Despite my genuine hopes that I would get back to college this week the weather had other ideas as it played a cruel trick on the commuters of Scotland during rush hour on Monday morning. It has been a big concern all week as there was severely limited public travel available from Dundee to Perth resulting in another missed week of the wonderful college facilities. Fortunately the majority of my projects have been completed at home and in my own project studio however I have missed the benefit of the usual tutor feedback and student collaboration which I feel helps keep me motivated throughout. This aside I have found comfort in knowing that we have been given extensions in all of our projects excluding the ensemble performance.
I have managed to finish the main body of my research literature review and my problems with when to reference have continued. I did find a number of documents online regarding the footnotes referencing system however I find it more logical to study a system then review an outputted source so that I can reverse engineer the system operations and find confidence in my ability to use the system. A huge benefit of this literature review is that it has allowed me to review my research material and measure its value with regard to my argument before I begin the production and structure of the argument itself. Out with these issues I have been able to grasp the nature of my argument better and believe that I have all the information I need to go forward and strengthen my research.
The biggest concern of not being able to attend college has been the lack of band meetings and practice. It has been almost 3 weeks since the band last practised together and I believe that we have only had 2 full practices with the semi-completed line-up. The performance is due to be delivered on the 17th December and so far there looks to be no provisions for the lost time that we have already experienced. It should not be a great concern however I have little faith in the positivity, motivation and reliability of most musicians and hope that the band I am working with can pull a satisfactory performance together for next Friday.
There is little to report with regard to the digital audio project other than the final draft stage of the project proposal being completed. I am feeling very comfortable with this project and have prepared most of the content already leaving me only the final design of the website to consider along with the editing of the video documentary I plan to include.
The progress of my portfolio project has been hindered due to lack of meetings with my designated designer. We are due to make a presentation of our work so far and although we have completed most of this work I am unsure how it is to be presented and what supporting materials are needed for this presentation. I am confident however that if I get into college on Monday then I can correct any issues by the Tuesday deadline.
The specialist production project has entered its final stages and I am still dealing with the frustrating task of mastering and post production. I was advised by student sound engineers to not master too much at once and take regular breaks from the monitoring process which I have found to be very helpful during these processes. I now have to provide an evaluation of the outcome of the project and finalise my product in a presentable manner with supporting information.
A disappointing 14 days at home which has only been improved by my progress which I feel has come from total submersion in the projects I am involved with. Usually I only attend college a few days a week but the recent closure and transport problems has left me stranded at home with only the project deadlines to think about. Hopefully this progress will be valuable in the next week as I look to meet all the deadlines before the Christmas break.
I have managed to finish the main body of my research literature review and my problems with when to reference have continued. I did find a number of documents online regarding the footnotes referencing system however I find it more logical to study a system then review an outputted source so that I can reverse engineer the system operations and find confidence in my ability to use the system. A huge benefit of this literature review is that it has allowed me to review my research material and measure its value with regard to my argument before I begin the production and structure of the argument itself. Out with these issues I have been able to grasp the nature of my argument better and believe that I have all the information I need to go forward and strengthen my research.
The biggest concern of not being able to attend college has been the lack of band meetings and practice. It has been almost 3 weeks since the band last practised together and I believe that we have only had 2 full practices with the semi-completed line-up. The performance is due to be delivered on the 17th December and so far there looks to be no provisions for the lost time that we have already experienced. It should not be a great concern however I have little faith in the positivity, motivation and reliability of most musicians and hope that the band I am working with can pull a satisfactory performance together for next Friday.
There is little to report with regard to the digital audio project other than the final draft stage of the project proposal being completed. I am feeling very comfortable with this project and have prepared most of the content already leaving me only the final design of the website to consider along with the editing of the video documentary I plan to include.
The progress of my portfolio project has been hindered due to lack of meetings with my designated designer. We are due to make a presentation of our work so far and although we have completed most of this work I am unsure how it is to be presented and what supporting materials are needed for this presentation. I am confident however that if I get into college on Monday then I can correct any issues by the Tuesday deadline.
The specialist production project has entered its final stages and I am still dealing with the frustrating task of mastering and post production. I was advised by student sound engineers to not master too much at once and take regular breaks from the monitoring process which I have found to be very helpful during these processes. I now have to provide an evaluation of the outcome of the project and finalise my product in a presentable manner with supporting information.
A disappointing 14 days at home which has only been improved by my progress which I feel has come from total submersion in the projects I am involved with. Usually I only attend college a few days a week but the recent closure and transport problems has left me stranded at home with only the project deadlines to think about. Hopefully this progress will be valuable in the next week as I look to meet all the deadlines before the Christmas break.
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