Festival diary

This post is based on the new topic that I started: 'festival' and the contributions that I made towards it.

As this is a class/group task, I play the producer.

Producer: This means that I am in charge o the radio plays. I need to choose the radio play that I think is the best, and I have to organize it to make it into a live performance, so that it will be performed at the festival.

This isn't a very good thing to be doing as a group, as we have never sat or even spoken to each other as a whole to sort this out and organize it. I wish i hadn't even started this diploma if i knew i had to work with people like the ones that are i this group. There is no point in doing this as we are all going to fail anyways.

Project: Essay

I am interested in the music industry because there are so many opportunities to make a career in it. It’s a growing industry for employment. For example, there are careers that can be made in TV. The theatre is another area in which young people can find careers in the music industry; of course, the recording industry is another area, not to mention the possibilities for online jobs providing downloads or even working in retail for HMV; there’s also work in what might be less obvious areas of the music industry, for example you can be a lighting assistant, choreographer, sound desk technician, CD and poster designer, website designer etc.

 

I have begun a new topic called ‘Project’.

For ‘Project’, I am going to be researching and gathering information based on m question: ‘What are the skills, qualifications and experience needed for a successful career in songwriting and being a videographer?’ I am interested in finding out this information as I want to find out more about these jobs in the music industry to help me plan my own career as it may benefit me. I also wanted to improve my knowledge of the different jobs available in the music industry by researching u chosen careers.

 

My objectives are:

·         To gather all my research into one place

·         You wanted to plan the next step in your education

·         You have out together a career development plan to guide you in your chosen career

As part of my research I have looked at and researched jobs within the music industry and the media industry and found a variety of jobs. Having found these I chose two as to which I was going to focus on.

An important part of working on my Project is improving my research skills. I wanted to know how to (Library, Internet, carry out a survey, interview people, speak to people who work in the music industry; I feel that these skills will enable me to find work whether I end up working in the music industry or not.

 

To help me answer this question I will produce a survey and carry out lots of research to see what others think is needed, this is so I get others opinions.

The resources I am going to be using are; books, internet and people. With people I am going to hold out a number of interviews.

Researching these jobs has also improved my researching skills and opened my eyes, to the different jobs in the industry.

Super Hero

Superhero 1: Badie

Name: Ramo

Age: 26

Ramo grew in a wealthy childhood, however, he was always the bad one. Always getting into trouble. It seems as if he has had enough. Having this good childhood has on his record, and always being the bad one, has had an effect on him, it has got boring. Ramo doesn't have any super powers, he just has a good mind, he knows how good works, so he knows how to get around it. He uses his childhood memories as a power.

His parents were top of the board. His mother, Rebecca, was a highly successful business woman, who had her own fashion store. His father, Robert, was also successful with his business and had his own car company.

Superhero 2: Goodie

Name: Red

Age: 25

Red was born evil, but she learnt to control her powers. Knowing that she had the strength to over come her evil side, she decided to train the others in her pack. Having all these people on her side, she helps fight the bad people. Both her parents were successful. her mother a fashion designer and her father a billionaire, he owned different clubs.

Putting these two super heros together, there is one thing that they do not know about one another. They were both separated at young. Ramo and Red are really brother and sister, however, they do not know this.

Outline of my story:

>> They get separated at young (had different dads, the mum remarried)

>> Ones good and other bad (different background)

>> Drama in town and the good goes and looks for bad

>> Both go into battle with each other

>> Don't know they are related

>> Bad over stands good

>> Good dies and bad finds out good is his sister..... :O

Creating a Record

Phonograph: The Original Thomas Edison Phonograph 1877.
This was developed as an upgrade to two of his other inventions, the telegraph and telephone. In 1877, Edison was working on a machine that would transcribe telegraphic messages thorugh indentations on paper tape. This was later invented and called the phonograph.
He later invented tyhe improved phonograph then came the perfected phonograph and it was produced by May of 1888.
Home Phonograph:
Dated at May 31st 1898. It was one of the first phonographs for home use. It is also known as the 'Suitcase'. It is called this because of its four suitcase style clamps, enabling the phonograph to be carried by its lid handle.
Gramophone: The Emil Berliner Gramophone 1895.
The first device for recording and replaying sound. In the 1890's Edison found that you can fit 52 discs in 8 cylinders, they are still being bought today. They are bought and used mainly by young adults, as well as DJ's.
Shellac Record Player:
Begain in 1898 and continued until the late 1950's. 'Unbreakable' records, usually of celluloid on a pasteboard base. Could not be bent, broken or damaged.
Modern Record player:

Record players generate by the disc moving. This record player has been improved since they were first invented. It was created in the 80's when it was pitched as portable. There is a new version that runs on batteries. They are under £100 if you buy them. The vinyl record is like the playback process, except in reverse. Instead of passing a stylus over grooves to recreate a recording, an album cutter connected to an input source passes over a blank disc.

