First of all I thought of doing only street events like street art,skateboarding and live statues. Later we were told to do 4-5 events with four to six pages for the guide book. Then, I decided to do events like BFI/IMAX, London Eye, National theatre and some other places at the Southbank. Firstly I thought of using 'FIREWORKS' for my guide but changed my mind and tried doing it from 'PAGES'. It was quite hard to make my own guidebook because it was my first time.
When our class group were taken for a visit to Southbank, we were given a task of collecting different leaflets and flyers to help us with making our own guidebook or leaflet. At the Southbank we saw the London Eye, National Theatre, BFI Southbank, Royal Festival Hall and lots more. The main thing I loved from the visit was the street art, live statues and skateboarding as it normally attracts the teenagers and it really captures the interest of people and shows their unusual talents.
As for my leaflet, I used the 'PAGES' and from the list I chose the 'Brochures' because the layout from the brochures are easier to do than from 'fireworks'. Many of the pictures I used were from the Internet and some were taken from the Southbank.
I am going to describe the leaflet for each of the pages as it is for 16-19 years old teenagers:-
For my first page, I used pictures of Southbank for the front page heading and a map for traveling and little details about the Southbank in the other half of the page.
For the second page, I decided to write about the BFI/IMAX Southbank so I used this image for the background. It is one of the largest and most amazing cinema halls of London and has comfortable seating and a high quality view of the screen. Worldwide many people are interested in watching movies particularly young children and teenagers. Buying the tickets its easy to do just by ordering from online or can contact.
For my third page, I used the night view of London Eye for the background. In half of the page, I have put some images which will attract 16-19 years teenagers who enjoy activities like parties and halloween. I have written a few details about the prices and opening time schedules. The other half of the page I have written about the 'National Theatre' giving some information about different kinds of shows and dramas featured here. There are details of how to order tickets from the website or by telephone or at the ticket office available every Monday to Saturday.
For my fourth and last page, I have given the topic 'STREET ART,SKATEBOARDING,LIVE STATUES AND CYCLING' using images which I saw from the Southbank of people performing on the streets outside. It looks quite interesting and normally attracts teenagers and even adults for their unusual talents.
Overall the leaflet or guidebook is made quite simply but visually attracts the young children and teenagers. The details have been kept brief and simple but provide all the information needed for visitors.
Thursday, 17 December 2009
Wednesday, 16 December 2009
Evaluation on Radio Play
BEGINNING OF THE PERFORMANCE
Melodrama:
It began in the year 1066 in the 18th century by Charles Easdown.The earliest examples are the scenes from J.E. Eberin's Latin school play 'Sigismundus in 1753 A.D. At the beginning of the 18th century, the melodrama was firstly introduced to people. The first full melodrama was Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Pygmalion with music by Horace Coignet written in 1762 and first staged in Lyon in 1770)A.D. It was a monodrama, written normally for one actor only.
Blues music:
It was established by the late 1800s in southern United States. The first publication of blues sheet music was Hart Wand's "Dallas Blues" in 1912; W. C. Handy's "Memphis Blues" followed in the same year. The first recording by an African American singer was Mamie Smith's 1920 rendition of Perry Bradford's "Crazy Blues".
Morality plays:
The morality play developed during the victorian period. Morality Plays, such as 'Everyman', flourished in the 15th Century. It is thought that the Dominican and Franciscan orders of Christian monks developed the morality play in the 13th century by adding actors and theatrical elements to their sermons.
Classical ballet:
It emerged in the late fifteenth-century Renaissance court culture of Italy as a dance interpretation of fencing. It was reintroduced to western Europe on the eve of the First World War by a Russian company: the Ballets Russes of Sergei Diaghilev, who came to be influential around the world. For example, in the United States, choreographer George Balanchine developed what is now known as neoclassical ballet.
Ragtime music:
It was originated in 1890s, US. It began as dance music in the red-light districts of American cities such as St. Louis and New Orleans years before being published as popular sheet music for piano.The ragtime composer Scott Joplin became famous through the publication in 1899 of the "Maple Leaf Rag".
Sattriya dance:
It was orinated in 15th century in India. Guru Srimanta Sankardeva created this mangificent Sattriya dance to accompany the Ankiya Naat (a form of Assamese one-act play, another creation of Sankardeva) which was usually performed in Satras (Assamese monastries). On 15 November 2000, the Sangeet Natak Akademi finally gave Sattriya Nritya its due recognition as one of the classical dance forms of India, alongside the other seven forms.
Lindy hop:
It was originated during the late 1920s which begin int african-american communities of United states of america. Lindy dancing began in the late 1920s at the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem, New York. In 1928, shortly after Charles Lindbergh's first "hop" across the Atlantic, a reporter saw Snowden performing at a charity dance marathon.
Restoration comedy:
It was originated in the restoration period from 1660 to 1710. Refinement meets burlesque in Restoration comedy. In this scene from George Etherege's Love in a Tub, musicians and well-bred ladies surround a man who is wearing a tub because he has lost his trousers. Charles II (1660–1685) were the first involved.
1980s alternative comedy:
It is a term that originated in the United Kingdom in the 1980s for a style of comedy. In the UK, where the term was first used, alternative comedy had its roots in British nonsense writings of the Victoria Era. Those in the UK sometimes referred to as the "grandfather of alternative comedy" include Arnold Brown [6] , Malcolm Hardee [7] , Mike Harding [8] , Spike Milligan [9] , and Alexei Sayle [10] . French and Saunders are also cited as pioneers.
Punk rock:
It was originally formed durng the ‘60s in New York. Bands like the Sonics were starting up and playing out with no musical or vocal instruction, and often limited skill. Because they didn't know the rules of music, they were able to break the rules. The Velvet Underground, managed by Andy Warhol, were producing music that often bordered on noise. They were expanding the definitions of music without even realizing it. Artists like David Bowie and the New York Dolls were dressing outrageously, living extravagantly and producing loud trashy rock and roll.
Brit pop:
It was formed in 1990s in Unted Kingdom. In the wake of the musical invasion into the United Kingdom of American grunge bands, new British groups such as Suede and Blur launched the movement by positioning themselves as opposing musical forces, referencing British guitar music of the past and writing about uniquely British topics and concerns. These bands were soon joined by others including Oasis, Pulp, Supergrass and Elastica.
Research activity A: Chosen form of performance
What is your chosen form of performance?
The chosen form of performance is the radio play.
How did your chosen from begins
The chosen form begins by thinking of different storyline for the radio play. As, it gradually goes on one of the group member starts writing story making many drafts to see how much long and see the script is in the right path.
List the features of the form when it begins.
The features of the form when it begins are:-
1. thinking what kind of plot in the story will be
2. making a script by one of the member who is interested
3. one of the member takes responsibility in creating music and sound effects for the radio play.
How is it different now?
It is different now. When our group finished the script the dialogues/monologues were not included except for narrating. Later, our group were to make changes as it was radio play so the script were expanded with a dialogues to make it more interesting for the radio play script. The music and sound effects were also tested whether it fits to the radio play script during rehearsal to make sure the play is good or not
For each factor that is revelant, give an outline of how it has influenced the development of your chosen form.
Overall, the radio play we made is not quite in right order due to music and sound effects problem in the computer.
Developing technology:-
The radio play script is finished but due to computer problem the music and sound effects does not work according to the radio play script.
Social and cultural factors:-
The group members who are doing story writing and creating music and sound effects are separately doing their work so that all the members of the group could discuss about it and test whether it fits in a right order.
Economic factors:-
There have been a lot of changes while writing radio play script and dialogues/monologues. In first we just decided to do with the narrating. Later, we were told to do with the characters doing dialogues for the play. So, the member who wrote the story made a lot of changes and even included dialogues to fit the story. As well as the music and sound effects who were done by one of our group members who took responsibility for it had a difficult time to do pre-recorded and recorded sound for the radio play. Nonetheless we were given to do a lot of changes to make it like drama with different character and narrating to fit in the story and make it good.
History of radio plays:-
Radio drama was born in 1927, when networks began adapting short stories, and even writing original scripts, for broadcast but started being popular in the middle of late 1940's. Before the 1920's formal radio programs were normally unknown. Most broadcasts were one time events consisting mainly of talk and music. Broadcast hours were irregular, usually four or five hours a day, and the only regularly scheduled broadcasts were weather reports.
During the last part of the 1920's many one-hour, sponsored network programs started. Musical variety and concert music programs were the most popular forms during this period. Some of these network variety programs used a different format each week like a musical program one week, a talk or a debate the next week or plays in other week. Song-and-patter teams, usually two person teams that used talk between songs, became popular during this period. Later on patter-only comedy acts appeared. The Amos 'n' Andy show was one of the first radio program to be existed to be popular during the 1930-31 season even when the program survived into the TV Era.
In the early 1930s, the national advertisers started radio advertising which became popular among people who were willing to buy air-time and sponsor programs. This went on during the 1940s, where the radio programs were still popular and reflected the people who were involved in Second World War II. In fact, many of the successful radio dramas were moved directly to television during the TV Era.
