vodcasts

Part Rock Doc, part VH1 Behind the Music, our Michigan Rocks! vodcasts feature profile artists AND an examination of their artistic contributions and defining place in music—and cultural—history.   

In addition to writing an original short biography on the musician/band, student teams:

• identify what the artist is best known for
  
• analyze some of their critically acclaimed music contributions
  
• discuss how they were influenced/how they influenced others
  
• explore societal events (time capsule the era)
• compare and contrast some of the artist’s groundbreaking work with more contemporary music (definitely tied to influence)   

Using iPhoto and iMovie, student teams create a vodcast which:

• uses refined and revised Michigan Rocks research notes as a script for the narrative voiceover track (audio)
  
• accomplishes a congruency between high-quality, subject-relevant images and the narrative audio track
  
• includes photo edits, effects, and transitions, which enhance the project   
  
• competes against peers’ projects in our Battle of the Bands March Madness-style single elimination tourney.