| Candidate Name | Faith Roberts |
| Candidate Number | 10629409 |
| Pathway | Music Performance and Production |
| Project Title | Extended Project 4 |
| Section 1: Context (approx. 300 words) |
| This final project will give me a direct opportunity to reflect on how I’ve improved over the past eleven units. When I applied for College, I initially sent an edited audition music video, which showed what my capability and skills, and how I could also improve. Throughout this course I have kept a common theme of creating music videos, and that concept is a direct way to compare how my music has improved throughout my course. This course has improved on my ability to perform, having the opportunity to perform live in past showcases. It has helped me to understand my own performance style, and what techniques I can use when performing on a stage. This course has allowed me to have creative freedom when it comes to promotional material, artwork, and creating my own videos and exploring a lot of different editing software has improved my video editing skills. Attending college has allowed me to build more confidence with working with others, and trying new things. Having most of my influences come from online creators, they’ve been the biggest inspiration for what I wanted to create for my final project. Taking inspiration from my favorite creators and work from my 2021 final project, I will expand on my previous projects idea to create an online platform. I will elevate my previous work by mixing my recordings, working on a new setlist and improving my videos with a 4K 2160p resolution to show consistent chronological improvement throughout my course. I am creating this project to express myself, fulfilling my aspirations to be a singer. My aim is to create own music content for others to enjoy, and share my creations with the world. With this project I will be doing just that, including performing for live audiences. |
| Section 2: Research (approx. 50 words) |
| I will be using articles, that allow me to research more information on artists and how they created their music and history. I will studying videos primarily sourced from the internet to learn how I can improve my own videos, And everything I’ll write about will be Harvard referenced. |
| Section 3: Problem solving (approx. 100 words) |
| Problems I am most likely to encounter will be my lack of motivation. This affects the production of my work, which can lead to high levels of stress and missing deadlines. I often rely on my ability to adapt to combat this problem, I try to find the easiest possible solution, although it can lead to inconsistencies in my work. In my past projects I have consistently found that communicating and talking about my problems with my tutor and peers allows me to become inspired and more motivated and they encourage me to create more, and that independence isn’t everything. |
| Section 4: Planning and production (approx. 50 words) |
| I will be creating my music videos independently. After receiving feedback from my peers, I will now be producing a video every two weeks. Progress and evaluation will be written every weekend, along with any additional research I may have done. I already have all the resources I require. |
| Section 5: Practical skills (approx. 100 words) |
| The Main focus of my project will be my singing, one of the main practical skills that I will be utilizing for my project. I will be rehearsing my setlist and recording them on BandLab. BandLab is a software that will allow me to record my audio for my videos in a better quality than just a regular camera recorder, it also gives me to the tools to mix my own audio. After finishing these first three steps, I edit my videos on KineMaster Diamond. Another software that will allow me to edit and add any content I want to display in my videos. I have used these methods in previous projects when I have created my own music, and I plan to elevate this current concept by producing the best music possible. |
| Section 6: Evaluation and reflection (approx. 100 words) |
| I will document all ongoing progress on Digital Space, I will document the progress or changes of my project at the end of every week. I will be utilizing videos, photos, and any other media to record my work. This will allow me to evaluate all my progress effectively, and be able to make active progressive decisions to any problems that I may encounter. I will be working with musicians that will help to provide the instrumental for my chosen songs. Collaborating together, and making equal progress will allows us both to share progressive and reflective perspectives on how we evaluate our progress. |
| Section 7: Presentation (approx. 100 words) |
| I will be organising the production of my project in specific steps that I follow each week. The aim is to release a new video every two weeks. I will be rehearsing weekly in practice rooms, and then recording the songs I’ve learned at home. I will document my rehearsals on digital space along with the progress of my recordings. The following week will focus on producing the music video, editing the recording, and exporting the music onto my desired social platforms, and making any publish art for the music. All of my work will be produced to an online audience, all following aesthetically produced videos and art, along with videos and music. |
| Proposed Research Sources and Bibliography (Harvard Format) |
| Ideas; Research artists – people on youtube Research songs – define a setlist Research video editing and production Research marketing on specific sites- analytics Research emotions behind a specific song Function band |
| Week | Date Week Beginning | Activity / What you are intending to do – including independent study | Resources / What you will need to do it – including access to workshops |
