can. Finally, he arrived at his home. He was so tired, his heart beat so

fast.

Sound:

Rain water from the sink

Rain hit an umbrella rice hitting a paper

Thunder waving framed plastic (reduce 50% speed)

Walking in the rain a boot stepping on a water

Car running pass by/with honking actual car and honk from car

Heartbeat Pulling a shirt

Inhale/exhale: from my breathing

Barking dog my dogs barking









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?