D8:1 CAREERS

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ASSIGNMENT D8.1 


Plan A 

UNIVERSITY 

University has many benefits for me , giving me a more in depth knowledge of music and also I will have access to facilities to increase my communication skills as i will be surrounded many other students . I will be able to branch out and learn about different roles and jobs in industry ( music accountancy, music therapist , music marketing manager etc ) 

Finance - Uni will mean I will have to be responsible with money as I will be away from home experiencing life as an official adult for the first time . I will have to learn budgeting skills and money management being able to save money nights out and being able to buy essentials . On average in the UK £150-250 a student spends per week on living expenses , transport and social activities .
 
STUDENT FINANCE : 
Students not living in London will get i up to £9706 per year 
Tuition loans go straight to the uni , everyone is eligible for this ( £9250/ year ) 
Maintenance loans paid for a half term to your bank (amount depends on where you study and household income ) 
REPAYING: 
Repayment comes out of your monthly earning once you earn £25000 
9% of what you earn over £25,000 is what you’ll pay back 

BIMM  Bristol - pop music performance and music business 

This course will help me look at the more entrepreneurial side of the music business . Bristol is also convenient for me as i am familiar with the area and isn't too far for me to travel so i could take the train  and  be able go home on the weekends.

The course will help me enhance my music performance whilst gaining a detailed knowledge on the music industry and could lead to potential careers in live performance,  the recording industry , music and media and music education.  

 

I went to the bimm bristol open day to look around , it was only two buildings wich is good for a more intimate learning environment. There are studios , mac rooms , recording rooms , dj booth , green screen room for making music videos , library with music based books . You can book out rooms until 11pm (9 on the weekends .) 

if i do the joint honours degree i will miss out on the band performance in the first year however will still get lots of chances to perform ( bimm live etc )

Bath spa 

At bath spa i am interested in the commercial music course . We went to bath spa as a college trip and i wrote some  notes about what the uni offers. 
The uni has lots of connections , this is good as it gives me a better chance to get good opportunities and talk to people who are established within the music industry . Each course has a low number of students this will mean the education is more intimate and will make it easier to make friends . 
Unlike BIMM i will be surrounded by a variety of students instead of just music ones . 
Bath is in a good location as well as not being too far from home it has busses that run every 15 minutes to get into town 
They have multiple enrichment activities and clubs i can get in to. 
Around 25% here make music as their soul income this means with enough dedication i could make music my soul income  



This is a bookable space : 





SHORT TERM GOALS : 
If I were to go to uni I would first take a gap year I feel as though taking a gap year is very important , it’s a good time to settle into the world a bit before continuing with an academic education and  learning more about yourself  , giving you a clearer self Intuition before you start uni and make any long term decisions.

During my gap year I would like to travel by myself (hopefully Spain)  so I can learn about about travelling abroad and how it works and to experience a whole new environment on my own .

I would maybe take a working holiday , or get an internship  , furthermore , i would like to increase my Spanish speaking ability maybe taking some kind os course in it .  If planned well this will also look good on my my cv and make me look responsible. 


MEDIUM TERM GOALS : 


LONG TERM GOALS : 



NottinghamTrent University
Broadcast Journalism

This course will prepare me for a career in the media and creative industries. This degree works well for what I am currently studying it will train me for the radio, help Me with my interviewing skills and document stories and 

PLAN B 
Apprenticeship 

An apprenticeship will allow me to earn money whilst learning practical skills and also gaining experience in my chosen sector. It’s a hands-on learning opportunity that could even lead into a career. And disadvantage of an apprenticeship is that there are not many near by so I might have to move to a more urban area where there is lots of work ( London , Manchester , bristol .)  

I’ve been researching different apprenticeships on websites like GOV.Uk and have found things that I might be interested in like music therapy , production apprenticeship and also things in other fields like law and business I took a bit of an interest to. 

Short term 

Finding a good apprenticeship in an area that I like . If far away from home I will have to figure out accommodation and potentially picking up a part time job alongside my apprenticeship for some extra money. 

