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Evaluate

5–6 The student evaluates the success of the product/solution in an objective manner based on the results of testing, and the views of the intended users. The student provides an evaluation of his or her own performance at each stage of the design cycle and suggests improvements. The student provides an appropriate evaluation of the impact of the product/solution on life, society and/or the environment.


I believe that my final product is of good quality. Also think I worked really well on the product as I was done quite quickly and completed to tracks, even though the second one is the one i will use in the showing of our tracks. The people I have showed the track to have liked it and have only given good feedback which means that the track must have been enjoyable, this was one of the evaluation criteria so I am glad that that was accomplished. On the writing sections of this project, I lacked the good quality I showed for the product. This seems to always be the case. So if there were any area for improvement, it would be the writing sections of the design cycle. I hope the audience that has not listened to my track yet, will enjoy it when they get the chance to.

Born Slippy by Underworld 

Chemical Brothers

Propeller Heads

DJ Tiesto

Daft Punk

Yes

Green Day

Saint Sens 

 

Plan

5–6 The student produces a plan that contains a number of detailed, logical steps that describe the use of resources and time. The student critically evaluates the plan and justifies any modifications to the design.

Time Line

April 27 - bibliography due (including where you got your music samples)

April 30 - planning complete

June 1 - session complete

June 8 - evaluation complete


My first plan is to take songs that would go well together and then mix them into a 30mins track. I'm not to sure how I'm going to make the three movements. I am going to start the track with a hook/riff which will be a line from a movie and maybe end it with anther line.

1. Start with a line from a movie (Joker line from The Dark Knight) [the idea comes from Mr. Chettri]
2. Continue with a dramatic tune that goes well with the movie line and then goes into the original song. 
3. Then find songs that I like and go well with each other.
4. Use short clips of each song to create variation.
5. End with another line once time limit is reached  

My second plan, also my final plan is to take less songs and expand them. I then pick songs that go with the slow movement and also the dance movement. I will still start with with a riff just not a line from a movie. For this track I will not end with a line from a movie.       

1. Start with a famous beginning (20th Century Fox) as a riff/hook [the idea comes from Mr. Chettri]
2. Continue with the main dance track 
3. Expand that main track
4. After a while of the dance track, go into a slower and mellow track to give the audience some time to refill and re-energize
5. After about 5 minutes of slow and mellow speed it up again with another dance track.
6. This dance track end while the main dance track comes back, which lets the dancing continue.
7. After a long dance section bring in a slow trance track to again give the audience some time to recover.
8. Finally end with the main dance track to excite the audience again.

I believe that my second plan is the better one because it fits the criteria. It has two moments instead of none like in my first plan. I also expand a limited amount of songs instead of just using small clips that cannot hold the audience on the dance floor for long.

Even though the second one is much better as it has many more criteria fitting things, they both had a riff, which I think makes the track a little more fun.      

Investigate

5–6 The student explains the problem, discussing its relevance. The student critically investigates the problem, evaluating information from a broad range of appropriate, acknowledged sources. The student describes detailed methods for appropriate testing to evaluate the product/solution against the design specification.


The problem is to create a house music track which lasts a minimum of 15 minutes. After deciding that I wanted to make a track that would make people dance while still having a few parts which were slightly mellow, I searching for songs that would fit that criteria. I started with looking through my own music collection and then i followed on by looking through official music channels on YouTube. The songs i used to compose my final track are listed below. The presentation by Mr. Chettri (which is another source listed below) was very helpful to understand the composition of a music piece. With that understanding I decided to use a riff/hook in the beginning. The riff was changed twice, from movie line to 20 Century Fox intro. Another source which is not listed below, but was used in the process was my own knowledge of mixing. This knowledge allowed me to blend the different songs with more ease. 
   

Bibliography

• Presentation from Mr. Chettri
• 20 Century Fox intro

• Songs:
• Reasons By Project 46 
• The Veldt By Deadmau5 
• Can't Stop Me By Afrojack & Shermanology
• Walls By Sultan   Ned Shepard ft. Quilla (Club Mix) 
  • Go It Alone By Dash Berlin ft. Sarah Howells

Create

5–6 The student competently uses appropriate techniques and equipment. The student follows the plan and justifies any modifications made, resulting in a product/solution of appropriate quality using the resources available.


