Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Blog Post for Music Genome Project

1. Upload your movie to your blog. [If you have trouble with this, check to see that you exported it in the correct format. You can also upload it to YouTube and embed it into your posting to save time.]




2. A) Identify your chosen musical genre & B) say why you chose it.
I chose the genre Boy Bands. I chose this because Boy Bands were big before my time and i wanted to learn more about them.

 3. Describe your process...how did you go about finding your songs and information?
I first looked up the most popular Boy Bands of all time. Then I looked on youtube and google for pictures and videos that I i was interested in.

 4. What different kinds of technology did you use to compile your project? [Web tools, Mac tools, etc...]
I used google, google images, youtube, a lot of different websites, garageband, Microsoft powerpoint, iphoto, and imovie.  

 5. What are you good at...what went well for you in this project?
I thought the easiest part of this project was to find bands i was interested in and put the pictures on imovie.

 6. With what did you struggle on this project...what was difficult for you?
I struggles with matching the music with the video.7. Did you decide to use still slides? Why or why not?  [If not, how did you convey your information?
I decided to use still slides and motion slides because i felt that, that would make it interesting and not loose people's attention.8. For what other classes, situations, uses could this type of project be adapted? 
I could use this project for world studies or literature class to present information.
9. What new techniques or technology tools did you use in this project that you've never used before?  Be specific.
I learned how to use imovie.

 10. How did your project use the transformative property of borrowed images, music, and information to comply with the Copyright Law of 1976?[...not just that you cited the information, etc., but how did you transform the music, information, images, etc.?
I turned someone else's information into my own. I changed our the information to fit my topic or genre.  

 11. Would you do another project like this on your own? Why? Why not? 

This project was very, very time consuming. If i had a good amount of time i would.