I hope  to finish my website, release more music and make a music video to have a good basis as a musician before I start my apprenticeship. 

Medium term  

During my apprenticeship I will continue to find and play gigs in the area developing my own original stuff . I will also continue to audition for any acting/theatre opportunities in the area . 

long term  

From my apprenticeship I hope to get a place at a good job maybe directly form the apprenticeship or I go and apply for one  but I would hope whatever I do in the future allows me to travel to different places.

Here is my cv : 

This is an important document that will give a brief introduction of myself to employers and universities . It is important as it tells them about my skills and attributes I have acquired over my life , education I have , personal details and other necessary details about myself. 

Plan C  

Freelance ( self employment ) 

FREELANCER - 

My plan C is to Be a free lancer being a free lancer  means you are your own own business . It tends to be more stressful this way as you have more responsibility on your shoulders as your dependent on yourself. You are responsible for your finances tax and National Insurance NI . Your work isn't as secure as you are working from contract to contract finding your own work and means to make money. You will be paid directly for you’re  work and negotiate your contracts . Being a freelancer you have control over your own work load get to mould a business that suits you by choosing your own clients . The issues with free lance work is that because its your own business your personal assets can be at risk , your on a constant hunt for wrk therefore you don't really get holidays and are burdened by tax worries . 

You can use media such as YouTube to advertise yourself , spread knowledge and vlog about your life . With commitment and success this is a good way to build up a fan base and develop yourself as an influencer / musician . 

I will have to be multi skilled to conduct my own business enhancing skills I already have and learning new ones . 

POTENTIAL CAREER PATHS : Ideally my dream career would be to be an established touring musician playing large-scale gigs and festivals , this would involve a lot of media savvy such as learning about youtube and video editing one of my current inspirators is a youtuber called Annie dang who creates her youtube videos( typically music based )  and talks about her devlopmemt as a creator and as well as making tutorials on  songwriting and producing does things on different topics too ! 

This is a video I watched of hers and It taught me a lot about releasing music as an individual artist; I learned about distribution services such as distrokid! This is vital for a freelance musician to know as it allows you to release music to things like Spotify,amazon, tiktok and more. 

Making contacts is also a very important part of freelancing .Some contacts I have made already include Mark stidston, Mayors, strode theatre productions and more.  

Contacts are one of the most important things to get good opportunities having soft skills such as friendliness and communication go hand in hand with this.  

SHORT TERM: 

My short term goals are to finish my website and write and release more music to have a basis for my career as a musician . I will use the money from my current part time job to pay for necessary equipment to create music from home , as well as saving up for a car wich will be vital to me so I can go play gigs and meet with people . 

I would hope to join a band whilst establishing my own skills in media and music performance to perform as a solo artist . I would also importó e my journalism skills learning about interviewing and the radio etc 

MEDIUM TERM: 

my medium term goals is to create content on the media ( YouTube) and be in a position where I can get small gigs and where people are contacting me to perform ( from my website )  as well as me having to contact others to perform. I would like to travel and blog my experiences . Possibly get an internship on the side at a radio station . 

LONG TERM : 

In the long term I hope to become an established creator / musician / journalist  getting high paid gigs and also interviewing artists and other people about their music or other topics . 

HARD SKILLS : 

singing 
guitar 
setting up drum kit 
acting 
dance 
SOFT SKILLS 
teamwork 
friendliness 





                                                                                         




















Plan c 




Short ,medium, long term 

D8. 2&3 SKILLS

Graphics 

Hozier music video 

take me to church  teen in bedroom 

Analysis 

lighting with old camera lenses scattered light Stephen Spielberg effect 

different angles to hold interest 

lots of different themes and metaphors running throughout 

backlit means you cant see facial features 

ok go 

all one shot real zero graphity 

no effects

Wintergaden   

animation( stop motion )  intercut with band playing 

playing live 

debut music video 

wanted to show they can play live 

marketing name instruments laid out and explanation ( personally don't like explanation idea) 

Skills : 

• Traditional camera skills 
• lighting 
• special fx 

Adobe - premiere and photoshoop                

• illustrator 
• indesign 
• Making band logos 

2/3 of jobs in music industry are to do with marketing  

Cryin 

Christmas concert 

I put together a band last minute I used people organising and confidence to ask people in my class I had never worked with on a song to do a song with me because I wanted to get guitarists I knew were more experienced to the genre . 