The beginning of the performance scene:-
Firstly, the group members are arranged for their script parts and do some rehearsing to check whether the script lines are in correct order and proper sentences before they do their performances in the music studio.
In the beginning of the performance, there is an introduction for the title and names of individual roles of the group members from their respective radio play script which is done by the 'narrator'. The narrator starts reading the story line until the other members dialogue is coming.
Aims of performance:-
What is the theme of the piece?
The theme of the piece is about the teenage girl who just started to make friends from the website 'Facebook' and meets a unknown boy who she admires a lot. Later, the story plot disappears when she left her house to meet the stranger in his house.
Why did we choose the theme?
We chose this theme because it normally inspires the people who likes mystery as it is about a girl who in the end is mysteriously is unknown and disappears when she enters the stranger's(the boy who gave her a date from the website called 'FACEBOOK') house.
Who is it for?
It is for the family audience and teenagers.
What do we want our piece to do?
We want our piece to be mystery and shocking story as it is to educate the young girls and boys to be beware of strangers and thus the adults too.
What style(s) of performance will we use?
The performance we will use will be the music studio.
What are the dramatic possibilities of the piece?
the dramatic possibilities of the piece are:
* main focus on sound effects and dialogues done by the characters(members).
* rehearsing and final performance will be done in the music studio.
* script lines made changes during rehearsal.
Final preparation ‘A’
What is your role in the performance project?
My role is ‘narrator’ in the performance project.
Make a list of your main responsibilities:
-speak loudly and clearly while telling a story.
-narrate the story at the right time.
List the tasks you will be undertaking in the final stages of the preparation process and during the performance itself. When does each of these tasks have to be completed?
-rehearsing with group members.
-remembering the script lines.
-remembering the sound effects while narrating at the right time.
Make a list of the resources you will be using:
-Microphones
-Sound Effects
-Recorder
-Headphones
-Scripts
-video camera
How will you make sure that you are working safely in the final stages of the preparation process and during the performance itself?
-rehearsing again one more time before the final performance.
-arranging the sound in a correct way of the story's sound effects and dialogue.
Your role/Characters:-
The role I am doing is the 'Narrator'. I will be starting off with a brief introduction about the members of my group. Then I will be narrating the radio play script. individually me and my group members will be reading the script lines in order manners. the main point for me is i need to concentrate in sound effects and dialogues done by my group members.
Evaluate the recorded performance.
Firstly, the group members are arranged for their script parts and do some rehearsing to check whether the script lines are in correct order and proper sentences before they do their performances in the music studio.
In the beginning of the performance, there is an introduction for the title and names of individual roles of the group members from their respective radio play script which is done by the 'narrator'. The narrator starts reading the story line until the other members dialogue is coming. In this story the dialogues which the characters are doing need to do like a live performance because it is known as just the radio play but to express the listeners they need to have more voice expressions from their script line so that it could be more interesting and imaginable. The sound effects are completely done and even prepared during the first rehearsal but the beginning and the end of the sound effects were not available to do due to computer system were having problems with reviewing the sounds.
Before the second performance, the group members should be ready for their radio play. The group members main focus is to improve a lot of lack of confidence in acting out the voice expressions and should be completely done in a proper way.
Melodrama:
It began in the year 1066 in the 18th century by Charles Easdown.The earliest examples are the scenes from J.E. Eberin's Latin school play 'Sigismundus in 1753 A.D. At the beginning of the 18th century, the melodrama was firstly introduced to people. The first full melodrama was Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Pygmalion with music by Horace Coignet written in 1762 and first staged in Lyon in 1770)A.D. It was a monodrama, written normally for one actor only.
Blues music:
It was established by the late 1800s in southern United States. The first publication of blues sheet music was Hart Wand's "Dallas Blues" in 1912; W. C. Handy's "Memphis Blues" followed in the same year. The first recording by an African American singer was Mamie Smith's 1920 rendition of Perry Bradford's "Crazy Blues".
Morality plays:
The morality play developed during the victorian period. Morality Plays, such as 'Everyman', flourished in the 15th Century. It is thought that the Dominican and Franciscan orders of Christian monks developed the morality play in the 13th century by adding actors and theatrical elements to their sermons.
Classical ballet:
It emerged in the late fifteenth-century Renaissance court culture of Italy as a dance interpretation of fencing. It was reintroduced to western Europe on the eve of the First World War by a Russian company: the Ballets Russes of Sergei Diaghilev, who came to be influential around the world. For example, in the United States, choreographer George Balanchine developed what is now known as neoclassical ballet.
Ragtime music:
It was originated in 1890s, US. It began as dance music in the red-light districts of American cities such as St. Louis and New Orleans years before being published as popular sheet music for piano.The ragtime composer Scott Joplin became famous through the publication in 1899 of the "Maple Leaf Rag".
Sattriya dance:
It was orinated in 15th century in India. Guru Srimanta Sankardeva created this mangificent Sattriya dance to accompany the Ankiya Naat (a form of Assamese one-act play, another creation of Sankardeva) which was usually performed in Satras (Assamese monastries). On 15 November 2000, the Sangeet Natak Akademi finally gave Sattriya Nritya its due recognition as one of the classical dance forms of India, alongside the other seven forms.
Lindy hop:
It was originated during the late 1920s which begin int african-american communities of United states of america. Lindy dancing began in the late 1920s at the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem, New York. In 1928, shortly after Charles Lindbergh's first "hop" across the Atlantic, a reporter saw Snowden performing at a charity dance marathon.
Restoration comedy:
It was originated in the restoration period from 1660 to 1710. Refinement meets burlesque in Restoration comedy. In this scene from George Etherege's Love in a Tub, musicians and well-bred ladies surround a man who is wearing a tub because he has lost his trousers. Charles II (1660–1685) were the first involved.
1980s alternative comedy:
It is a term that originated in the United Kingdom in the 1980s for a style of comedy. In the UK, where the term was first used, alternative comedy had its roots in British nonsense writings of the Victoria Era. Those in the UK sometimes referred to as the "grandfather of alternative comedy" include Arnold Brown [6] , Malcolm Hardee [7] , Mike Harding [8] , Spike Milligan [9] , and Alexei Sayle [10] . French and Saunders are also cited as pioneers.
Punk rock:
It was originally formed durng the ‘60s in New York. Bands like the Sonics were starting up and playing out with no musical or vocal instruction, and often limited skill. Because they didn't know the rules of music, they were able to break the rules. The Velvet Underground, managed by Andy Warhol, were producing music that often bordered on noise. They were expanding the definitions of music without even realizing it. Artists like David Bowie and the New York Dolls were dressing outrageously, living extravagantly and producing loud trashy rock and roll.
Brit pop:
It was formed in 1990s in Unted Kingdom. In the wake of the musical invasion into the United Kingdom of American grunge bands, new British groups such as Suede and Blur launched the movement by positioning themselves as opposing musical forces, referencing British guitar music of the past and writing about uniquely British topics and concerns. These bands were soon joined by others including Oasis, Pulp, Supergrass and Elastica.
Research activity A: Chosen form of performance
What is your chosen form of performance?
The chosen form of performance is the radio play.
How did your chosen from begins
The chosen form begins by thinking of different storyline for the radio play. As, it gradually goes on one of the group member starts writing story making many drafts to see how much long and see the script is in the right path.
List the features of the form when it begins.
The features of the form when it begins are:-
1. thinking what kind of plot in the story will be
2. making a script by one of the member who is interested
3. one of the member takes responsibility in creating music and sound effects for the radio play.
How is it different now?
It is different now. When our group finished the script the dialogues/monologues were not included except for narrating. Later, our group were to make changes as it was radio play so the script were expanded with a dialogues to make it more interesting for the radio play script. The music and sound effects were also tested whether it fits to the radio play script during rehearsal to make sure the play is good or not
For each factor that is revelant, give an outline of how it has influenced the development of your chosen form.
Overall, the radio play we made is not quite in right order due to music and sound effects problem in the computer.
Developing technology:-
The radio play script is finished but due to computer problem the music and sound effects does not work according to the radio play script.
Social and cultural factors:-
The group members who are doing story writing and creating music and sound effects are separately doing their work so that all the members of the group could discuss about it and test whether it fits in a right order.
Economic factors:-
There have been a lot of changes while writing radio play script and dialogues/monologues. In first we just decided to do with the narrating. Later, we were told to do with the characters doing dialogues for the play. So, the member who wrote the story made a lot of changes and even included dialogues to fit the story. As well as the music and sound effects who were done by one of our group members who took responsibility for it had a difficult time to do pre-recorded and recorded sound for the radio play. Nonetheless we were given to do a lot of changes to make it like drama with different character and narrating to fit in the story and make it good.
History of radio plays:-
Radio drama was born in 1927, when networks began adapting short stories, and even writing original scripts, for broadcast but started being popular in the middle of late 1940's. Before the 1920's formal radio programs were normally unknown. Most broadcasts were one time events consisting mainly of talk and music. Broadcast hours were irregular, usually four or five hours a day, and the only regularly scheduled broadcasts were weather reports.
