It's Saturday and I'm in my room on my computer. I'm staring intently at the screen. My mom glares at me and probably assumes I'm just watching a YouTube video. But I'm not. I'm editing a video. I'm composing music. See if my mother catches me without a book in hand, she thinks I'm wasting my time. She thinks I'm not learning.
What she doesn't realize is that I am learning. When I edit videos, I'm learning how to use Adobe Premiere Pro and become a more proficient video editor. The program teaches me to analyze and produce videos. When I create music, I'm learning how to use Logic Pro and become a more creative composer. As I become more and more advanced with these programs, I also grow to appreciate digital arts.
During my sophomore year, I wanted to take a music course that didn't solely revolve around playing an instrument. So, I decided to take the …show more content…
The melodies I compose then become like sentences. When I'm working in Logic Pro, I'm careful to arrange the verses, pre-chorus, chorus, and bridge in the suitable form like a writer carefully arranges his or her paragraphs. It's also important which key I choose because it sets the tone of the composition.
At Montgomery Community Media (MCM), I took a training course, which certified me as a studio technician—someone who operates equipment, such as the cameras, teleprompter, computer graphics, and more in the recording studio. After some time, I found another training course I could take to become certified in editing shows using Adobe Premiere Pro. Eager to learn more about the video production industry, I immediately signed up for the course.
In the training course I was taught the very basics, like how to import clips, how to add transitions, and how to add titles. Then when I started to volunteer and actually edit shows for MCM, I began becoming more proficient with Adobe Premiere Pro and I began understanding how my edits affected the
What she doesn't realize is that I am learning. When I edit videos, I'm learning how to use Adobe Premiere Pro and become a more proficient video editor. The program teaches me to analyze and produce videos. When I create music, I'm learning how to use Logic Pro and become a more creative composer. As I become more and more advanced with these programs, I also grow to appreciate digital arts.
During my sophomore year, I wanted to take a music course that didn't solely revolve around playing an instrument. So, I decided to take the …show more content…
The melodies I compose then become like sentences. When I'm working in Logic Pro, I'm careful to arrange the verses, pre-chorus, chorus, and bridge in the suitable form like a writer carefully arranges his or her paragraphs. It's also important which key I choose because it sets the tone of the composition.
At Montgomery Community Media (MCM), I took a training course, which certified me as a studio technician—someone who operates equipment, such as the cameras, teleprompter, computer graphics, and more in the recording studio. After some time, I found another training course I could take to become certified in editing shows using Adobe Premiere Pro. Eager to learn more about the video production industry, I immediately signed up for the course.
In the training course I was taught the very basics, like how to import clips, how to add transitions, and how to add titles. Then when I started to volunteer and actually edit shows for MCM, I began becoming more proficient with Adobe Premiere Pro and I began understanding how my edits affected the