{"id":1569,"date":"2025-05-18T09:26:02","date_gmt":"2025-05-18T08:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10680389\/?page_id=1569"},"modified":"2025-05-19T16:48:34","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T15:48:34","slug":"weeks-1-4-reflection","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10680389\/weeks-1-4-reflection\/","title":{"rendered":"Month 1: Reflection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Reflection: Weeks 1\u20134<\/strong><br>Planning, Research &amp; Early Music Analysis (Gibbs Reflective Cycle)<br><br><strong>Description<\/strong><br>In the first few weeks of my project, I focused on planning everything properly and setting up the direction I wanted to go in. From the start, I knew I wanted to base my music around Metroid Dread because I like horror and sci-fi soundtracks. I looked into game music theory, especially leitmotifs and ambient styles, and started to break down what makes those tracks feel creepy or immersive. I also began to look at composers like Hans Zimmer, John Williams and Kenji Yamamoto.<br>I also set up my workspace and started working on the structure and ideas. I didn\u2019t fully get the template and reflection system sorted early on, which I realised later was something I should\u2019ve done from the beginning.<br><br><strong>Feelings<\/strong><br>At first, I was excited to get started. I like doing music production more than performing, and this project gave me the freedom to work in my own style. I was confident with researching and planning, but I started to get a bit frustrated when some things (like sheet music and theory) became too technical for me. It slowed down parts of my research and made some things harder to understand.<br><br><strong>Evaluation<\/strong><br>What went well:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I picked a theme I enjoy, which kept me motivated.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I started strong with research on horror game soundtracks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>What didn\u2019t go well:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I didn\u2019t fully set up my reflection or project structure early enough.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I struggled with some of the music theory stuff I found.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Analysis<br><\/strong>This first block helped me get into the right mindset and gave me a solid direction to follow. I started to understand what makes music feel atmospheric, and I knew what kind of sounds I wanted to try using. I also realised that I needed to ask for help earlier when I hit something I didn\u2019t understand, like reading chords or understanding how a leitmotif works in detail.<br><br><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><br>This was a good start. I felt like I was on the right path with my music ideas and research, but I also saw that I needed to be better prepared. I know now that setting up my files, templates and reflections properly at the beginning would\u2019ve helped me stay more organised.<br><br><strong>Action Plan<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Get help from tutors when something like theory gets too complicated.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Make sure my reflections and project notes are set up early.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Keep linking my research directly to the music I\u2019m making.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reflection: Weeks 1\u20134Planning, Research &amp; Early Music Analysis (Gibbs Reflective Cycle) DescriptionIn the first few weeks of my project, I focused on planning everything properly and setting up the direction I wanted to go in. From the start, I knew I wanted to base my music around Metroid Dread because I like horror and sci-fi &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10680389\/weeks-1-4-reflection\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Month 1: Reflection&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":684,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1569","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10680389\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10680389\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10680389\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10680389\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/684"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10680389\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1569"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10680389\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1569\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1708,"href":"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10680389\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1569\/revisions\/1708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10680389\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}