Making Music

    Today I helped my teammate Rashawn make music for the film. I met him after school at the bus loop and we went back to his place. I decided and planned that we split up the work. Rashawn would work using FL studio to create the music, and I would work on finding audio tracks and sounds to use in it. We started to work on the project together. 

    After a while of working Rashawn had ran into an issue. His computer had froze and he hadn't saved in the last 30 minutes. I initially started to panic. We were about to lose a large amount of work. I took a few deep breathes and decided to think of what to do. After about 10 minutes Rashawn and I couldn't think of anything to do to try and save the situation. We ultimately decided that we just had to turn off the computer and start again.

    I decided that it might be a good idea to take a break and get something to eat. I ordered a pizza and we took a quick lunch break before continuing again. Rashawn turned on his computer and he found that the project had auto-saved. The work that we initially thought was lost was still there! I began to rejoice and gained some motivation to finish the music. I got to work immediately. 

    After around half an hour we finished the audio for the music. It took around 2 and a half hours of working, but it was worth it. The music and audio we created sounded great. It fit the genre of the movie and it fits with the scenes on our storyboard. I'm proud of the incredible work we did. 

    I planned with my group that this weekend we would begin our first filming day for the movie. With the incredible soundtrack that Rashawn and I created our movie will be very impressive and entertaining.



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