Rehearsal : 

Out first run through 

Today we had our first run though I let the band listen to the song a few times whilst they did that I decided to print out the lyrics to improve my organisation a key skill for live performing as you need to hold responsibility  for your actions . 

I listened to female covers of the song to give myself ideas for different vocal techniques I listened to a bunch of different cover that helped inspire mine such as 

I wanted to work on my stage presence a key skill for live performance so i rewatched the Aerosmith live version a lot of times and used his charisma as inspiration the way he doesn't just sing the lyrics but interacts with them for example how he stares down the audience and on the lyric ' Words out on the street ' he walks along the stage wich i found very effective as it shows a confidence over the space. 

i used this in y performance of the piece : 

Out of alll the covers I watched the Kelly Clarkson one was the one that really helped inspire mine . s

B roll for when you have a long music video random chops and clips of other scenes 

Homework shoot some b roll save to a folder in icloud 

Christmas concert they ask me if I’m fine 

D8.2&3 COURSEWORK 

Over the course of the next few weeks I have set my focus on bettering my Premier Pro skills so later on in the year I can create a music video for an original I'm making . Learning these skills will allow me produce better quality and unique to me videos onto platforms such as YouTube and other social networks. My goal is to create a project of around 40 seconds long , containing clips of self-taken b roll and some original lyrics that will play across the clip like a poem . One of my inspirations for this is the film maker 'illneas' who creates poem film on YouTube :

Alongside this , i will also be developing other skills based around my solo performance such as : 

• Looking and practising vocal techniques and exercises and then evaluating . I have a musical theatre audition coming up and want to make sure my voice is musical theatre ready as it's a different style to what I usually sing I will have to learn different techniques. This will broaden my vocal abilities .
•  Becoming more familiar with guitar and learning knew songs, stage presence and organisation .  
• Stage presence and confidence 
• Organisation 

I will do this by watching Youtube videos and practise what I learn . I will write down what worked and didn't work for me ( evaluation)  and aim to learn from it. I will also be putting the skills into practise through actual practical gigs

PLAN  

WEEK 1 : This week will be focussed on preparing for my refectory gig I will develop my organisation skills as a performer and also look at tips and techniques for stage presence and confidence k ey skills in solo performance. 

I will start my premier Pro journey and look at how to import, preview and export clips and projects . 

WEEK 2 :  My plan for this week will be to start taking b roll and watching videos on how to do this successfully . 

I will also watch videos on lyric writing an techniques so as I can start writing some lyrics for my adobe project. 

WEEK 3: 

The week will preparation for my next gig I will use this gig to develop from the one on week 1 and learn new songs to perform . After I will compare the two gig to see where I developed what worked well for me and skills I learned . 

I will continue developing my premier pro skills at speed changing and audio. 

WEEK 4 :

This week I will  learn  transition and color adjustment skills on premier pro . This will help my video flow more fluently . I will continue writing lyrics researching methods that helped real musicians write their lyrics . 

WEEK 5 : 

This week I have an audition coming up for a musical I will use this week to learn about the musical theatre vocal style  watching videos  on different exercises learning about Vocal stamina techniques. 

 I will also continue developing my premier pro skills looking at  time remapping , graphics , and color matching . 

WEEK 6 : 

This week is where with the skills I have gained over the last six weeks I will start creating my video project. 

I will evaluate the solo performance techniques and tips I have put into practise over the last six weeks.   

Week 1 : 

(solo performance skills Monday - Friday )

    This week I will be developing my solo performance skills as I have a gig in the refectory coming up. 

At the start of this week I knew I had to prepare myself for my upcoming gig . This would be a good chance to develop my solo performance skills playing my guitar . 

