History

History Music Video Project Description The purpose of this project was to learn about the history of African Americans and their struggles with equality. We were able to choose what song we put into the movie, and I chose this song, "Hero," by Skillet, because the lyrics are very meaningful to this topic, and they fit in well. My inspiration was that when I read that we needed to put actual lyrics into the song, my mind instantly went to this song because I had heard it many times before the project. The steps to completing the project were to get the song into the video, then time the pictures with the song, and finish with the subtitles, title slide, and credits. For about two weeks, the entire history period was used in making this video.There is only one draft of this project due to time constraints. I hoped that this project would demonstrate my ability to make a video with pictures that are well-timed to music. Once I found all of the pictures needed, the movie was a fairly easy project. There is only the one draft of the movie, but along the way my peers were giving me feedback through the peer critique sessions. With each critique given I tried to improve with their suggestions of slowing down some of the pictures and speeding up others. When I look back on the project, I think I would have picked a quieter song, because I received a lot of comments about the song being a bit too loud for the topic. Description of Qualities The school website defines persistence as, "Maintaining a problem-solving process over time while remaining focused and producing multiple drafts, much as a skilled artisan, to achieve success." I define persistence as going through a tough project or problem without the thought of giving up. This project shows my understanding of persistence because, even though I didn't have time to make multiple drafts, there was much revision throughout just this one draft. My understanding changed from just making a lot of drafts to putting a lot of work into any tough project, no matter how many drafts.I persisted through this project by tightening the editing of the pictures by timing them to the music, along with the lyrics being synchronized with the text on screen.If I were to revise this project, I would try to take out some of the text, because there was a lot, and again, pick a quieter song. To watch the video, click the link below. http://youtu.be/gN1M_GJCJpw