Open Reel Tape Recorder: Studer A80 Analogue 2 Track Recorder.
Form of magnetic tape which is held on a reel. The tape is mounted on a spindle. Was also used in early tape drives for data storage on mainframe computers.
Multitrack recorder: Struder 287 24 track 2.
A device that lets you record sounds on different tracks at different times and lets you play them all back together. With a multi track recorder you don't need a computer. Most bands use multitrack recorders.
Audio Cassette:
A magnetic tape sound recording format. It was invented in 1962 by Phillips company. By this time the quality wasn't that good until the 1970's.
Digital Audio Tape (DAT):
It is a signal recording and playback medium developed by Sony and introuduced in 1987. It is similar to a compact audio cassette. By the name you can tell the recording is digital rather than analog.
CD:
Also known as a computer disk. It is a disk used to store digital data. Originally developed to store around recordings, but later it allowed other types of data. Audio CD's have been avaliable since October 1982.
MP3:
It is a common audio format for consumer audio storage. They were created in the early 1990's but it wasn't as successful in 1997. People prefeer the Mp3's as you can take then anywhere.

Looking at Campaigns

Bullying Campaign
This campaign is here to tell you: (http://www.stampoutbullying.co.uk/)
What bullying is, how it can be prevented, the types and if you are being bullied, how you can be advised.
The site can give you anything you need to know about bullying. The major effects, the reasons why people get bullied and how they can advise you.

Anti-smoking Campaign
The information that the British Heart Foundation provides on smoking is:
How to you can quit, how it damages your heart, second hand smoke and how to give up. (http://www.britishheartfoundation.com/)

Cancer Campaign
This campaign tells you basic information, as I chose to do it based on one particular cancer: Leukemia.
The information that it provides about Leukemia is:
The common symptoms, what it is and how the symptoms are noticed. (http://www.cancerresearch.com/)

Campaign diary

This part of my blog is about campaigns, and for my campaign I have decided to do something based n dance and cancer. Before coming up with this I went through several ideas.
After researching 3 different campaigns and evaluating them, I moved onto posters. I saw what attracted people and what the target audience should be. Putting all these ideas together, I began to think about what I could do my campaign on.
The first campaign I research was for bullying. Bullying happens everywhere and at any time. I thought doing a campaign for bullying would be a bit effective as I could talk from experience of seeing people being bullied and how I saw it be solved. Having knowledge of things helps when making a point at your points are mostly different from the ones being spoken.
My second idea was an anti-smoking campaign. This campaign is much known and I wanted to do something completely different to what is already known, so I skipped this one and went to my third campaign.
My third campaign idea was for Music. I thought this one would have been easy, as I do a music based subject and I take interest in music. I couldn’t think of many ideas, which frustrated me, so I went onto something that I thought anyone could do even if they have never done it before.
My fourth and final idea was Dance. Dance is interesting, the movements and sounds made when dancing. I have had a personal experience in the family with cancer, so I like to help a lot when it comes to it. Putting two and two together, I came up with the idea to put cancer and dancing together and make it one campaign. I did research and made posters for my folder and thought of a few titles, 'Dance for Cancer', 'Dance Away Cancer' and 'Dance Cancer Away'.
I haven't yet chosen my final title I am gong to do a tally chart. Until then I am going to record what I will need and what my campaign will be about and how I am going to make it work.

Name of campaign	What it will be about	What resources I will need
Bullying	-What is bullying? (the different types) -How is it interpreted? -Target audience	Books and internet
Anti-smoking	-The effects of smoking How you can quit - How it damages your body British Heart Foundation Target audience	Books, posters and internet
Music	-Different artist Competitions Charities Target audience Who can help	Books and internet
Dance and Cancer	-What is cancer? -Charities Who can help Target audience Dance Competitions	Books, internet and posters

Evaluation: Scene

Briefly explain the research that you carried out for Creative and Media on London's South Bank.

I carried out a bunch of information for Creative and Media on the London's South Bank trip. As we were told that for our project we will be producing a leaflet, i was mainly looking out for leaflets that appealed to people between the ages of 16 and 19.

As i am between that age, i looked for what would appeal to me.

Within the leaflets i looked at the colouring, layout, images, fonts and the way everything was presented, as for when i produced my leaflet it would look appealing.

When producing my leaflet, i used a certain software, called, fireworks, as i find it easier to use. However, when it came to printing my final leaflet, i used photoshop as it was easier to change the size of my canvas. i went through a few phases of changing he size, rearranging the pictures and layout.