Understanding Own Response to Body Image Task 1.3 5/7/17

When online, watching TV or listening to the news who is underrepresented and why? When answering this think about day to day life and the people we depend on

You can not see real pleasant teachers who are kind and who teach the students on the news or on TV, it would good to keep up to date with the teachers in most of the schools.

The next group you don't see is the disability group on the TV or on the news any more and its very interesting know about this group.

Some of the most important people what we do not see is the doctors in the media or on TV,  dealing with real people who are either dying and stuff like that.

  

UNDERSTANDING OWN RESPONSE TO BODY IMAGE 30/6/17 task 1.2

 Identify a group of people that we constantly see online on on TV and talk about what they do do they present a positive image for young people to follow.

One group of people we see all the time online and on TV is Pop stars eg
I think that Beyonce shows a lot of effort by producing videos and pictures and winning grammies, she believes in equality and respect and she has got some good influences in her which is around younger woman such as me. Other people online  include Rihanna and Nicki Minaj they are every where in the media and they dominate the media.

UNDERSTANDING OWN RESPONSE TO BODY IMAGE Task 1.1 5/7/17

Collect images of women and men identified through the media.

Here are the list of people we see on social media and on TV and all different types of social media, one is Dwayne Johnson Hollywood A list actor, he is normally on the news and on Twitter posting up status's and showing his latest stories and movie releases.

Here is the second  image of a actor named Chris Tucker, he has made 13 movies, he is a Hollywood actor and he was a stand up comedian.

Here is Theresa May and she is a Prime minister of the United Kingdom and she was a leader of the Conservative party since July 2016. 

Kim Kardashian constantly in the media for being a reality star 

         These are people that we see in the media on a regular basis

Understanding Own Response To Body Image Task 1 23/6/17

Positive images

1.what is your fist choice of body image saying to you

To me its positive because of his hat whats got a bull on and i can see they have all got masks on and that you can barley see what they look like, so basically there hiding there face just to be unknown.

I like to be unknown to i can relate to it

2 Do you want to look like the image ?

what i like in this image is what he is wearing and his golden chains on his neck just to make him stand out a little. i don't want people to see my face but i want them to see my bling

 

3 What would you be prepared to do to look like the image ?

Well he is smoking weed and he is doing his personal thing like his own things and the colour of what his got on. I would only be prepared to work hard both legally and illegally

4 Is your current personal image a positive one ?

Yes ? why?

No? why?

Yeah i am happy with my personal image because of what am wearing and the the style i have on by wearing dark colours, so basically i like to wear dark clothing because bright colours make me stand out more so people can stare at you and make me feel uncomfortable.

Using Aural Skills in Music task 4.3 Italian Terms 21/6/17

Task 4.3

Listen again to one of the songs in the tasks above and use three Italian musical terms to show what is happening in he different sections of the song. First state he word then outline the section of the song the term applies to 

 Italian Musical Terms

Bohemian Rhapsody

The first section of the song the lyrics are Mama just killed a man put a gun against his head pulled the trigger now his dead, this part of the song is Adagio. Adagio(Meaning slow)

At the second section the dynamic changes to forte at the part that says Mama Ooh i didn't mean to make you cry. Forte(Meaning loud)

The middle section of the song changes using Staccato and the section is Bismillah no we will not let him go.\
Staccato(Meaning Detached,

short Note or vocal delivery meaning end the word or note quickly.)

These terms help us to understand where the dynamics occur, they play a big part in telling the story and creating the mood and atmosphere.

Using Aural Skills in Music Task 4.2 14/6/17

Task 4.2

Listen to a range of music with contrasting styles from

Opera singing, soul singing, Pop music to Rap and talk about the differences in articulation and the importance of how words or notes are expressed and how this gives meaning to the song

PAVAROTTI

My first song was called Nessun Dorma even though the words are not in english its like someone coming out of a shell slowly and it feels like the tension is building more and more as the song progresses the song feels powerful and meaningful which is very clever cause we we know what he is saying the songs builds up to a very powerful ending all the energy comes from his vocals

THE WEEKEND

The song for this is called Starboy, this song  feelings like you could dance too it and the lyrics are deep which makes the song more powerful the tempo of the lyrics stay the same which makes the lyrics more depressing the beat stays on the same level ,it is not a very melodic vocal and not very dynamic but it seems to work on a pop level

LITTLE UZI

The song is called XO TOUR Llif3 and at the start of the song it sounds depressing lyrically but then you can sing along with  its very catchy and its up beat at the same time the lyrics are very sad and meaningful, the lyric stand out more to people that are suffering with depression because he is using suicidal sounding lyrics even though it is a cool song