During the last part of the 1920's many one-hour, sponsored network programs started. Musical variety and concert music programs were the most popular forms during this period. Some of these network variety programs used a different format each week like a musical program one week, a talk or a debate the next week or plays in other week. Song-and-patter teams, usually two person teams that used talk between songs, became popular during this period. Later on patter-only comedy acts appeared. The Amos 'n' Andy show was one of the first radio program to be existed to be popular during the 1930-31 season even when the program survived into the TV Era.
In the early 1930s, the national advertisers started radio advertising which became popular among people who were willing to buy air-time and sponsor programs. This went on during the 1940s, where the radio programs were still popular and reflected the people who were involved in Second World War II. In fact, many of the successful radio dramas were moved directly to television during the TV Era.
The beginning of the performance scene:-
Firstly, the group members are arranged for their script parts and do some rehearsing to check whether the script lines are in correct order and proper sentences before they do their performances in the music studio.
In the beginning of the performance, there is an introduction for the title and names of individual roles of the group members from their respective radio play script which is done by the 'narrator'. The narrator starts reading the story line until the other members dialogue is coming.
Aims of performance:-
What is the theme of the piece?
The theme of the piece is about the teenage girl who just started to make friends from the website 'Facebook' and meets a unknown boy who she admires a lot. Later, the story plot disappears when she left her house to meet the stranger in his house.
Why did we choose the theme?
We chose this theme because it normally inspires the people who likes mystery as it is about a girl who in the end is mysteriously is unknown and disappears when she enters the stranger's(the boy who gave her a date from the website called 'FACEBOOK') house.
Who is it for?
It is for the family audience and teenagers.
What do we want our piece to do?
We want our piece to be mystery and shocking story as it is to educate the young girls and boys to be beware of strangers and thus the adults too.
What style(s) of performance will we use?
The performance we will use will be the music studio.
What are the dramatic possibilities of the piece?
the dramatic possibilities of the piece are:
* main focus on sound effects and dialogues done by the characters(members).
* rehearsing and final performance will be done in the music studio.
* script lines made changes during rehearsal.
Final preparation ‘A’
What is your role in the performance project?
My role is ‘narrator’ in the performance project.
Make a list of your main responsibilities:
-speak loudly and clearly while telling a story.
-narrate the story at the right time.
List the tasks you will be undertaking in the final stages of the preparation process and during the performance itself. When does each of these tasks have to be completed?
-rehearsing with group members.
-remembering the script lines.
-remembering the sound effects while narrating at the right time.
Make a list of the resources you will be using:
-Microphones
-Sound Effects
-Recorder
-Headphones
-Scripts
-video camera
How will you make sure that you are working safely in the final stages of the preparation process and during the performance itself?
-rehearsing again one more time before the final performance.
-arranging the sound in a correct way of the story's sound effects and dialogue.
Your role/Characters:-
The role I am doing is the 'Narrator'. I will be starting off with a brief introduction about the members of my group. Then I will be narrating the radio play script. individually me and my group members will be reading the script lines in order manners. the main point for me is i need to concentrate in sound effects and dialogues done by my group members.
Evaluate the recorded performance.
Firstly, the group members are arranged for their script parts and do some rehearsing to check whether the script lines are in correct order and proper sentences before they do their performances in the music studio.
In the beginning of the performance, there is an introduction for the title and names of individual roles of the group members from their respective radio play script which is done by the 'narrator'. The narrator starts reading the story line until the other members dialogue is coming. In this story the dialogues which the characters are doing need to do like a live performance because it is known as just the radio play but to express the listeners they need to have more voice expressions from their script line so that it could be more interesting and imaginable. The sound effects are completely done and even prepared during the first rehearsal but the beginning and the end of the sound effects were not available to do due to computer system were having problems with reviewing the sounds.
Before the second performance, the group members should be ready for their radio play. The group members main focus is to improve a lot of lack of confidence in acting out the voice expressions and should be completely done in a proper way.
Tuesday, 15 December 2009
FINAL DRAFT OF RADIO PLAY SCRIPT
The title of the story is ‘The Stranger’.
The director and producer is Emmanuela.
The music and sound effects is done by Patrick.
the narrator is Susan.
Falak is Lauren and Emmanuela is Lauren’s friend.
This is the story of a teenage girl whose life was going smoothly.
Her name was Lauren and she was always on the computer.....In the daytime, after school, she was in an internet cafe' and in the evening she was at home.
If she had homework from school or something to study, she used to do everything at school or late in the night.
One day she was in the internet cafe' ( sound effect of a crowded place and someone typing something at the computer ) ( the noise of a crowd and of a door that opens and loses frequently goes throughout the story )
when she signed up on a website that changed her life.
That website was ''FACEBOOK''.
While lauren was using facebook one of her friends entered the cafe to greet her. (sound effect of a door that opens)
Lauren:"hi darling are you Ok?"
Friend:"Yeah and you?"
Lauren:"I'm good."
Friend:"What are you doing?"
Lauren:"Ooh I'm using Facebook.......I just signed in......I think you too have to join it"
Friend:"Yeah maybe...but not today. You know some people, and I repeat, some people spend some hours for studying and now I have to go home."
Lauren:"Ok sweetie bye" "go and study!"
Friend:"Bye" ( sound effect of a door that opens and closes)
Everyday she was having many friends on Facebook.
One day, she received a friend request from someone who claimed to be her friend.
She accepted the request.
He wrote her sweet things and she liked it.
Lauren: " Ooh this guy is so sweet! No one have ever been so nice with me!"
She believed all his words. (there is a pause for 5 second: the sound of the crowd and of the door stops)
One day he decided to give her a date........in his house.
Some days later lauren's friend called her on her mobile: "hey...how are you?"
Lauren:"Fine and you?"
Friend:"so so.....how I feel depends from what you'll soon tell me!"
Lauren:"What's the matter?"
Friend:"You know the guy you was telling me about the other day?"
Lauren:"Yes....and then?"
Friend:"Someone told me....,correct me if i'm wrong, that he gave you a date at his house and you accepted..Is it true?"
Lauren:"Who told you that?"
Friend:"It doesn't matter...I just want to know if it's true"
(No sound during these last beats)
"so?"
Lauren:"Yes,...it's true"
Friend:"Are you mad? you don't even know him!"
Friend:"Well I don't think it's your business, after all I am the one who has a date!
Friend:"Don't go, you don't really know him...what if something happens to you??....don't go...".
She continued telling her this, Lauren always replied saying:
" don't worry...nothing will happen to me!",
and at the end her friend gave in.
Lauren liked him and trusted him so much that she was determined to go.
(recorded sound effect of an outdoor ambient with cars going on the road and some other noise)(the sound of someone walking in a street)
The day of the date she left home in time. (sound of someone knocking at a door and after the noise of the door that squeaks) She entered in his house and it was in darkness.....( a door opens) ( slowly the door shuts) Bang!!.........and never came out.
The director and producer is Emmanuela.
The music and sound effects is done by Patrick.
the narrator is Susan.
Falak is Lauren and Emmanuela is Lauren’s friend.
This is the story of a teenage girl whose life was going smoothly.
Her name was Lauren and she was always on the computer.....In the daytime, after school, she was in an internet cafe' and in the evening she was at home.
If she had homework from school or something to study, she used to do everything at school or late in the night.
One day she was in the internet cafe' ( sound effect of a crowded place and someone typing something at the computer ) ( the noise of a crowd and of a door that opens and loses frequently goes throughout the story )
when she signed up on a website that changed her life.
That website was ''FACEBOOK''.
While lauren was using facebook one of her friends entered the cafe to greet her. (sound effect of a door that opens)
Lauren:"hi darling are you Ok?"
Friend:"Yeah and you?"
Lauren:"I'm good."
Friend:"What are you doing?"
Lauren:"Ooh I'm using Facebook.......I just signed in......I think you too have to join it"
Friend:"Yeah maybe...but not today. You know some people, and I repeat, some people spend some hours for studying and now I have to go home."
Lauren:"Ok sweetie bye" "go and study!"
Friend:"Bye" ( sound effect of a door that opens and closes)
Everyday she was having many friends on Facebook.
One day, she received a friend request from someone who claimed to be her friend.
She accepted the request.
He wrote her sweet things and she liked it.
Lauren: " Ooh this guy is so sweet! No one have ever been so nice with me!"
She believed all his words. (there is a pause for 5 second: the sound of the crowd and of the door stops)
One day he decided to give her a date........in his house.
Some days later lauren's friend called her on her mobile: "hey...how are you?"
Lauren:"Fine and you?"
Friend:"so so.....how I feel depends from what you'll soon tell me!"
Lauren:"What's the matter?"
Friend:"You know the guy you was telling me about the other day?"
Lauren:"Yes....and then?"
Friend:"Someone told me....,correct me if i'm wrong, that he gave you a date at his house and you accepted..Is it true?"
Lauren:"Who told you that?"
Friend:"It doesn't matter...I just want to know if it's true"
(No sound during these last beats)
"so?"
Lauren:"Yes,...it's true"
Friend:"Are you mad? you don't even know him!"
Friend:"Well I don't think it's your business, after all I am the one who has a date!
