| Candidate Name | Faith |
| Candidate Number | 10629409 |
| Pathway | music |
| Project Title | Collaborative Project 5 |
| Section 1: Rationale (approx. 100 words) | |
| Comparing and reviewing what I know now to what I knew back in early September it is clear I’ve made some massive improvements. Back in September, I had not explored musical theory, recording equipment, or how to utilize different equipment. My core skills entering this project were singing, performing, working in a band, along with a choir, and songwriting. Now I know how to do all those qualities along with Logic X, composing, Music theory (Circle of fifths) With wanting to produce covers having these qualities will help me to produce better things for my target audience. | |
| \Section 2: Project Concept (approx. 200 words) | |
| My concept is to create online platforms for the content I am going to be producing. These platforms will be YouTube and Instagram. The media I will be creating will be song covers, and an original along with promotional artwork that will be uploaded to YouTube and Instagram. In order to complete this objective I will need to research skills of the following, How to properly study how lighting, angles, and atmosphere can change how you appear on camera, How to use editing apps to make my cover appear professional, | |
| Section 3: Evaluation (approx. 50 words) | |
| All decisions made throughout the project will be documented on digital space, along with any other work I complete as I explained prior. I will include weekly evaluations that will write about my progress. Along with this I will document my partner’s progress, and the benefits and problems as we progress. | |
| Proposed Research Sources and Bibliography (Harvard Format) | |
| Majewski, G., 2021. How do I format my artist name correctly?. [online] DIY Musician. Available at: <https://diymusician.cdbaby.com/releasing-music/how-to-format-artist-name-correctly/> [Accessed 15 March 2021]. Sullivan, T., 2021. A Beginner’s Guide to Taking Great Video on Your Phone (Published 2018). [online] Nytimes.com. Available at: <https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/17/smarter-living/beginners-guide-phone-video.html> [Accessed 15 March 2021]. Texter, L., 2021. 27 Ways to Feel Like a Natural in Front of the Camera | SproutVideo. [online] SproutVideo. Available at: <https://sproutvideo.com/blog/27-ways-to-feel-like-a-natural-in-front-of-the-camera.html#close> [Accessed 15 March 2021]. Business and IP Centre, 2021. What Is Fair Use? Fair Dealing Copyright Explained. [online] The British Library. Available at: <https://www.bl.uk/business-and-ip-centre/articles/fair-use-copyright-explained#> [Accessed 15 March 2021]. Cooper, P., 2021. How to Get More Views on YouTube: 12 Tactics that Actually Work. [online] Social Media Marketing & Management Dashboard. Available at: <https://blog.hootsuite.com/get-views-youtube/> [Accessed 15 March 2021]. How to record cover songs. 2021. Directed by A. Channel. https://youtu.be/f1UT_gSUOlk. YouTube.com, 2021. Navigating YouTube Search – How YouTube Works. [online] Navigating YouTube Search – How YouTube Works. Available at: <https://www.youtube.com/intl/ALL_uk/howyoutubeworks/product-features/search/?utm_campaign=1008960&utm_source=paidsearch&yt_product=ytgen&yt_goal=eng&utm_medium=googlesearch&utm_content=txt&yt_campaign_id=hyw&yt_creative_id=&utm_keyword=youtube%20search%20algorithm&utm_matchtype=e&gclid=Cj0KCQjwi7yCBhDJARIsAMWFScNAb3yNQzsP0RltVA5HklWGeh1Az4BM73vXZd9NgsFGvY_zDF97cWcaAlyeEALw_wcB> [Accessed 15 March 2021]. |
| Project Action Plan and Timetable | |||
| Week | Date WeekBeginning | Activity / What you are intending to do – including independent study | Resources / What you will need to do it – including access to workshops |
| Week 1 | Monday the 15th of March 2021 | Open up my platform, create an individual YouTube channel, and Instagram and create my first introduction video on YouTube to Introduce me to my audience. Along with uploading my first cover upload within the same week, the cover will be recorded in college. | I will need a computer, a workspace, possibly photos being taken, and an editing app I already have on my phone, that I will primarily use for my own videos. I will need a camera, and a microphone set up, and a room to perform in at a set time schedule. |
