Today was a day I was completely lost in the dark abyss. Video editing has never been my favourite thing and has always been something I dread doing. I have had a lot of experience using video editing softwares especially adobe premiere. I don't know why I can never get it, it's probably cause I don't have the patience to find everything and look at the small little details. In today's lesson we used premiere rush to edit our mini music video from the previous week. Keeping up with James' tutorial made me nauseous. However, it did give me new insight in how music videos are made. I never had the thought of how they were produced and edited. But I learnt there were multiple video recordings which are then isolated and used for different segments of the video. Now I understand the importance of syncing and the "action" clap at the beginning of each take. At the end of this lesson James mentioned how we learnt most of the skills needed for basic production. This was extremely useful especially when becoming a Music teacher in high school, needed to put on musicals or shows and potentially filming and editing the show as well. There is an review by the Turkish Journal of Education "Interactive Multimedia in Education and Training" which highlights the important of using interactive multimedia in a education setting. This allows students to have a deeper understanding and are able to build more connections quicker when interacting with different resources.
University, A . (2005). REVIEW: Interactive Multimedia in Education and Training . Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education.https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/tojde/issue/16927/176702
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Today we talked about the different notion software out there that is to be available (which is heaps). Personally I like Sibelius because I am used to Sibelius and have been using it since year 8. From my experience on Sibelius it is a lot harder to get the hang of it at first but once you get it it is worth the pain. There is so many things you thought you didn't need but is there for your disposal. We also talked about flat.io which is something I also have played with. In high school, our music class was split into two classes with two different teachers. Our class used Sibelius and since our class were classically trained instrumentalist it was quite easy to understand because of our extensive knowledge of musical terms and notation. The other class were mainly contemporary singers and found flat.io more intuitive and easy to understand. I started using flat.io a lot more after high school because I no longer had access to Sibelius Ultimate :( So I turned to flat.io. It was genuinely pretty nice and a lot easier to understand. If I were to recommend a notation software which was easy to understand I would recommend flat.io. Also since it is a web browser based software, you can save your work and be able to work on it anywhere and any device including your phone. Unlike Sibelius, when in a classroom setting, a license is needed when allowing students to work on Sibelius outside of school. I was a little surprised at how many people used Musescore as a notation software. Personally I don't like Musescore, probably because I'm used to Sibelius but I can see if people used Musescore first, Sibelius wouldn't be their first choice. Below is the difference in layout between flat.io and Musecore, ft. my high school minimalist piece Flat.io: https://flat.io/score/5ebf4b5f7113791054342915-minimalism-draft?sharingKey=8e27c31900837f2cff599bcfb19f889c573a7acf5a23bf324c437973b8fd6513118614606cd1de07e7d2e1864258816929c020e987512248630f35c6cc3cf022 Sibelius File:
Today we all became directors in #TME. We used our knowledge of microphones to film a mini music video. On top of this we got to experience and play with lightening and cameras. I have played around with lighting for school productions but it was all by ear rather than logic. Again in todays lesson, I was put on lighting for our mini music video. Lighting is important when filming because it creates mood and atmosphere. Also it is important for visuals, if the lighting isn't correct it can make someone look too washed out or orange depending on the lights.
Here are some cool pics from that experience! Today is International Women's day. As a woman, it is a significant day where I reflect on myself and see if I could be achieving more. I understand there are gender inequality in our society and I have always tried to make an effort to go against gender stereotypes. Originally, before I decided to audition at the Con, I did want to do forensic science and if not join the police force or services. As a female and a educator I hope to encourage young kids to think differently about society and to do what makes them happy rather than what society thinks they should do. But enough with that. In today's seminar we talked about different microphones and the uses of of them. I do have a little knowledge on some of these because I did help my music teacher in high school to help set up mics for orchestras. The two mics we focused on were condenser and dynamic microphones. What I learnt was dynamic microphones are better with capturing louder and stronger sounds whiles condenser microphones are better with more intimate sounds. We recorded a little sample podcast using the snowball mics then imported it into soundtrap. Using Sountrap we added music and beatboxing on top and were able to adjust the microphone sounds aswell. This is another use of Soundtrap that would be really good for students to create their own podacst or even recordings using loops and beats from Soundtrap!
To end this blog, celebrating International Women's Day, here is a song from Joan Jett, an icon in the rock industry! WHOOOO First week BACK! Let me say how nice it is to be finally back at SCM. But honestly 3.5 month break has made me realised how bored I can get, and the first class of the week was MUED4006 - Technology in Music Education. We started the class with mediation, getting back into work mode and holiday relaxation time being put aside for the next 15 weeks. We started this week with the introduction of DAW's and Sequences. Tbh I don't know what on earth anything meant but it meant there was a lot to learn. Soundtrap was the theme of today's seminar which I have used in other classes, so I wasn't completely lost. What I really like about Soundtrap is that it is very intuitive. You don't have to be a genius in sound production or anything to really make music. After playing around with Soundtrap, I've noted why Soundtrap could be incorporated into Music Education: 1. IT'S FREE! - There is a paid subscription version of Soundtrap but with the free version of Soundtrap you are able to compose music. 2. It is intuitive - In soundtrap there are many templates which will allow students to have a guide if they don't know where to start. Also there is a looping mechanism, so If student were to make small fragments of a loop and loop that TA-DA! music. 3. Collaboration - Being able to collaborate in Music is key, and Soundtrap covers that aswell. Teachers can create a class and add students into it, that way teachers can monitor students progress and has save of their work. Also there is a feature where students can collaborate with their peers to make amazing things. This can then be used for assessment if wanted.
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