Final Project Plan

I want to animate a short poem four different times and have the animations playing at the same time on a split screen.  I want this to explore how visual elements change and shape the interpretation of the a poem.  The four pieces would also play individually and I would like to set them to music.  I would need to learn how to do the split screen animation.  I'm sure that there will be plenty of questions that come up as this project gets rolling. :)