Using Aural Skills in Music Task 4.1 3/5/17

Task 4.1

Know about changes of dynamics in a piece of music

From one of the chosen tracks Identify where dynamic changes occur listen for where the song ranges from soft to loud and talk about how the dynamic shift affects the tone and mood of the song

ROCKET MAN ELTON JOHN

This starts off very soft with just piano and vocals and using mainly long notes this makes the song more detailed and interesting, the song feels bigger when the chorus comes and all the instruments start to play this gives you a big pay off like when you win something and it makes you want to sing along in the chorus the notes are still long but with more tension which is enjoyable
The song is in 4/4 time. The song is telling a story about himself and the tune wants you to sing along with it The overall vibe is calm and makes you listen to the words.

Using Aural Skills in Music Task 3.2 3/5/17

Task 3.2

Using the same selection of songs point out where notes have been lengthened or shortened these notes can be vocal or instrumental, talk about how changing the length of notes can impact on an expression or the articulation in a song

BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY

In the section no escape from reality the note on reality was lengthened this give the word more meaning, when the notes are longer it makes it more interesting and intense, this happens in the second verse. The piano section has much shorter notes are more energetic this is a big difference from the verses with longs notes
The different notes lengths in this song make it more interesting they add tension when the notes are short and abrupt this keeps you in suspense then when the notes are long it is a relief and it becomes more gentle, this makes the song more and more interesting and it tells you a good story with lots of information,it all comes together to make a very dramatic song where the notes make it very interesting to listen to ,without different note lengths the song would be very boring and wouldn't work

Using Aural Skills in Music Task 3.1 3/5/17

Task 3.1

Know about changes in rhythm

State where a change in rhythm has taken place

Learners will be given a range of tracks with varying rhythms

Learners will identify where the change has taken place and explain the effect it has had on the son

BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY QUEEN

The first change was at the end of the first guitar solo, and where the tempo went  slow then it changed to a fast tempo this added tension and excitement to the story then in the vocal section there was lots of different rhythms with no real time signature this makes you feel that there is some confusion added, then at the end of the vocal section tempo increases and the rhythm changes and the time signature becomes 4/4 and steady. At the end of the song the tempo slows right down this adds meaning to the story that he is singing
All this movement with rhythm and different styles in the same song makes the song very emotional and interesting because the rhythm keeps changing this keeps you interested and listening to the story.

Using Aural Skills in Music Task 2.2 3/5/17

Task 2.2

Learners to sing a simple song from memory this can be a popular song in the charts or a song written by the learner

Using Logic pro record the evidence and state where it is stored

This is a group discussion e had where we had to explain what would be needed to for a successful recording

This song is called Caught up in a situation and i am singing it with Alicia, the tune is about somebody who has made you caught up in something you can't even deal with and its trapped inside your self and you can not make it fade away. This is a 4-4 beat and it has an uplifting tone to the music.We wrote this song using Logic Pro. 

The song is on my desktop in Using Aural Skills folder.

Using Aural skills in music Task 2.1 26/4/17

TASK 2.1

Be able to reproduce a melody

Learners will be given a simple rhythm to clap from a popular song. Whilst keeping time learners will join in and replicate the simple rhythm to show understanding

Learners to take part in a simple call and response exercise to demonstrate understanding of time signature Tutor to clap a range of rhythms learners to respond with the same rhythm

CALL AND RESPONSE IN 4/4

CALL AND RESPONSE IN 3/4

Theses videos are on my desktop in Using Aural skills folder

USING AURAL SKILLS Task 1 26 /4 17

TASK 1.1

Know about time signature

Listen to a range of music given by your tutor and identify the different time signatures, learners to listen to a range of different genres of music from classical to Hip Hop and point out the difference in time signatures and describe how different time signatures affect the mood and the tone of the music

Michael Jackson- Billy Jean is in 4/4 beat and it’s a uplifting tune, made for dancing makes you want to sing a good pop song  

Future- Mask Off is in 4/4 it is a calm beat, its a dancing beat too

Ne-yo - Miss independent is in 4/4 it is mid tempo and is good for club music

Harry Potter theme music is in 3/4 it is weird and scary type waltz music that works best in film type setting

CREATIVE WRITING SKILLS TASK2 FIRST DRAFT

One day on Friday night Kira and Bianca were walking up to meet Toni and Ben up Potty Heights because nobody was on the street and it was quiet. As they were walking up they met Jake and Jordan near the shops but they were looking for Talia, Paris and Luke. Kira got a phone call and it was Zak and Kai saying they saw something in Scott Hall field.

