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We chose the song, Love is an Open Door, from the Disney movie, Frozen, as our song to make into a parody. We chose this song because we thought it would be a fun duet that we could sing back and forth. Our song is about sandwiches, which is inspired from the line from the original song “We finish each others – sandwiches!” as we thought it would be a fun concept.
The first step in the process of producing this song was to write the parody lyrics and figure out the logistics of who would be singing each line. After this, we set up the Multitrack Mixdown session in Adobe Audition, which required learning how to put effects on multiple tracks at once and recording properly. Next, we recorded the audio, which took a few takes, then edited it all together. The editing consisted of us splicing different parts of audio together, cutting out the bad parts, adding effects, and more. What we valued most about the process of making a parody was the opportunity to be creative on a project together, while simultaneously learning a new Adobe program. In looking back at the parody process, we would say that changing the parody lyrics to match the same number of syllables/spacing may have helped us with a smoother recording process. However, it was still an enjoyable learning experience either way.
Our message with the lyrics was about having fun and finding joy in the simplest tasks of daily life. We wanted to touch on the idea of childhood fun and carefree nature, so we wrote our parody lyrics about a food fight, or fighting over sandwich ingredients. Our idea stemmed from the fights you might have in the kitchen with a sibling at a young age, throwing food back and forth and laughing. We are most proud of the parody lyrics we wrote because they are based on a joke written in the lyrics of the original song. We enjoyed taking one line from the original song and turning it into the concept for our entire parody.