Friend:"Don't go, you don't really know him...what if something happens to you??....don't go...".
She continued telling her this, Lauren always replied saying:
" don't worry...nothing will happen to me!",
and at the end her friend gave in.
Lauren liked him and trusted him so much that she was determined to go.
(recorded sound effect of an outdoor ambient with cars going on the road and some other noise)(the sound of someone walking in a street)
The day of the date she left home in time. (sound of someone knocking at a door and after the noise of the door that squeaks) She entered in his house and it was in darkness.....( a door opens) ( slowly the door shuts) Bang!!.........and never came out.
Monday, 30 November 2009
THIRD DRAFT FOR RADIO PLAY SCRIPT
Some days later Lauren's friend heard it she continued telling Lauren: "Don't go, you don't really know who he is ..Don't go...".
some days later lauren's friend called her on her mobile: "hey...how are you?"
Lauren:"Fine and you?"
Friend:"so so.....how I feel depends from what you'll soon tell me!"
Lauren:"What's the matter?"
Friend:"You know the guy you was telling me about the other day?"
Lauren:"Yes....and then?"
Friend:"Someone told me....,correct me if i'm wrong, that he agve you a date at his house and you accepted..Is it true?"
Lauren:"Who told you that?"
Friend:"It doesn't matter...I just want to know if it's true"
(No sound during these last beats)
"so?"
Lauren:"Yes,...it's true"
Friend:"Are you mad? you don't even know who he is!"
Friend:"Well I don't think it's your business, after all I am the one who has a date!
Friend:"Don't go, you don't really know ho he is...don't go...".
She continued telling her this, Lauren always replied saying " don't worry...", and at the end her friend gave in.
Lauren liked him and trusted him so much that she decided to go.
(recorded sound effect of an outdoor ambient with cars going on the road and some other noise)(the sound of someone walking in a street)
That day she left home in time. (sound of someone knocking at a door and after the noise of the door that squeaks) She entered in his house.....( a door opens) ( slowly the door shuts) Bang!!.........and never came out.
some days later lauren's friend called her on her mobile: "hey...how are you?"
Lauren:"Fine and you?"
Friend:"so so.....how I feel depends from what you'll soon tell me!"
Lauren:"What's the matter?"
Friend:"You know the guy you was telling me about the other day?"
Lauren:"Yes....and then?"
Friend:"Someone told me....,correct me if i'm wrong, that he agve you a date at his house and you accepted..Is it true?"
Lauren:"Who told you that?"
Friend:"It doesn't matter...I just want to know if it's true"
(No sound during these last beats)
"so?"
Lauren:"Yes,...it's true"
Friend:"Are you mad? you don't even know who he is!"
Friend:"Well I don't think it's your business, after all I am the one who has a date!
Friend:"Don't go, you don't really know ho he is...don't go...".
She continued telling her this, Lauren always replied saying " don't worry...", and at the end her friend gave in.
Lauren liked him and trusted him so much that she decided to go.
(recorded sound effect of an outdoor ambient with cars going on the road and some other noise)(the sound of someone walking in a street)
That day she left home in time. (sound of someone knocking at a door and after the noise of the door that squeaks) She entered in his house.....( a door opens) ( slowly the door shuts) Bang!!.........and never came out.
Tuesday, 24 November 2009
RESEARCH
Disney's A Christmas Carol
Showcase Cinema Newham:-
DATE TIME
Tuesday 24th November 2009 11:40, 12:10, 14:10, 14:40, 16:40, 17:10, 19:10, 21:30
Wednesday 25th November 2009 11:40, 14:10, 16:40, 19:10, 21:30
Thursday 26th November 2009 11:40, 14:10, 16:40, 19:10, 21:30
Friday 27th November 2009 11:40, 14:10, 16:40, 19:10, 21:30, 00:00
Saturday 28th November 2009 11:40, 14:10, 16:40, 19:10, 21:30, 00:00
Sunday 29th November 2009 11:40, 14:10, 16:40, 19:10, 21:30
Monday 30th November 2009 11:40, 14:10, 16:40, 19:10, 21:30
Story short description:-
Ebenezer Scrooge begins the Christmas holiday with his usual miserly contempt, barking at his faithful clerk and his cheery nephew. But, when the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come take him on an eye-opening journey revealing truths Old Scrooge is reluctant to face, he must open his heart to undo years of ill will before it's too late.
Cast: Jim Carrey, Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Bob Hoskins, Robin Wright Penn, Cary Elwes, Fionnula Flanagan
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Producer: Steve Starkey, Robert Zemeckis, Jack Rapke
Writer: Charles Dickens, Robert Zemeckis
Duration: 96
Official Site: http://Disney.com/ChristmasCarol
Release: In Cinemas Now
Genre: SciFi/Fantasy, Action/Adventure
Distributor: Walt Disney Studios
It is one of the cinemas listing in Bexleyheath film theatre.
Showcase Cinema Newham:-
DATE TIME
Tuesday 24th November 2009 11:40, 12:10, 14:10, 14:40, 16:40, 17:10, 19:10, 21:30
Wednesday 25th November 2009 11:40, 14:10, 16:40, 19:10, 21:30
Thursday 26th November 2009 11:40, 14:10, 16:40, 19:10, 21:30
Friday 27th November 2009 11:40, 14:10, 16:40, 19:10, 21:30, 00:00
Saturday 28th November 2009 11:40, 14:10, 16:40, 19:10, 21:30, 00:00
Sunday 29th November 2009 11:40, 14:10, 16:40, 19:10, 21:30
Monday 30th November 2009 11:40, 14:10, 16:40, 19:10, 21:30
Story short description:-
Ebenezer Scrooge begins the Christmas holiday with his usual miserly contempt, barking at his faithful clerk and his cheery nephew. But, when the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come take him on an eye-opening journey revealing truths Old Scrooge is reluctant to face, he must open his heart to undo years of ill will before it's too late.
Cast: Jim Carrey, Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Bob Hoskins, Robin Wright Penn, Cary Elwes, Fionnula Flanagan
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Producer: Steve Starkey, Robert Zemeckis, Jack Rapke
Writer: Charles Dickens, Robert Zemeckis
Duration: 96
Official Site: http://Disney.com/ChristmasCarol
Release: In Cinemas Now
Genre: SciFi/Fantasy, Action/Adventure
Distributor: Walt Disney Studios
It is one of the cinemas listing in Bexleyheath film theatre.
The Radio Play
The roles for the individual members of this group are:
Emmanuela-Director/Producer, Lauren's friend
Patrick-Music Director/Producer
Falak-Lauren
Susan-Narrator
Emmanuela-Director/Producer, Lauren's friend
Patrick-Music Director/Producer
Falak-Lauren
Susan-Narrator
Friday, 20 November 2009
Radio Play Script: Second Draft
The Stranger
This is the story of a teenage girl whose life was going smoothly.
Her name was Lauren and she was always on the computer.... in the daytime, after school, she was in an Internet cafe' and in the evening she was at home. If she had homework from school or something to study, she was used to do everything at school or late in the night.
One day she was in the Internet cafe' ( sound effect of a crowd place and someone typing something at the computer) (the noise of a crowd and of a door that opens and closes frequently goes through out the story) when she signed up on a website that changed her life. That website was "FACEBOOK". while Lauren was using Facebook one of her friends entered in the cafe to greet her.(sound effect of a door that opens)
Friend: "hi darling are you Ok?"
Lauren: "Yeah"
Friend: "What are you doing?"
Lauren: "Ooh I am using Facebook....I just signed in.....I think you too have to join it"
Friend: "Yeah maybe...but not today...you know some people, and I repeat, some people spend some hours for studying."
Lauren: "Ok sweetie bye" "go and study!" ( sound effect of a door that opens and closes)
After a while she started having many friends on it.
That day she received a friend request from someone who claimed to be her friend. She accepted the request.
He wrote her sweet things and liked it.
Lauren: " Ooh this guy is so sweet! No one have ever been so nice with me!"
She believed all his words. (there is a pause: the sound of the crowd and the of the door stops)
One day he decided to meet her........in his house.
When her friend heard it she continued telling Lauren: "Don't go, you don't really know who he is ..Don't go...".
Every time her friend said like this Lauren always replied saying " don't worry...", and at the end her friend quitted.
But she like him and trusted him so much that she decided to go.
That day she left home in time. She entered in his house ( slowly the door shuts) Bang!!.........and never came out.
THIS IS THE SECOND DRAFT FOR THE RADIO PLAY SCRIPT.
This is the story of a teenage girl whose life was going smoothly.
Her name was Lauren and she was always on the computer.... in the daytime, after school, she was in an Internet cafe' and in the evening she was at home. If she had homework from school or something to study, she was used to do everything at school or late in the night.
One day she was in the Internet cafe' ( sound effect of a crowd place and someone typing something at the computer) (the noise of a crowd and of a door that opens and closes frequently goes through out the story) when she signed up on a website that changed her life. That website was "FACEBOOK". while Lauren was using Facebook one of her friends entered in the cafe to greet her.(sound effect of a door that opens)
Friend: "hi darling are you Ok?"