I watched a video on stage performing :

Key tips from this video for me :

• eye contact , finding a point at the back of the room, I practised this across the week trying to keep eye contact with whoever I'm talking to for 5 seconds. 
• not talking as much ( typically I ramble when I'm nervous ) if I'm going to talk , talk after the first song cause ,typically,  people want to hear you play first . I liked this piece of advice cause I believe it  makes the performer seem more relaxed 
• be prepared backup song ,  and printing lyric sheets 
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Organisation skills  : 

•  I printed out the lyrics of each of my songs in preparation for the gig 
• Made a checklist for equipment I needed 
• kept a separate bag for all my gig equipment 

Memorising Lines  

I researched lots of different techniques for memorising lines the main things that came up were things like flashcards and self testing  however I found the best way for me was to actually just sing the song on karaoke multiple times until I could turn my back to the screen . 

Day of the performance : 

I decided to change up and use an electric instead of my acoustic thinking I had brought everything with me and practised to the very last minute . 

What went well: I managed to keep my head up and keep my eyes focused instead of to the floor 

My second and third song went well my lyrics were there for support but I never needed them . 

What went wrong : Using the electric was a mistake in this case as my guitar input wasn't working so I had to use a college guitar wich was out of tune . Even though it was a rough start  I managed to push through the next song even though it didn't go exactly to plan , this developed my performing under pressure  skills and 'show must go on ' type persona which Is a critical trait to hone in this industry as its full of difficult situations like this which ,although not ideal, are a good learning hurdle for me to develop soft skills like resilience and calmness under pressure. 

( PREMIER PRO Saturday - Sunday ) 

Im going to be introducing myself to premier pro looking at basic skills such as Importing , previewing and exporting clips and audio . 

WEEK 2 

This week I wanted to start taking b roll for my project , I started taking bits of b roll withought much knowledge on how to shoot It , taking random videos here and there. I decided to watch a video of how to shoot with an iPhone and with good techniques and got some better footage . 

This is the video I watched : 

Techniques: 

• Shoot B roll low instead of from eye height this creates more depth within the shot ; a more three dimensional image which is more interesting for the viewer. Also as its from a more unique angle makes it more intriguing. 
• Make sure to have precise camera movement , keep it at a constant speed so as not to make viewers dizzy and make video look rough . 
• You can do this by videoing quick one motion shots in a certain direction . I made the mistake of taking long 15 second clips of my surroundings  these were captured a lot and never really had a focus . 
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• when filming don't try and get as much as you can in one shot , its better to have each clip focused on a specific thing so as not to overwhelm viewer , allowing an attention to detail . making the video look cleaner.I decided i wanted a focus for each clip i shot wich can be seen in the clip. 

• Capture action instead of still images . This is good advice for me as a beginner as Its difficult for beginners shoot shots whilst moving the camera in a controlled professional manner so sometimes the best way to get a moving video is by capturing something that's already moving so you can keep the camera still. 

Overall i would say my b roll was successful i . The hardest part especially on a phone was moving the camera i found that  a good technique for me was to lean you body into the motion of camera if you were going forward for example scoop your whole body forward with the camera not just your hands.

I learned that simple 5 second shots were more effective then longer shots .

 

WEEK 3 : 

This week I will be practise for my next gig further developing my solo performance skills by learning from my last gig . 

After trying out the flashcard technique for learning lyrics I decided the best way for me was by singing the song on karaoke until I got it . Also last time I printed out the lyrics I decided to buy a book and write all my lyrics for my chosen song down inside their so as I don't loose sheets making me feel more organised . Physically writing down things  has always helped me remember things better . 

I used acoustic for this gig so as I can compare the different guitar styles 

Practise : I will be performing 3 songs 

2 playing guitar and singing and the third is just me singing with Mollie on piano . 

It ill be the first time playing bar chords in front of an audience wich although seems like a small achievement is a good one for me and shows a development towards my guitar skills if it goes well 

To practise I have been performing in front of family members and to strengthen my fingers for the barre chords I have been using a technique where you hold one of the frets down for five seconds and repeat and then go down to the next fret almost like doing reps at a gym .

