Week 15

End of Week 15

# What was your plan for this week?

Continue dissertation, create and paint mock up plinth and to assess new testing parameters

# What did you actually do this week?

Created a design for the plinth which has been cut up and now painted black, new testing is going to be at whitespace with a few confirmed members on next Wednesday. Dissertation continues as normal.

# If there are any differences between items 1 & 2, please explain why.

no deviations except I expected to be writing evaluations by now from the collected data which I am in a small way but it is not complete yet. Due to unforeseen circumstances I have had to keep pushing my evaluations back and keep re testing the material and my testing methods.

# What worked well this week?

The plinth for the end of year showcase is looking better now that I can actually see it and hold it. the dissertation is also progressing smoothly and I foresee no problems with its completion in a few weeks.

Also during the creation of the submission for the show reel team ( my team ) I figured out how to use the best quality render of the film and my audio which vastly overshadows my present testing material and so have replaced it :)

# What did not work so well this week?

I was called away on a small emergency during the week in which I could not work on my project for a number of days.

# What have you learned this week?

That in the realms of music you really have to dig far back into the past to see real composition, as most of today's stuff seems piggybacked off of them. Invested in some classic composition Cd's and I am thoroughly enjoying it.

# Describe all the items that have been added to your portfolio this week?

New testing and final submission Films, Show reel submission, dissertation in the making and plinth ( though unable to hand in the actual object some images should suffice)

# Do you have any other comments to make?

Wet paint; is paint ever considered to be called paint more in one state than the other? water has 3 states although to argue water has one state - liquid, and is called steam in a gas state and ice in its frozen state.

So I ask why is paint still paint in both liquid applicable form and rendered solid state form? wet paint, dry paint, why not call one state paint and the other a new name?

Anyways, slightly off topic.

Why is churning out 1000's of songs made from 1000's of sample Cd's considered good composing? one, it shows a little idiocy on their part by not having the mind to think if the person needing that audio has the time to even listen to it all! and two is that composing at all or just beat slicing and drag and drop sequencing? and is that the real world, give the work to the guy who can put together the samples the fastest?

Do I dare look to see.