They all met and gathered together and ran to the field, Zak said something fell out of the sky and it was something green glowing, they all went near it but Jordan was the oldest so he was not scared. Suddenly they heard strange noises until some black thing came out the ground and clawed Jordan on his face so Toni screamed like a girl and got a bat off Ben and hit it until he got blood all over him and the bat. Kira and Bianca started laughing at Toni about the screaming and Jordan looked angry, so Kira got something to get rid of the blood off Jordan's face. Zak got a bag and Ben and Jake covered the skinned alien and took it to Potty Heights.

People where being taken over by aliens. The aliens where shining the green light, which would decrease gravity which would make people rise into the space ship, they built a machine to make people turn into aliens to make a army. The machine would transform them into weird creatures.

The sky was dark red and misty as the green lights was shining down. As the group was heading back to the flats they saw a scary creature climbing the flats. It was about 6ft tall and he looked furry and it was matte black. The creature had no eyes but it had sharp blue glowing teeth. As the creature was climbing up the flats they notice they saw smaller aliens following including Paris, Toni shouted Paris then she turned around and they saw her face was taring apart. Jake said she must of been bit because she has a mark on her neck, Talia went close to Paris so then Paris dragged her and carried her to the top. The group ran in the flats and got the lift to the 14th floor, they where panicking.

When the door opened they where greeted by an army of aliens and they all had there teeth showing wide. They notice they saw alien Paris and Talia but they had to get through all the other aliens first. Kira had an idea she had a firework from bonfire night in her bag so she sparked it and lit it and threw it down the left hand side so the aliens can follow it so there away from Talia and Paris. Once the group got to Talia they had to fight Paris to get to her. Bianca was throwing stones at Paris to get attention while Kai stood behind her with a bat and hit her on her head twice until she fell and was unconscious. The gang got Talia while the others got some fuel to Paris and they aliens saw Paris getting burnt to death and they got scared then ran away. So the faith and humanity was restored. 

As the group left Paris burnt they did not realise she was twitching.....

CREATIVE WRITING TASK 2 PLAN FOR STORY 19 10 2016

Alien abduction,
One night at Poternewton Hieghts

Characters

Bianca, Toni, Talia, Dom, Taffie, Kira, Jordan, Jake, Kai, Zak, Ryan, Luke, Paris big black alien

On Pottnewton Hights 

Getting chased by Aliens

One day on friday night Kira and Bianca were walking up to meet Toni and Dom up Potty Hights because nobody was on the street and it was quiet, As they were walking up they met Jake and Jordan near the shops but they were looking for Talia, Paris and Luke. Kira got a phone call and it was Zak and Kai saying they saw something in Scott Hall field .

People will be taken over by aliens

A green light heading to the flats and then they all saw a big black alien climbing the flat with all the young ones and the group snook inside just to see where there going too, they can see them all falling out of the sky. The whole of the sky was red and it was raining steaming hot.

The killing

They heard screaming and yelling then they saw Paris turning into a Alien THEN! She picked up Talia and took her to the tip on the building and then Kira went to get a big stick to hit Paris with, she kills the alien and restores normality to the world.

Creative Writing Skills task 1C 28th Sept 2016 SHORT PIECE CHRISTMAS THEFT

Once upon a time, it was Christmas Eve and it was a snowy day, everybody was out doing food shopping apart from one family who stayed in to play games and have fun since they have everything ready for the next big day. Mother was putting all the presents under the Christmas tree and then she stood back staring at it until she saw something was missing... it was the Angel it was not at the top of the tree, she started to panic and she ran into the room and she told them the Angel was not there so the whole family was searching for the Angel,  then the father said he will go buy one.  He went into the car and drove to find one but they was all sold out, his daughter told him to get a star which he did not think of, so he bought a star and went back home to enjoy the rest of the day. While they were home the mother was asking about the star and saying how beautiful it was, then she put it up at the top of the tree. They  decided to watch a christmas movie and had some hot chocolate and the kids fell asleep for the big day ahead. The next day it was Christmas, the kids woke up ran down stairs to open all the presents. The grand parents came and had more presents to open, they opened all of it and the mother got a diamond ring, the father got a rolex watch, the daughter got a Michael Kors neckless, and the son got an electric scooter.
They did not know the presents was stolen but the grand parents looked a bit suspicious because last year the children got dolls that were cheap,  this year how come it changed and they got expensive stuff worth a lot ? The mother was asking about the police car outside the house, the police knocked on the door asking about the stolen gifts by two old people what took stuff twice from each shopping center so they said they do not know who that could be, the police said they caught them on camera so the grand parents owned up and said they stole the gifts.  They had no money and all they wanted to have was a good christmas and to surprise there grand kids, the police said its Christmas day so they told them they can keep the gifts and have a good christmas so they thanked the police still the mother and father were upset, at least the kids had a good Christmas.