Lauren: "Yeah"
Friend: "What are you doing?"
Lauren: "Ooh I am using Facebook....I just signed in.....I think you too have to join it"
Friend: "Yeah maybe...but not today...you know some people, and I repeat, some people spend some hours for studying."
Lauren: "Ok sweetie bye" "go and study!" ( sound effect of a door that opens and closes)
After a while she started having many friends on it.
That day she received a friend request from someone who claimed to be her friend. She accepted the request.
He wrote her sweet things and liked it.
Lauren: " Ooh this guy is so sweet! No one have ever been so nice with me!"
She believed all his words. (there is a pause: the sound of the crowd and the of the door stops)
One day he decided to meet her........in his house.
When her friend heard it she continued telling Lauren: "Don't go, you don't really know who he is ..Don't go...".
Every time her friend said like this Lauren always replied saying " don't worry...", and at the end her friend quitted.
But she like him and trusted him so much that she decided to go.
That day she left home in time. She entered in his house ( slowly the door shuts) Bang!!.........and never came out.
THIS IS THE SECOND DRAFT FOR THE RADIO PLAY SCRIPT.
Thursday, 19 November 2009
THE SCENE-CHANGES ON SCRIPT
TODAY, ME AND MY GROUP MADE CHANGES ON OUR RADIO PLAY SCRIPT. THE GROUP'S DIRECTOR/PRODUCER, EMMANUELA MADE CHANGES IN THE SCRIPT AND MUSIC PRODUCER, PATRICK STILL CONTINUING MAKING TUNE FOR THE RADIO PLAY. AS FOR ME AND FALAK WE HELPED THEM IN MAKING CHOICES FOR THE CHANGES AND ACCEPTED TO WORK OUT THE SCRIPT.
Tuesday, 17 November 2009
UNIT-SCENE: The first written script
This is the story about a teenage girl whose life going smoothly.
She was always on the computer....Day and Night.
One day she signed in on a website that changed her life.
That website was 'FACEBOOK'.
After a while she started having many friends on it.
One day she she received a friend's request, who claimed to be her friend and accepted him.
He wrote her sweet things and she liked it.
She believed all his words.
One day he decided to meet her.....in his house.
She liked him and trusted him so much that she decided to go.
That day she left home in time.
She entered in his house.....and never came out.
She was always on the computer....Day and Night.
One day she signed in on a website that changed her life.
That website was 'FACEBOOK'.
After a while she started having many friends on it.
One day she she received a friend's request, who claimed to be her friend and accepted him.
He wrote her sweet things and she liked it.
She believed all his words.
One day he decided to meet her.....in his house.
She liked him and trusted him so much that she decided to go.
That day she left home in time.
She entered in his house.....and never came out.
Tuesday, 10 November 2009
English oral task for functional skills
I have prepared this presentation on my work on 'artifact'. my task was to design the Cd covers for a new band. To do these I had to research on how to to design the Cd covers. I looked up on two different examples on process of designing Cd covers.
The first Cd cover on how to make a Cd covers:-
* need to scan or image preparation.
*can do cropping, resizing and converting RGB color.
*to make more creative could do like custom illustrating, retouching or a silhouette and later do typesetting.
*make plans and settings for Cd covers and finally make hard copy proofs to the digital proofers while mailing.
*the final touch is the finishing package of Cd covers and need to to be send to the target audience.
The second Cd cover is to:-
*using different visualisations on creating Cd cover.(listening to different sounds and creating layers out of it.)
*contrasting different layers and used the drawings to develop into Cd over and strongly reflecting the initial graphic designs.
*using 3D style to make more attractive and strong for the target audience.
*the worksheet of Cd cover is made a separate copy and start doing 3D letters into photo shop and continue doing illustrating the Cd cover.
*the final touch is the Cd cover which has different colours according to the feel of the cd covers.
Making an exact Cd cover for the blog, I drew the pictures and background on a A3 paper roughly to see whether there could be more ideas and designs for my final Cd cover. I used the simple concept of white and black roses to make it like one is evil and other good. Later, I thought it could be better if I changed the concept of roses into opposites meaning the white rose to be devil and black rose to be angel. I used these methods to make my target audience notice that some people have the personalities like these roses.
The first Cd cover on how to make a Cd covers:-
* need to scan or image preparation.
*can do cropping, resizing and converting RGB color.
*to make more creative could do like custom illustrating, retouching or a silhouette and later do typesetting.
*make plans and settings for Cd covers and finally make hard copy proofs to the digital proofers while mailing.
*the final touch is the finishing package of Cd covers and need to to be send to the target audience.
The second Cd cover is to:-
*using different visualisations on creating Cd cover.(listening to different sounds and creating layers out of it.)
*contrasting different layers and used the drawings to develop into Cd over and strongly reflecting the initial graphic designs.
*using 3D style to make more attractive and strong for the target audience.
*the worksheet of Cd cover is made a separate copy and start doing 3D letters into photo shop and continue doing illustrating the Cd cover.
*the final touch is the Cd cover which has different colours according to the feel of the cd covers.
Making an exact Cd cover for the blog, I drew the pictures and background on a A3 paper roughly to see whether there could be more ideas and designs for my final Cd cover. I used the simple concept of white and black roses to make it like one is evil and other good. Later, I thought it could be better if I changed the concept of roses into opposites meaning the white rose to be devil and black rose to be angel. I used these methods to make my target audience notice that some people have the personalities like these roses.
FRONT CD COVER
Monday, 9 November 2009
Unit 2 : Performance
A performance, in performing arts, generally refers to an event in which one group of people behave in a particular way for another group of people like the audience.
The twelve performances from any genres are:-
1.concert-Jay-Z performing at the staples center in Los Angeles,California.
2.opera-Jessye Norman as Elizabeth in Tannhauser from ENO Concert.
3.play-'Romeo and Juliet' ballet performance given by the Ballet Group of the National Academic Bolshoi Opera of Belarus at the Opera House in Damascus, Syria
4.ballet-Swan lake performing at London's royal opera house
5.musical theatre-The lion king( lyceum theatre) at wellington street,convent garden,London
6.TV advert-confused.com
7.circus acts-Natasha Patterson, Julie Bergez and Dasha Sovik, the tree teenage contortion artist of Cirque du Soleil's latest touring show "Kooza" set in September, 2007 a new Guinness World Record for the Highest Circus Act ever performed.
8.radio drama-The archers on BBC Radio 4.
9.stand-up comedy-Russel brand performs stand-up at the London roundhouse.
10.music gig- Jay-Z singing at the staples center in Los Angeles,California.
11.magic(illusion)-David Copperfield performing his origami illusion.
12.music competition-American idol
From 12 performances I chose music gig and concert from the list and describe about the resources for the requirements to carry out the performance.
Firstly, explaining about the music gig and concert has the same genre due to music.
(Jay-Z will be performing at the staples center in Los Angeles,California)-
As a producer, I will be needing to settle all the facts and planning for the stage performance. I need to know how much tickets will sale so that we could prepare for people to see the performance. Likewise, seats for the people who are coming to watch the performance need to be known. The lightning and stage effects should be done properly according to the performance of the performer. The car parking should be hired for the people coming to see the performance and even food supplies so that the people could enjoy eating and even watching the stage performance.
The twelve performances from any genres are:-
1.concert-Jay-Z performing at the staples center in Los Angeles,California.
2.opera-Jessye Norman as Elizabeth in Tannhauser from ENO Concert.
3.play-'Romeo and Juliet' ballet performance given by the Ballet Group of the National Academic Bolshoi Opera of Belarus at the Opera House in Damascus, Syria
4.ballet-Swan lake performing at London's royal opera house
5.musical theatre-The lion king( lyceum theatre) at wellington street,convent garden,London
6.TV advert-confused.com
7.circus acts-Natasha Patterson, Julie Bergez and Dasha Sovik, the tree teenage contortion artist of Cirque du Soleil's latest touring show "Kooza" set in September, 2007 a new Guinness World Record for the Highest Circus Act ever performed.
8.radio drama-The archers on BBC Radio 4.
9.stand-up comedy-Russel brand performs stand-up at the London roundhouse.
10.music gig- Jay-Z singing at the staples center in Los Angeles,California.
11.magic(illusion)-David Copperfield performing his origami illusion.
12.music competition-American idol
From 12 performances I chose music gig and concert from the list and describe about the resources for the requirements to carry out the performance.
Firstly, explaining about the music gig and concert has the same genre due to music.
(Jay-Z will be performing at the staples center in Los Angeles,California)-
As a producer, I will be needing to settle all the facts and planning for the stage performance. I need to know how much tickets will sale so that we could prepare for people to see the performance. Likewise, seats for the people who are coming to watch the performance need to be known. The lightning and stage effects should be done properly according to the performance of the performer. The car parking should be hired for the people coming to see the performance and even food supplies so that the people could enjoy eating and even watching the stage performance.
Tuesday, 3 November 2009
'Evaluation of Unit 4'-Creating A Record
In creating the Batman theme music, the task was to make a serious, dark and scary tune. The character of Batman I created is soft but scary at the same time using different beats and melody. I used six instruments with different melodies on it. 'The record is a music underscore for the opening credits of Batman the Movie.'