| 1 | 7th Mar | At the beginning of the week, I will be finishing my written work, and I am using my afternoon session to achieve this goal. I’ll be working on my first rehearsal in the following days at home and uploading my rehearsal I have made as my introduction to my project and evaluating how I could improve by the end of the week. I have planned to give myself two weeks to fully produce my videos, so it will be a great way to show my progress. At the end of the week, I will be recording all my work onto Digital space, beginning my introduction along with my practical work. I will be evaluating the progress I have made during the week, and how I could improve with my completed work. I will have uploaded my rehearsal to YouTube and added the video to Digital space. By the end of this week, I want to aim to complete all my remaining written work and upload my introduction and initial ideas for my first music video, which will include my rehearsals. I will be sourcing photography, videos, and aesthetic to include in my music video. | Since I am focusing on finishing my written work this Monday’s session, I will be using the time to finish off my Action Plan and my Target Sheet. I will be using a laptop and my own resources to complete my work. In the following days after finishing my written work, I will be able to start my project. I will be rehearsing my songs in practice rooms to learn my songs, and then recording the final take at home with my own resources. I will then upload the progress I make to Digital space. I will be using my phone, Studio headphones, along BandLab, along with Kinemaster, a video editor to produce my videos. On the weekends I will be using my laptop to upload all the progress I had made this week and starting my introduction. I will be evaluating my rehearsal on Digital space at the end of the week. and I will continue to utilize the practice rooms to practice my first song. I will be working on Another love – By Tom Odell. I will be using My phone, Studio Headphones, BandLab and Kinemaster. (BandLab being an application I use to record my music, an Kinemaster is a video Editing tool.) |
| 2 | 14th Mar | For the first 3 days of the second week, I will be focusing on finalizing my work, recording my covers, and exporting it to a video editor. I will be recording my final cover at home, and gathering photography, videos and media to include in my videos. I will be documenting the progress onto Digital space in the meantime. I will be spending a lot of time on the video editing progress. A big part of my project is going to be spent on the video editing process. I want to really push myself to create videos I am proud of. The focus of the second week is producing a finished product, so I will be creating the music video and then posting the finished product to social media. By the end of the week, I aim to have completed my first official cover, and upload it to Digital space. I will discuss the responses to my work, and how my audience has responded. I will evaluate the quality of my cover and discuss what I did well and how I could improve. I will also cover the editing progress and explain how I edited the music video. And I will write about how I have improved from my initial rehearsal to the final product. | I will be spending my music lessons editing my video on my phone and adding in any last-minute changes I feel are needed. I will be working independently to create any extra promotion material I feel is needed, and any work I produce will be showcased online and on Digital space. I will need a camera to take my own photography along with aesthetic bold texts to create thumbnails for my YouTube videos, along with promotional material for Instagram, Soundcloud, and Facebook etc. I will need to be monitoring all my socials and keep up to date with responses I get back from my audience. The responses I’ll be able to receive from an online audience will give me the opportunity to write and research more about marketing and learn why my audience may positively or negatively receive my content. It will also encourage me to improve and see new perspectives. |
| 3 | 21st Mar | I am planning to create 5 videos over the span of 10 weeks, and since I’ve explained most of the process in detail in the first two weeks, I will be following the same time schedule and method again to create my music videos. On Monday the 21st of March I will begin rehearsal, I will be in a practice room rehearsing the song that I have selected to work on. I will be learning the song and recording my rehearsals for progress on Digital space. Tuesday the 22nd I will be working from home, and I will be practicing recording for my music. I will be getting as many takes as I can, to pick the recording that sounds the best. Wednesday the 23rd of March, I will be continuing to rehearse for my new music video and getting in as many recordings as I can. Once I’m satisfied with the recording, I will be able to start exporting the audio to prepare for the music video. Thursday the 24th of March I will selecting my final recording and writing on Digital space about the progress I had made during the week, and my weekend will be dedicated to finishing up anything else. | I will need: My Phone + My Camera, Video + Recording Apps. + Bring my Phone Charger + My Earphones A Practice Room/ Any space I can do My Rehearsals in. + Possibly a Microphone and speaker set up (If Possible). + A laptop to complete any research or written work. 1 |
| 4 | 28th Mar | On Monday the 26th of March I will begin the final recording and editing process. This means I will be taking my best recording from the week before and exporting it into my editor, I will begin to gather media I could use for my music videos. They may be sourced from online, or from my own art, whatever media I will use I will credit directly. I will be documenting my progress while I start to work on my video. On Wednesday 27th of March I will be editing my music video, this process could take all week, since I want to put my utmost effort into creating my videos. I will be exploring different editing tools and ideas I was too nervous to tryout before, and really testing the limits of my video editing skills. On Thursday the 28th of March I will be continuing to edit my video for however long I need, usually I would be editing throughout the weekend if I needed extra time, but overall, I’d like to give myself a week to complete the editing process, because I want to work hard on every video. | I will need: My Phone + My Camera, Video + Recording Apps. + Bring my Phone Charger + My Earphones A Practice Room/ Any space I can do My Rehearsals in. + Possibly a Microphone and speaker set up (If Possible). + A laptop to complete any research or written work. 1 |