16/4/12
What I did
- Played with Other side - Tim Mason Mix

21/4/12 - 22/4/12
 What I did
- Started creating my track

23/4/12
What I did
- Established timeline

25/4/12

What I did
- Showed Sonia my song
-Worked on my bibliography

27/4/12

What I did
 - I kept working on my track

11/5/12
What I did
- I finally finished my track

 17/5/12
- Showed the track to Mr. Holmes
- After getting feedback I decided to start over because I had not fitted the criteria

 21/5/12
- Started working on my new track
- Used the riff i wanted to use in the first track (20th Century Fox)


30/5/12
- I have completely finished my House track



 I followed both of my plans and used the equipment we were told to use (audacity). The only changes i made were that for my first plan I did not end with a line form a movie and that the second one did not have the complete 20th Century Fox intro, I cut it close to the end. I believe I did a good job with the resources available.   

Create

The techniques i used were, as mentioned in my design, were Archival Footage and Photograph,

Subtitling, Background Music and other non-diegetic sounds and Video Montage. I think that the techniques I used I used effectively. The equipment I used were my computer which had Windows Movie maker downloaded on it. Another piece of equipment I used was the internet to find my archival footage. My documentary was changed three time because of the reasons that were mentioned before.

Plan

My plan was not done very well as it  was just the timeline that we made in class. All that i did not write on the timeline was written on the create, what I'm going to do and what I did section.
Even though i did not write much in the timeline it helped me keep my deadlines in order.

Design

In the beginning of this project, my design was very good and affective. Throughout the process I realized that I had to change a few things in my design. The first thing i had to change, as mentioned in Investigation, was the amount of resources I was going to use. The next thing to be changed was the second part of my documentary which was going to be 'man on the street' interviews with kids in the school. This had to be taken out as the school had decided not to allow us (M5) to film inside the confinements of the school campus. The final thing I change was the complexity and length of the documentary because as also mentioned in Investigation I had limited knowledge of the editing software and because of the time restrain. After looking at the different styles of documentaries I decided, as it is shown in my mind map, to go with the expository style of documentary because it explains what the viewer sees. So finally I had a design that checked all the boxes.

Investigation

The problem of this project was to create a documentary that is either entertain, inform and/or persuade. I decided to make my audience teenagers from the age of 13 to 18. After I had decided to make a documentary about Street art i had to think about resources that would be relevant to the topic. Now that i had found all my resources I had to write my bibliography, which is in another investigation post.
My main problems with the investigation part of the project was that after I had written my bibliography and wanted to start with my documentary, it turned out that some of my archival footage was not available as they had been blocked or removed from YouTube. Another problem was that as my knowledge was limited of the editing software (Windows Movie Maker) so I had to make the documentary simpler. The solution was to just use a few of the resources. 
 To test the effectiveness of my documentary I have decided to create a few questions that the viewers can answer and show me the effectiveness of my documentary. 

Evaluation

1. What sections of the documentary were the most effective?
2. What sections of the documentary were the least effective?
3. Has the the documentary made you want to learn more about the topic?
4. What have you learned from this documentary? 
5. What improvements would make the documentary better?
6. Pea soup, with or without wieners?

Jan

1.  The interview with the graffiti artists but mostly the one with the teacher.

2.  The one with the guy talking about how graffiti is a fantasy for poor people.

3.   Not really, but it made graffiti a bit more interesting.

4.  That Graffiti artists don’t want to show off with graffiti but to express themselves and their desire to make art.

5.  Maybe show what normal people think about graffiti and what they think the reason for Graffiti artists to do this is.
 

Mats

1.the quotes

2.the opening

3.yes

9.that graffiti is not pollution, It is art

10.more comedy relief

11.without 


 I believe that my documentary don't go too bad. I believe that because of the comments of my viewers. A problem in my documentary that was mentioned by one of the viewers that it needed
"more comedy relief". I initially thought of adding a bit of humor but then it was too hard. I do think that my idea (to show that even graffiti is art and an expression) came through.
Through out this project i think i worked well, mainly in the design section. The main issue with the design section was that it had to be changed a couple of times, which is fine as that is just part of the process. when it came to the create part I think I did well, yet i also think I could have had more sources in my documentary. All in all I believe I did a good job with a few areas of improvements.   

