Welcome to my music video website! This is the 6th project here at Freestyle. For this project, I was paired with another Web/Audio student and two Film students. Our band is named “Deconstructed Chaos.” The video was filmed and edited by Niamh M and Carter L. The music was recorded and produced by Rocio R and myself. In this website, you will find our music video, a download of the music, production photos, and my Design work.

Overall, this project was an extremely rewarding experience. I was able to develop my website and art design skills, along with learning a program we haven’t used very much in Freestyle so far— ProTools. ProTools was overwhelming at first, however, the more I used it, the better I got at it. After this unit, I am now able to record and edit a song on a professional, industry-standard program. I learned how to not only produce a basic song, but how to add various edits to it, such as reverb or an electronic drum kit.

The music video unit, although exceedingly difficult at times, was a great project. It was something that I would have never had the opportunity to do without Freestyle.

Download our song here

Below is my Design work for the project. The first image is a poster advertising Deconstructed Chaos (world tour!!). The second is my t-shirt design. My poster and t-shirt represent the original song ideas we brainstormed. I wanted to work with dark, bold colors, along with angles and shadows. However, because the song became more mellow than planned, my design pieces became more calm and focused. The central focus of both my poster and my t-shirt is a sketched brain. This outline represents the mind; sometimes we have our thoughts together and organized, other times, our minds are inattentive and scattered. This is based on our band name-- Deconstructed Chaos. I believe that the brain is extremely chaotic, however, chaos can be broken down (deconstructed) in order to gather your thoughts and maintain homeostasis. I chose a block, sans serif font to convey my idea of mental balance. This font pulls everything back together-- much like what we have to do when our minds are all over the place. Both my poster and my t-shirt use the same colors (navy, maroon/magenta, and lilac), fonts and images, in addition to the shared layout and design additions (such as drop shadows). These design components match my website as well, signaling to the viewer the connection of all of my materials.