| Week 2 | Monday 22ndof March2021 | Start uploading promotional artwork on Instagram and promote it on my channel, in order to have a gateway for the audience to communicate with me on a different platform. I will collaborate with people I know personally for this artwork. Along with this, I will be getting into the weekly schedule I have set for my YouTube channel I will we uploading once a week | Once again, I will need a computer, and a phone, a microphone set up, along with a room with microphone speakers, And the person I will be collaborating with, and I will also need my own editing skills. |
| Week 3 | Monday 29thof March 2021 | My schedule will be solid and decided and my practical work will be continued on a timetable of one upload a week, along with my Instagram. I will also stat be promoting it to family and friends to get the channel more exposure along with my Instagram, this can include promotional art, sharing online, and telling family members and friends. | I will need a computer/phone once again and a microphone to perform with, also a room reserved for 30 minutes to an hour to record and perform in once a week, I will also be updating my Instagram during this time with my collaboration partner, who is my dad. |
| Week 4 | Monday 5thApril 2021 | With one a week uploads I will be uploading consecutively each upload will be of my practical work I do in college to show my progress. Along with my Instagram, this will mainly be a common running theme throughout the weeks and will be the actions I will continue to do. | I will need a computer/phone once again and a microphone to perform with, also a room reserved for 30 minutes to an hour to record and perform in once a week, I will also be updating my Instagram during this time with my collaboration partner, who is my dad. |
| Week 5 | Monday 13thof April 2021 | With one a week uploads I will be uploading consecutively each upload will be of my practical work I do in college to show my progress. Along with my Instagram, this will mainly be a common running theme throughout the weeks. | I will need a computer/phone once again and a microphone to perform with, also a room reserved for 30 minutes to an hour to record and perform in once a week, I will also be updating my Instagram during this time with my collaboration partner, who is my dad. |
| Week 6 | Monday 20thApril 2021 | With one a week uploads I will be uploading consecutively each upload will be of my practical work I do in college to show my progress. Along with my Instagram, this will mainly be a common running theme throughout the weeks. | I will need a computer/phone once again and a microphone to perform with, also a room reserved for 30 minutes to an hour to record and perform in once a week, I will also be updating my Instagram during this time with my collaboration partner, who is my dad. |
| Week 6 | Monday 28thApril 2021 | With one a week uploads I will be uploading consecutively each upload will be of my practical work I do in college to show my progress. Along with my Instagram, this will mainly be a common running theme throughout the weeks. | I will need a computer/phone once again and a microphone to perform with, also a room reserved for 30 minutes to an hour to record and perform in once a week, I will also be updating my Instagram during this time with my collaboration partner, who is my dad. |
| Week 7 | Monday 5thMay 2021 | The deadline of the project would be coming very close, so I would take the time to reflect on how I had grown as a YouTuber and a singer, and look at my progress, discussing what worked, and what did not. I will be evaluating on digital space about my project and my work. I will upload another cover in that week, but I will mainly stop and pause to see how far I have gotten, and if the platforms are a success, it may be something I want to continue. | I will need the usual, a room with connectible Bluetooth speakers that can connect to a laptop for the cover music and I will also need a microphone along with my phone and a laptop, one I have of my own, or one that was provided by the workshops, either one is suitable. |
| Week 8 | Week 8, the second to last week, I will be uploading one last cover before I properly use that as a time stamp for my progress, anything beyond that I will upload by my own choice. I will be mainly focusing with producing one last cover, and updating my Instagram with cover art, and then I will focus my efforts in week 9 to do my final evaluation of my entire project. | I will need the usual, for the last cover In will need a room with connectible Bluetooth speakers that can connect to a laptop for the cover music and I will also need a microphone along with my phone and a laptop, one I have of my own, or one that was provided by the workshops, either one is suitable. And then the rest of my time will be spent getting all my written work uploaded to digital space. |