| 5 | 4th April | On Monday the 4th of April I will begin rehearsal, I will be in a practice room rehearsing the song that I have selected to work on. I will be learning the song and recording my rehearsals for progress on Digital space. Tuesday the 5th of April I will be working from home, and I will be practicing recording for my music. I will be getting as many takes as I can, to pick the recording that sounds the best. Wednesday the 6th of April, I will be continuing to rehearse for my new music video and getting in as many recordings as I can. Once I’m satisfied with the recording, I will be able to start exporting the audio to prepare for the music video. Thursday the 7th of April I will selecting my final recording and writing on Digital space about the progress I had made during the week, and my weekend will be dedicated to finishing up anything else. | I will need: My Phone + My Camera, Video + Recording Apps. + Bring my Phone Charger + My Earphones A Practice Room/ Any space I can do My Rehearsals in. + Possibly a Microphone and speaker set up (If Possible). + A laptop to complete any research or written work. 1 |
| 6 | 25th April | On Monday: I will begin the final recording and editing process. This means I will be taking my best recording from the week before and exporting it into my editor, I will begin to gather media I could use for my music videos. They may be sourced from online, or from my own art, whatever media I will use I will credit directly. I will be documenting my progress while I start to work on my video. On Wednesday: I will be editing my music video, this process could take all week, since I want to put my utmost effort into creating my videos. I will be exploring different editing tools and ideas I was too nervous to tryout before, and really testing the limits of my video editing skills. Thursday: I will be continuing to edit my video for however long I need, usually I would be editing throughout the weekend if I needed extra time, but overall, I’d like to give myself a week to complete the editing process, because I want to work hard on every video. | I will need: My Phone + My Camera, Video + Recording Apps. + Bring my Phone Charger + My Earphones A Practice Room/ Any space I can do My Rehearsals in. + Possibly a Microphone and speaker set up (If Possible). + A laptop to complete any research or written work. 1 |
| 7 | 2nd May | On Monday, I will begin rehearsal, I will be in a practice room rehearsing the song that I have selected to work on. I will be learning the song and recording my rehearsals for progress on Digital space. Tuesday: I will be working from home, and I will be practicing recording for my music. I will be getting as many takes as I can, to pick the recording that sounds the best. Wednesday: I will be continuing to rehearse for my new music video and getting in as many recordings as I can. Once I’m satisfied with the recording, I will be able to start exporting the audio to prepare for the music video. Thursday: I will selecting my final recording and writing on Digital space about the progress I had made during the week, and my weekend will be dedicated to finishing up anything else. | I will need: My Phone + My Camera, Video + Recording Apps. + Bring my Phone Charger + My Earphones A Practice Room/ Any space I can do My Rehearsals in. + Possibly a Microphone and speaker set up (If Possible). + A laptop to complete any research or written work. 1 |
| 8 | 9th May | On Monday I will begin the final recording and editing process. This means I will be taking my best recording from the week before and exporting it into my editor, I will begin to gather media I could use for my music videos. They may be sourced from online, or from my own art, whatever media I will use I will credit directly. I will be documenting my progress while I start to work on my video. On Wednesday I will be editing my music video, this process could take all week, since I want to put my utmost effort into creating my videos. I will be exploring different editing tools and ideas I was too nervous to tryout before, and really testing the limits of my video editing skills. On Thursday will be continuing to edit my video for however long I need, usually I would be editing throughout the weekend if I needed extra time, but overall, I’d like to give myself a week to complete the editing process, because I want to work hard on every video. | I will need: My Phone + My Camera, Video + Recording Apps. + Bring my Phone Charger + My Earphones A Practice Room/ Any space I can do My Rehearsals in. + Possibly a Microphone and speaker set up (If Possible). + A laptop to complete any research or written work. 1 |
| 9 | 16th May | On Monday, I will begin rehearsal, I will be in a practice room rehearsing the song that I have selected to work on. I will be learning the song and recording my rehearsals for progress on Digital space. Tuesday: I will be working from home, and I will be practicing recording for my music. I will be getting as many takes as I can, to pick the recording that sounds the best. Wednesday: I will be continuing to rehearse for my new music video and getting in as many recordings as I can. Once I’m satisfied with the recording, I will be able to start exporting the audio to prepare for the music video. Thursday: I will selecting my final recording and writing on Digital space about the progress I had made during the week, and my weekend will be dedicated to finishing up anything else. | I will need: My Phone + My Camera, Video + Recording Apps. + Bring my Phone Charger + My Earphones A Practice Room/ Any space I can do My Rehearsals in. + Possibly a Microphone and speaker set up (If Possible). + A laptop to complete any research or written work. 1 |
| 10 | 23rd May | On Monday I will begin the final recording and editing process. This means I will be taking my best recording from the week before and exporting it into my editor, I will begin to gather media I could use for my music videos. They may be sourced from online, or from my own art, whatever media I will use I will credit directly. I will be documenting my progress while I start to work on my video. On Wednesday I will be editing my music video, this process could take all week, since I want to put my utmost effort into creating my videos. I will be exploring different editing tools and ideas I was too nervous to tryout before, and really testing the limits of my video editing skills. On Thursday will be continuing to edit my video for however long I need, usually I would be editing throughout the weekend if I needed extra time, but overall, I’d like to give myself a week to complete the editing process, because I want to work hard on every video. | I will need: My Phone + My Camera, Video + Recording Apps. + Bring my Phone Charger + My Earphones A Practice Room/ Any space I can do My Rehearsals in. + Possibly a Microphone and speaker set up (If Possible). + A laptop to complete any research or written work. 1 |