Creating my batman theme I used various tracks(instruments) to see whether there may be some ideas out of it. The tunes and notes for the Batman theme needs to be darkish and with a scary concept to make it like the Batman movie.
Firstly, I decided to use different musical ideas by experimenting on different instruments like drums, pianos, trumpets and more. From the instrument sections, I used different tunes for my Batman theme opening and later made changes turn by turn. The instruments I used are moody jazz, electric attack piano, pop strings, silky strings, brass ensemble and Asian kit.
For my opening I used moody jazz(instrument)to make hard beats to create the opening of the scene. I used notes 1 to 6 with different beats and continued from notes 7 to 11,..,.. and notes 23 to 28 to make it seem like something dark or scary is happening. In second, third and fifth instruments, I started using from the same notes to continue the same melody on it. For my second instrument, I used repetitive beats in different notes to make a softer sound. For third instrument, I created the tunes with the keyboard using my own ideas from notes 3 to 36 to make hard beats so that it sounded rough. For the same instrument I used the repetitive tunes from notes 43 to 78 to make a melody in Batman theme. As for the fourth instrument, I used notes 19 to 29 with the keyboard making different beats with silky strings instrument. For the fifth instrument, I used the keyboard to make it more of a melody to make it sound more scary and dark and used repetitive notes from 3 to 77. Lastly, for the sixth instrument I used from notes 19 to 28 with the same notes going on and on to make it sound like a heart beating. Overall, there were many changes like cancelling the drum kits and bass instruments and adding new ones.
The music for my batman theme is not so dark and scary but has little soft tunes with loud trumpets which sounds like marching beats. As the 'Gotham City' scene begins the ending tune for my opening theme is soft to loud beats to make it startling and scary. As for the ending tune for my Batman theme the tune has a continuous melody but at the same time gets softer and softer until the music is stopped and finished.
It was fun learning Logic 8 and at the same time difficult because it was my first time and I had never learnt to use the instruments. I even had fun using it as there were so many instruments in the computer with different beats and notes. Using logic 8 I learnt how to make tunes and melody and different kinds of notes and music theory. Creating the batman movie introduction there were difficulties in making the darker concept. Overall the theme was fine but if I had made it a little more scary and dark it would have been a better theme.
Creating my batman theme I used various tracks(instruments) to see whether there may be some ideas out of it. The tunes and notes for the Batman theme needs to be darkish and with a scary concept to make it like the Batman movie.
Firstly, I decided to use different musical ideas by experimenting on different instruments like drums, pianos, trumpets and more. From the instrument sections, I used different tunes for my Batman theme opening and later made changes turn by turn. The instruments I used are moody jazz, electric attack piano, pop strings, silky strings, brass ensemble and Asian kit.
For my opening I used moody jazz(instrument)to make hard beats to create the opening of the scene. I used notes 1 to 6 with different beats and continued from notes 7 to 11,..,.. and notes 23 to 28 to make it seem like something dark or scary is happening. In second, third and fifth instruments, I started using from the same notes to continue the same melody on it. For my second instrument, I used repetitive beats in different notes to make a softer sound. For third instrument, I created the tunes with the keyboard using my own ideas from notes 3 to 36 to make hard beats so that it sounded rough. For the same instrument I used the repetitive tunes from notes 43 to 78 to make a melody in Batman theme. As for the fourth instrument, I used notes 19 to 29 with the keyboard making different beats with silky strings instrument. For the fifth instrument, I used the keyboard to make it more of a melody to make it sound more scary and dark and used repetitive notes from 3 to 77. Lastly, for the sixth instrument I used from notes 19 to 28 with the same notes going on and on to make it sound like a heart beating. Overall, there were many changes like cancelling the drum kits and bass instruments and adding new ones.
The music for my batman theme is not so dark and scary but has little soft tunes with loud trumpets which sounds like marching beats. As the 'Gotham City' scene begins the ending tune for my opening theme is soft to loud beats to make it startling and scary. As for the ending tune for my Batman theme the tune has a continuous melody but at the same time gets softer and softer until the music is stopped and finished.
It was fun learning Logic 8 and at the same time difficult because it was my first time and I had never learnt to use the instruments. I even had fun using it as there were so many instruments in the computer with different beats and notes. Using logic 8 I learnt how to make tunes and melody and different kinds of notes and music theory. Creating the batman movie introduction there were difficulties in making the darker concept. Overall the theme was fine but if I had made it a little more scary and dark it would have been a better theme.
Friday, 23 October 2009
Music Theory
Dynamics:
Dynamics means the volume of a sound or note of a music. It is the range of volume of musical sound. It is written or printed musical notation used to indicate dynamics.
Dynamic signs:
| Sign | In Italian | Definition |
| pp | pianissimo | very soft |
| pp | piano | soft |
| mp | mezzo piano | moderately soft |
| mf | mezzo forte | moderately loud |
| f | forte | loud |
| ff | fortissimo | very loud |
| > | decrescendo | gradually softer |
| < | crescendo | gradually louder |
An accent is the music of an emphasis placed on a particular note or sound as by an increase in volume or extended duration either as a result of its context or specifically indicated by an accent mark. There are three types of accents that are dynamic accent, tonic accent and agogic accent.
They are define in below:-
Dynamic accent are created louder sound than another. Tonic accent is an emphasis on a note by virtue of being higher in pitch than surrounding notes. Lastly, Agogic accent is an emphasis by virtue of being longer in duration than other notes.
Scales:
It is a group of musical note collected in ascending and descending order, that provides material for or is used to conveniently represent part or all of a musical work including melody and harmony.
B major scale(no key signature)
B major (key signature)
Pitch:
(Notes on the keyboard):
clef
sharps and flats 
Key signatures
| Key signature | Added | Major key | Minor key |
| 1 Sharp | F♯ | G major | E minor |
| 2 Sharp | C♯ | D major | B minor |
1 Flat 
-B♭ -F major -D minor
2 Flat
-E♭ -Bb major -G minor 
Wednesday, 21 October 2009
EVALUATING MY FINAL CD COVER DESIGN
FRONT CD COVER
The title for my Cd cover is ' Angel & Devil'. I used ' MAGNETIC' for the band name. I used the word 'magnetic' for the band name because it means a strong, attractive power or charm. For making my Cd cover, I used fireworks to design it and the concept for my cover is rock genre. On my front cover, it shows the white and black roses with a blood-red background. The white rose represents the 'Devil'. White usually signifies fairness and purity but it can also have a darker and evil side. The black rose represents an 'Angel' to show black is not always bad and lonely but can have a gentle and softer inner side. I used the blood-red in the background to make it scary and dangerous. The reason behind this picture is some people are like these roses and are not always what they are expected to be. The font I used is simple to make it ordinary and the pictures have been sketched to make it realistic.
BACK CD COVER
As for my back cover, I used the same background but different visualisations. I used the concept of a devil's tail and an angel's wing on the side of the scroll where I filled the song tracks to make it a classic and ordinary style. In one of my tracks, I used the 'orchestra version' to make it unique and like a ballad as it is changes the rock version to softer music. The fonts I used in the songs are bold and stylish to make it ordinary but attractive.
I would probably say the target audience would be teenagers and who loves rock music. 'Magnetic' could be odd for a band's name but I used it because it means the personality of charm and power to people. As for the Cd cover I drew images in 'fireworks' using tools like pencil, rubber, magic wand, font and colors to make artistic and rough. I searched and used the background image from google to make it clean as well as adding darker colour.
I would probably say the target audience would be teenagers and who loves rock music. 'Magnetic' could be odd for a band's name but I used it because it means the personality of charm and power to people. As for the Cd cover I drew images in 'fireworks' using tools like pencil, rubber, magic wand, font and colors to make artistic and rough. I searched and used the background image from google to make it clean as well as adding darker colour.
Before making an exact Cd cover for the blog, I drew the pictures and background on a A3 paper roughly to see whether there could be more ideas and designs for my final Cd cover. I used the simple concept of white and black roses to make it like one is evil and other good. Later, I thought it could be better if I changed the concept of roses into opposites meaning the white rose to be devil and black rose to be angel. I used these methods to make my target audience notice that some people have the personalities like these roses.
Tuesday, 20 October 2009
BATMAN MOVIE INTROS
Today, I continuing doing the batman introduction. Due to my lack of melody its very hard to make a proper tune. I still need to make a tune and its getting harder and harder to continue the tune.
Monday, 19 October 2009
Batman-intro and melody
Today, I continue doing my tune of batman theme. It was really hard to make decision due to many ideas in one document.
Friday, 16 October 2009
Religion of the world
I am doing the presentation about the 4 different religions of the world. For these, I need to search the people where they pray. So , I research in google and found the individual pictures of religions. The four different religions I wanted for the assessment are hinduism, buddhism, christian and Muslim. I will be planning on taking the pictures.
Thursday, 15 October 2009
'RECORD'
Record is to make a record of additions to a collection like recording a song, record a sale on a card register, records of world champions etc.