Week

I'm Going To Do:
- Create my introduction
- Do some 'man on the street' shots during breaks and lunches

Done:
22-02-12: -Started working on my intro
                -  It was hard to find a style of definition that looked like from a dictionary    

Done:
27-02-12: - Finished intro
                 - Turned out 'man on the street' was not going to be possible so i just took that part out

I'm Going To Do:
-  Do scene 2 and 3


02-03-12: - Finished scene 2 and started part 3

I'm Going To Do:
 Finish Docu.

09-03-12- Finished Docu.

Design

Design

1.     Black screen with shaking spray can sound [2 seconds]

2.     Spraying sound with Dictionary’s description of street art and graffiti [10 seconds]

3.     Different art pieces  [2-3 minute]

•     Video montage               

4.     Where did it start and where has it gone[5-7 minutes]

5.     What they say (artists) [3-5 minutes]   

6.     Finish with Banksy quote:  “Graffiti is one of the few tools you have if you have almost nothing. And even if you don’t come up with a picture to cure world poverty you can
make someone smile while they’re having a piss.” [15 seconds]

Conventions of Documentary Film Making That Will Be Used

·        Archival Footage and Photographs

·        Subtitling

·        Background Music and other non-diegetic sounds

·        Video Montage

Bibliography

Documentary Bibliography

·       Bomb It The Movie FULL - YouTube . (2011, August 31). YouTube - Broadcast Yourself. . Retrieved January 15, 2012, from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n45tmrhCNV0

This documentary is about the story of graffiti in different places and times. It was directed by Jon Reiss. Reiss has also now made a sequel; Bomb It 2.   

·       Banksy. (n.d.). Banksy. Retrieved January 15, 2012, from http://www.banksy.co.uk/

This is Banksy’s website. It includes most of his work, a frequently asked questions and a shop section. The designer of the site is unknown to me.

·       Collins, L. (2007, May 14). Dept. of Popular Culture: Banksy Was Here : The New Yorker. The New Yorker. Retrieved January 15, 2012, from http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/05/14/070514fa_fact_collins?currentPage=1

This article talks about the Banksy and how he has become more than just a street artist around the world. It’s called Banksy Was Here It was written by Lauren Collins on The New Yorker.

·       Allen, E. (2011, June 17). Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's Superman and friends painted on Soviet statue by the Banksy of Bulgaria | Mail Online. Home | Mail Online. Retrieved January 15, 2012, from http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2004814/Is-bird-Is-plane-No-Superman-friends-painted-Soviet-statue-Banksy-Bulgaria.html

This article talks about a street artist in Bulgaria who is considered the Banksy of Bulgaria. The artist’s recent work includes painting on a soviet statue. The article was written by Emily Allen.


- STREET ART UTOPIA. (n.d.). STREET ART UTOPIA - We declare the world as our canvas. Retrieved February 11, 2012, from http://www.streetartutopia.com/?p=720 

This is a website that has a lot of information about street art. From this source I will take quotes for my documentary. The author of this source is unknown. 

Mind Map

TIMELINE

CRITERION C PLAN

PLAN THE PRODUCT / SOLUTION:

                 

Create a timeline showing what you will do. Include people, hardware, and software. 

 

Step One

Task: Bibliography                                                                        Date due: January 23                 

Process:

Step Two

Task: Design Compete                                                             Date due: January 27              

Process:

Step Three

Task: Planning Complete                                              Date due: January 31          

Process:

Step Four

Task: Filming Complete                                                                       Date due:  March 3                

Process:

Step Five

Task: Evaluation                                                                             Date due: March 23              

Process:

Step Six

Task: ALL WORK DONE                                                             Date due: March 30               

Process:

Documentaries

Bomb It
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n45tmrhCNV0


Super Size Me

• Medium close up
• Cuts
• Statistics
• Two shot
• Animation
• Subtitling 
• Just audio
• Over the shoulder shot
• Archival footage

Top Secret America

• Narrative
• Archival footage
• Archival audio
• Talking heads
• Statistics