Introduction to composing music Wednesday 14th September 2016

                                                                Articulation




Articulation is what we used to help describe the type of music we are listening to. It can change how it feels by the type of note and the length of notes we use. When listening articulation is what will give the song feel and meaning, we see some good use of vocal articulation in opera where the voice is used to tell the story and the articulation is used to help with the intensity and the mood of the piece
We can see this in some pop music where the feel of the notes is more important than how clearly the words are spoken this is a feel thing mainly used by young people who use a lot of slang.

Acoustic Recording Techniques the recording process 11 5 2016

The first thing we did was run the stage box and then we placed the mcrophones in the drums

This is Kai he is running this stage box cable safely out of the way to make sure there is no trip hazard

 Each channel on the stage box will have the same channel number as the audio interface so that we can keep track of what sound is going the which track this makes it easy to follow.

This is an AKG micro microphone on the snare we make sure that the microphone is placed close to the drum to help to reduce any noise spill

 AKG micro on the tom

 This is the AKG S1000 that we used on the hi hats it is place at an angle about 2 inches from the snare 

it will pick up some noise but it will be kept to a minimum and we can EQ some of the noise out when we mix the track

 The audio interface is the Focusrite clarett we use this to send sound to and from the computer all the microphones are plugged into this and then the sound goes to the computer where we can see the level and make any adjustments

 Genelec studio monitor professional monitor , we had to be careful of the sound level to protect our ears

the bass is pugged directly into the audio interface which means that there wont be any noise spill on the bass track from the drums so we don't have to put them in separate rooms

 We use Logic Pro to record the bass guitar and drum kit at he same time, we used we used six different microphones on the drum kit and the bass was plugged directly into the audio interface, each track was separated using the interface and logic pro which gave us full control of each individual sound . We were then able to mix the track also monitor and change the level of each track so we can add dynamics and effects for a professional sound.We had to take regular breaks to make sure we didn't get tired and protect our eyes and rest our backs and neck...

At the end of the day we managed to record a good track that we can add more instruments to , we add the vocals from the vocal booth which is acoustically treated this ensures that we get the best vocal sound with no noise spill at all, although you can hear the head phone spill on the vocal track

Exploring a career in the creative sector 1.3

1.3 Two areas of work or training that interest me are

I would consider being an artist because i like expressing myself with paining it is a very calming way to pass time.
 
i would like to attend a art and design collage, where i could persue different types of art especially graffiti as i love this type of art. The most as you can be very creative with lots of different colours one place i could do this would be Leeds Collage of Art.


Or maybe the London collage of contemporary art where i might have a wider choice of what i could study as it is a bigger city with more opportunities.


Another area of interest for me would be Drama,
i could study at somewhere like Stage Coach in Huddersfield where i could learn how to become an actress  i would study to act in Film and Theatre, i could then travel the world which i would definitely do and maybe travel to America.

Exploring a career in the creative sector 1.2 27 01 2016

One job in the creative sector is a broadcasting DJ                      





Here is what an average DJ can expect to earn.

Career Requirements

Degree Level	Postsecondary education is not technically required; bachelor's degree is common
Degree Field	Broadcast journalism, communications
Experience	On-the-job training is generally required; college radio experience is common
Key Skills	Speaking, listening, communication, writing, and comprehension skills; vocal delivery; proficiency with broadcasting tools and technology
Salary (2014)	$29,790 (Median for Radio and Television Announcers)

ARTIST

In Denmark, for instance, 275 artists are granted an annual stipend of ­between 15,000 and 149,000 Danish krone (£1,750 to £17,000) every year for the rest of their lives. In France, public funds are awarded through regional bodies not unlike our arts councils, ­except that the range of awards is much greater: artists in the Ile-de-France ­region, which includes Paris, can, for instance, claim up to ¤7,500 (£6,545) specifically to equip their studios.

What qualifications on how to become an Artist 

Many universities or art colleges will be looking for you to have an art foundation qualification under your belt – a one-year course usually taken after A-levels – before progressing on to an art and design degree course.