A list of all the types of record with the examples are as follows:
1. Communicating with friend in MSN Hotmail-It lets us know about new people and communicate with them.
2. Recording the videos for Sony PSP-Downloading the videos in PSP could let us watch anywhere like in bus, streets.
3. Creating a lyrics-Composing and writing the lyrics to a song could let others to know what the song is about and how creative their song are done.
4. Recording the family documentary- Making a film of a family could be a fun and can watch it what we are doing and leave it as a memory.
5. Painting and sketches in the museums-Having artistic works could be fine line in museums and mainly famous ones. it let us know what the creations and ideas they have used and let us feel its meaning.
6. Animated cartoons being made-Cartoons like 'Bolt', 'The Simpson' are normally for children and even adults so, that they could enjoy watching it.
7. Magazines and newspapers-It gives information and ideas from magazines and newspapers. Newspapers let us know about weather, dangerous crimes and celebrities as well as in magazines.
A list of all the types of record with the examples are as follows:
1. Communicating with friend in MSN Hotmail-It lets us know about new people and communicate with them.
2. Recording the videos for Sony PSP-Downloading the videos in PSP could let us watch anywhere like in bus, streets.
3. Creating a lyrics-Composing and writing the lyrics to a song could let others to know what the song is about and how creative their song are done.
4. Recording the family documentary- Making a film of a family could be a fun and can watch it what we are doing and leave it as a memory.
5. Painting and sketches in the museums-Having artistic works could be fine line in museums and mainly famous ones. it let us know what the creations and ideas they have used and let us feel its meaning.
6. Animated cartoons being made-Cartoons like 'Bolt', 'The Simpson' are normally for children and even adults so, that they could enjoy watching it.
7. Magazines and newspapers-It gives information and ideas from magazines and newspapers. Newspapers let us know about weather, dangerous crimes and celebrities as well as in magazines.
Tuesday, 13 October 2009
batman theme-'melody'
Today, we all were given a keyboard to create music for the the batman theme. I decided to change the tune again and made up my own tune for the Batman theme. It was fun to do because it was my first time using the keyboard. The music i created before was quite a mess because there was not enough background tune and too much of the opening theme. So, I decided to shorten it and create a longer version of background tune.
Monday, 12 October 2009
'batman theme'
Today, i again listen to the music of batman theme. it was really hard for me to make new tune due to losing my old piece of my tune.
Friday, 9 October 2009
'INTRODUCTION FOR TASK TWO'
Hi, I just finished my Task 1 and now I am starting to write a new post for Task 2 . In this Task 2, we need to create our own Cd design cover from 'FIREWORKS' OR 'PHOTOCOPY SHOP' for a new Lewisham Act. First, I need to plan how to create my first Cd design and do research in google for pictures and ideas to recreate from it. The main purpose is to create my own music album cover and I need to make it creative and attractive.
'TASK TWO'-B
STAGE TWO:
In this stage, they chose their drawings to look up the most contrast which the number 1 and 3 which has the most contrast so its best to use it ( later, they chose to do number 4 as well). Then, they had used these drawings to develop them into CD covers and the final designs had to strongly reflect the initial graphic responses.
After brainstorming many different ideas, they decided that whatever they were going to do, it was going to be 3D style.
They got some ideas from Nik Ainley style which the design is shown on the left corner. After they have done a lot of researching for their concept of tune, they started keeping the words for the main attraction on the front cover.
According to the sketches and tune they analyse by keeping the word 'Smooth' for the soft music and the word 'Rough' for the heavy metal music and lastly the word ' Digital' for the electric-sense music. Then, made a separate copy and start doing 3D letters into photo shop and continue in doing designing and illustrating the Cd cover. Finally, theyanalyse and saw their three Cd covers with different effects and illustrations. The final designs they use are different colours according to the feel of Cd covers. The below pictures shows the final design of the different Cd covers including with the album title.( I JUST USE THE ONE CD COVER TO DEMONSTRATE IN THE POST)
FRONT COVER 
BACK COVER
In this stage, they chose their drawings to look up the most contrast which the number 1 and 3 which has the most contrast so its best to use it ( later, they chose to do number 4 as well). Then, they had used these drawings to develop them into CD covers and the final designs had to strongly reflect the initial graphic responses.
After brainstorming many different ideas, they decided that whatever they were going to do, it was going to be 3D style.
They got some ideas from Nik Ainley style which the design is shown on the left corner. After they have done a lot of researching for their concept of tune, they started keeping the words for the main attraction on the front cover.According to the sketches and tune they analyse by keeping the word 'Smooth' for the soft music and the word 'Rough' for the heavy metal music and lastly the word ' Digital' for the electric-sense music. Then, made a separate copy and start doing 3D letters into photo shop and continue in doing designing and illustrating the Cd cover. Finally, theyanalyse and saw their three Cd covers with different effects and illustrations. The final designs they use are different colours according to the feel of Cd covers. The below pictures shows the final design of the different Cd covers including with the album title.( I JUST USE THE ONE CD COVER TO DEMONSTRATE IN THE POST)
FRONT COVER 
BACK COVER
'TASK TWO'-A
STAGE ONE:
To create a Cd cover, there are ways in doing thier own creation. Firstly, the object is divided into two sections. In the first section, they created by listening to 4 contrasting pieces of music. Then, took an A4 paper and drew a simple visual language of music. They need to aim a contrast between drawings and what kind of colours and shapes represent in their each type of music.
The picture reflected in creating different shapes and colours just by listening to a piece of music.
After listening to the music the 4 visual responses the layers are drawn. The first layer shows a slow, smooth, soft, calm watery type song.The second layer represents a upbeat funky song.The third layer shows a hard rough death metal rock song and,the last layer shows an electronic digital sounding song.
To create a Cd cover, there are ways in doing thier own creation. Firstly, the object is divided into two sections. In the first section, they created by listening to 4 contrasting pieces of music. Then, took an A4 paper and drew a simple visual language of music. They need to aim a contrast between drawings and what kind of colours and shapes represent in their each type of music.
The picture reflected in creating different shapes and colours just by listening to a piece of music.
After listening to the music the 4 visual responses the layers are drawn. The first layer shows a slow, smooth, soft, calm watery type song.The second layer represents a upbeat funky song.The third layer shows a hard rough death metal rock song and,the last layer shows an electronic digital sounding song.Thursday, 8 October 2009
'Batman Movie'
Today, I watched the video clip of Batman theme (1989) for creating the piece of music. Then, we continue creating our opening theme for batman and even started making the background tune for the batman by keeping melody on it.
I started comparing my tune and the music of batman theme. Then, I started making changes in sounds for my batman theme.
The video clip is from a Batman(1989 film). The film was from the Warner Bros. Label. The movie started from October 1988 to January 1989 and was created at Pinewood studios.It is a superhero film based on the DC Comics character which was directed by Tim Burton. It was produced by peter Guber, Jon peters, Michael Uslan and Benjamin Melniker. The other movies called' Beetlejuice', Batman Returns, Sleepy Hollow, Planet of the Apes and 'Charlie and the chocolate factory' was highly successful and was both financial and critical success grossing million dollars budget worldwide. The starring for the movie were Michael Keaton who had the main role, as well as Jack Nicholson, Kim Basinger, Robert Wuhl and Jack Palance. The music was produced by Danny Elfman and Prince. The running time was 126 min (2 hours and 6 minutes). The Batman movie was highly successful earning over $400 million in box office totals. The film got numerous awards like 62nd Academy Awards, Golden Globe Awards and Saturn Awards. The Second version OF Batman was ' Batman Returns' and was even made in animated series.
The movie plot of the batman is that 'as a child, Bruce Wayne (Keaton) saw his parents killed by a young criminal. He vows to avenge their deaths in a lifelong battle against crime as the disguise of Batman while concealing his secret identity, working in the Wayne Enterprises. Years later, Gotham is under control by crime boss Carl Grissom (Palance). Despite the best efforts of newly-elected district attorney Harvey Dent and police commissioner James Gordon, the police department remains corrupted. Reporter Alexander Knox (Wuhl) and photo-journalist Vicke Vale (Basinger) begin investigating the rumors of a shadowy vigilante figure dressed as a bat who has been terrifying criminals throughout the city'. In the film, the Batman deals with the rise of a powerful villain known as "The Joker."
Underscore:
Underscore is a music that goes on in the background and created atmosphere.
Some of the important credits which are stated at the end of any movies are:
Film Producer:
Film producer is someone who creates the scenes and conditions for making movies and is generally involved in a movie right from its beginning as often its he/she who takes the job in handling the project.
Film producers are like he/she may get an idea for a movie from a book and then find a scriptwriter to write the motion picture script. The producer may work with the director in choosing movie ideas as well as in hiring the scriptwriter, cast and crew. Movie producers are filmmakers who focused on getting sufficient financing as well as on distributing the finished feature to theaters. Basically, a film producer makes the finished movie happen by taking care of the details behind the scenes.