GIG 

From my last performance I learned that over practising could actually make me feel more nervous than necessary so I practised until it cam fluently but an hour before the gig gave myself some breathing Time away from practise. 

I was feeling rather nervous before the gig so used a square breathing technique that we've been learning in choir. 

As well as this being a good technique to stretch vocal stamina it is also a good technique to relieve stress. 

I decided to take on the advice of the previous video I watched on solo performance skills and not talk as much and just perform which I felt was good for me as I tend to nervous ramble ; I think it made my set look more professional . Mollie joined me for the end on the piano she was very nervous so I had to set aside my own fear and be the moral support this helped with my team work skills . I steadily helped her ease into the song as she was playing to quick so had to restart I did this in a relaxed manner and by the end the performance turned out really well . 

I even got feedback on my performance from a lady from the BBC she generously stated ' Your voice was beautiful and when the two of you were onstage the way you helped navigate the performance was done  really well ' 

This made me feel I had accomplish my goal in developing my solo performance skills by my soft skills on stage and also my karaoke practise of the songs . 

 PREMIER PRO skills for this week are on speed changing and audio : 

Changing Speed : 

Audio: 

WEEK 4 

This week I have continued my research on Premier Pro skills to help create my final project at the end. I looked at transitions , speed and colour adjustment. This will help my video flow more fluently AND look more professional  . 

I continued taking some more b roll during the course of this week and now have enough succesfull shots to Create my project.  

WEEK 5 

I used week 5 to look at skills such as motion graphics , colour correction , time remapping , audio mix and a technique called ducking . 

WEEK 6 :  

Putting my video together 

•  I airdropped the videos to my Mac and imported them onto the timeline panel 
• Then I moved and trimmed them down getting rid of the fatty parts and keeping the best parts 
• My next step was to change the speed of the clips slowing them down from 100% - 75% this was so each clip could have a good amount of time on screen to give the reader time to read the lyrics which I will later add . 
• Next I wanted to time remap certain clips such as the one with the axe and the woodblock so as the axe came down in a slower motion 
• The next thing I realised was that a couple clips still  had their audio. I watched a video on how to  get rid of the audio and not the video and learned I had to unlink it from the video so I could delete it . 
•  This meant that I could add music so i added a piano music file. However i the  music was too loud so i had to adjust the volume . 
• I then added auto match which i learned levels out the volume of different clips

 
Before auto match: 



After Auto match :  

• After this i added the graphics as a beginner i found this difficult and ran into a lot of challenges such as making sure the text came in at at the points i wanted them to come in . I had to ripple edit them to extend some clips so there was enough time to read the words and so the video didn't run into the other videos. 
•  I then added transitions 
  

When i first added them i added a lot of different ones thinking it would give it variety however i found the  most effective way was by just keeping one type of transition throughout the project so as it wasn't as messy . I used cross fade the most. 

I did a lot of my self reflection throughout the write up 

but overall  i feel my project was successful  , i managed to shoot decent b roll and create a clip with original lyrics. I manged to get the words flow on the screen and edit the speed of my videos where i needed to. The skills i learned will help me progress with a basic knowledge for starting to create a music video these skills will also expand my marketing abilities . 

I learned how to make an effective video with transitions and speed effects( slow motion ) this I found difficult at the start as it was a very precise process but once I got the hang of it and learned how to use the shortcut I found it easier .  I  learned how to add animation to the videos ( I added lyrics ) I remember the problem I had with this was making sure the lyrics were a color that would make it stand out from the background, after a few   and audio and level out the audio . 

The last six weeks have helped develop my solo performance skills looking at my organisation ( lyric books , gig bag etc ) And also handling pressure when i had issues like my guitar output not working , for example , i still managed a performance . I faced a lot of constraints such as my guitar not working on the day of the gig and issues with

For the future i hope to keep developing my solo performance skills working on things like stage presence and eye contact and also creating original works . 


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

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OTHER SKILLS : 

• Playing drums 
• Songwriting skills and techniques 
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interview video 

make a video on premier / obs to interviw the bands ask them questions 

skills - friendliness, 

skills 

solo performance skills 

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