Film Director:
A film director is a person who directs the making and/or the production of a film. A film director is a person who visualizes the screenplay, controlling a film's artistic and dramatic aspects, while guiding the technical crew and actors in the fulfillment of his or her vision. Some of the directors are selected by the producer more likely has more power in everything from script to the final ending of the film and often in anything from slight to extreme opposition to the director’s vision.
Film directors are quite responsible for overseeing creative aspects of making of a story/film. They often develop the aspects for a film and carry the expectations in deciding how the film should look. They have the responsibilty for approving camera angles, lens effects, lightning and set design and often takes part in hiring key crew members for the film project that he/she has successfully worked in the past.
The film director is responsible in coordinating with:-
1.the actor’s moves and work closely with the cast meeting each scene to do a run through.
2.direct what tone it should have and what an audience should gain from the cinematic experience.
3.the writing, financing and editing of a film.
4.the writer to make improvement in the script and give some suggestions for the initial script which needs work.
5. the casts suggestion.
Set Designer:
The set designer is the draftsman, who often works as an architect and realizes the specific structures or interior spaces called for by the production designer. Set Designers were normally said that they were from an artistic backgrounds but nowadays they are professionally being trained who often have a M.F.A degree in theatre arts to qualify as a set designer.
Set designers may perform the following tasks like producing freehand sketches, accurate scale models, plans and working drawings in consultation with the director of the production, the production manager and other creative artists
design sets and props and the artistic and technical requirements of the director or producer.
They also supervise qualified tradespersons who construct the sets, and direct set assistants on matters relating to design interpretations nevertheless they are also responsible for settling the design costumes. They have the job in advising on other areas of technical production such as lighting and sound.
I started comparing my tune and the music of batman theme. Then, I started making changes in sounds for my batman theme.
The video clip is from a Batman(1989 film). The film was from the Warner Bros. Label. The movie started from October 1988 to January 1989 and was created at Pinewood studios.It is a superhero film based on the DC Comics character which was directed by Tim Burton. It was produced by peter Guber, Jon peters, Michael Uslan and Benjamin Melniker. The other movies called' Beetlejuice', Batman Returns, Sleepy Hollow, Planet of the Apes and 'Charlie and the chocolate factory' was highly successful and was both financial and critical success grossing million dollars budget worldwide. The starring for the movie were Michael Keaton who had the main role, as well as Jack Nicholson, Kim Basinger, Robert Wuhl and Jack Palance. The music was produced by Danny Elfman and Prince. The running time was 126 min (2 hours and 6 minutes). The Batman movie was highly successful earning over $400 million in box office totals. The film got numerous awards like 62nd Academy Awards, Golden Globe Awards and Saturn Awards. The Second version OF Batman was ' Batman Returns' and was even made in animated series.
The movie plot of the batman is that 'as a child, Bruce Wayne (Keaton) saw his parents killed by a young criminal. He vows to avenge their deaths in a lifelong battle against crime as the disguise of Batman while concealing his secret identity, working in the Wayne Enterprises. Years later, Gotham is under control by crime boss Carl Grissom (Palance). Despite the best efforts of newly-elected district attorney Harvey Dent and police commissioner James Gordon, the police department remains corrupted. Reporter Alexander Knox (Wuhl) and photo-journalist Vicke Vale (Basinger) begin investigating the rumors of a shadowy vigilante figure dressed as a bat who has been terrifying criminals throughout the city'. In the film, the Batman deals with the rise of a powerful villain known as "The Joker."
Underscore:
Underscore is a music that goes on in the background and created atmosphere.
Some of the important credits which are stated at the end of any movies are:
Film Producer:
Film producer is someone who creates the scenes and conditions for making movies and is generally involved in a movie right from its beginning as often its he/she who takes the job in handling the project.
Film producers are like he/she may get an idea for a movie from a book and then find a scriptwriter to write the motion picture script. The producer may work with the director in choosing movie ideas as well as in hiring the scriptwriter, cast and crew. Movie producers are filmmakers who focused on getting sufficient financing as well as on distributing the finished feature to theaters. Basically, a film producer makes the finished movie happen by taking care of the details behind the scenes.
Film Director:
A film director is a person who directs the making and/or the production of a film. A film director is a person who visualizes the screenplay, controlling a film's artistic and dramatic aspects, while guiding the technical crew and actors in the fulfillment of his or her vision. Some of the directors are selected by the producer more likely has more power in everything from script to the final ending of the film and often in anything from slight to extreme opposition to the director’s vision.
Film directors are quite responsible for overseeing creative aspects of making of a story/film. They often develop the aspects for a film and carry the expectations in deciding how the film should look. They have the responsibilty for approving camera angles, lens effects, lightning and set design and often takes part in hiring key crew members for the film project that he/she has successfully worked in the past.
The film director is responsible in coordinating with:-
1.the actor’s moves and work closely with the cast meeting each scene to do a run through.
2.direct what tone it should have and what an audience should gain from the cinematic experience.
3.the writing, financing and editing of a film.
4.the writer to make improvement in the script and give some suggestions for the initial script which needs work.
5. the casts suggestion.
Set Designer:
The set designer is the draftsman, who often works as an architect and realizes the specific structures or interior spaces called for by the production designer. Set Designers were normally said that they were from an artistic backgrounds but nowadays they are professionally being trained who often have a M.F.A degree in theatre arts to qualify as a set designer.
Set designers may perform the following tasks like producing freehand sketches, accurate scale models, plans and working drawings in consultation with the director of the production, the production manager and other creative artists
design sets and props and the artistic and technical requirements of the director or producer.
They also supervise qualified tradespersons who construct the sets, and direct set assistants on matters relating to design interpretations nevertheless they are also responsible for settling the design costumes. They have the job in advising on other areas of technical production such as lighting and sound.
Monday, 5 October 2009
'NCFE-Sequencing'
Today we are continuing in creating a tune according to the sequence on the batman music. we all have done the opening tune but need to create a piece of melody tune. after that we add 5 to 8 notes with standard tune to make the finishing music.
Friday, 2 October 2009
'TASK ONE'
Firstly, the process of designing the Cd covers is they scan or image preparation. The scanning of Cd cover is to make proper and original photographs. Sometimes there may be supplied digital files which can be created for printing purposes. Making Cd covers they do cropping, resizing and converting from RGB color. There are different ways in making the Cd covers more creative like custom illustrating, retouching or a silhouette. After this, they do typesetting.
They design whatever they like to do but need to make plans and settings for it before creating their own designs for Cd cover. To make design, they made plans in materials and started doing their design.
The images they used are from from library, or texture or brighten up the package design. Now, they make hard copy proofs to the digital proofers by 
mailing. Finally, their final print is to make high expectations from the Cd cover designs with high standards.
The creating and deigning of their Cd cover is finally finished. But, they still need to be approve as they need to know that they need to completely be satisfied from their work.
Now, they need to final finishing package of the Cd covers. After getting ready of packaging of Cd, DVD or Cd Rom package, finally they need to be send to the target markets.
They design whatever they like to do but need to make plans and settings for it before creating their own designs for Cd cover. To make design, they made plans in materials and started doing their design.
The images they used are from from library, or texture or brighten up the package design. Now, they make hard copy proofs to the digital proofers by 
mailing. Finally, their final print is to make high expectations from the Cd cover designs with high standards.The creating and deigning of their Cd cover is finally finished. But, they still need to be approve as they need to know that they need to completely be satisfied from their work.
Now, they need to final finishing package of the Cd covers. After getting ready of packaging of Cd, DVD or Cd Rom package, finally they need to be send to the target markets.
'Introduction Of Myself'
Hi, I am Susan Gurung. I study in Christ the king:St Mary's. I have been taking media and diploma level 2 course for my year 12 (second year). It is been a difficult time for me to get along in the course because i have never done this kind of subjects I my life. I have been getting help from course teachers. The course teachers are Mr Smith, Ms Mandy, Mr Frank and Mr Brian. I have been getting from supporting teachers like Miss Jane and Miss Pam.
This year the days are getting harder and harder but it is fun to learn new stuffs. in present, i have been doing the work of creating batman music from Mr Smith. From Mr Frank we are continuing doing in researching in Cd cover and make post out of it. even in Miss Mandy's class we are getting ahead in creating our own Cd covers and analysing it with our own words. lastly, in Mr.Brian we have finished making our slides of different things like shoes, religions,books and other things. from the slide we need to make our own presentation and write in our words about why we are doing the topic for.
I started doing a Task 1 from Frank, and the task is to write about the process of Cd cover design. From the task 1, we need to posts two different process of Cd cover design with different stages.
This year the days are getting harder and harder but it is fun to learn new stuffs. in present, i have been doing the work of creating batman music from Mr Smith. From Mr Frank we are continuing doing in researching in Cd cover and make post out of it. even in Miss Mandy's class we are getting ahead in creating our own Cd covers and analysing it with our own words. lastly, in Mr.Brian we have finished making our slides of different things like shoes, religions,books and other things. from the slide we need to make our own presentation and write in our words about why we are doing the topic for.
I started doing a Task 1 from Frank, and the task is to write about the process of Cd cover design. From the task 1, we need to posts two different process of Cd cover design with different stages.
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