NCFE-Sequencing

I am finished introduction for my NCFE music and I also finished A and B section. I am started doing A1 section.

In my introduction I have used 1 to 9 bars and I am also continued introduction in A section. The notes I have used for my introduction is C3, B2, G2, A2 and instrument I have used is String Violin section 01. 

For my A section instrument I have used is Electric Bass Deep & Hard bass, Woodwinds Oboe Legato and Mixed Choir. Deep & Hard bass I have used 9 to 15 bars and the notes I have used is C2, B1,G2, A2. Oboe Legato I have used 12 to 19 bars and the notes I have used is C1, F1, A2, G2, D2, C2. Mixed Choir I have used 14 to 25 bars and the notes I have used is E2, F2, G2, A2, B1, A 1. 

In section B I continued one instrument of section A is Deep & Hard. For my Section B instrument I have used Woodwinds Oboe Legato and South Asian Indian & Middle Eastern Kit. Oboe Legato I have used 25 to 40 bars and the notes I have used is C 2, B1, A1, D2, A2, G 2, B2. Indian & Middle Eastern Kit I have used 30 to 46 bars and the notes I have used A1, B1, C 2, D2, E2, F 2, G 2, A2, F 1, G 1.

Batman

Today I listened to music and made some changed.

21/10/2009 BATMAN

Today I continued with my work and compared to the batman video clip then I tried to made it better and Mr. Smith listened to my Batman theme music and he said it is good but i have to create one more tune.

Batman movie

Batman is a superhero film which was made in 1989 and based on the DC Comic characters of the same name, It was directed by Tim Burton. The film stars Michael Keaton, as well as Jack Nicholson, Kim Basinger, Robert Wuhl and Jack Palance. The Batman film was produced by peter Guber, John Peters, Michael Uslan and Benjamin Mel. The screenplay for batman film was written by Sam Hamm and Warren Skaaren. It was based on the story by Sam Hamm and the comic book written by Bill Finger. The Batman score was by Danny Elfman and the songs sung by Prince. The Batman film Cinematography was by Roger Pnatt and the Eiditing by Ray Lovejoy. The Batman film was distributed by Warner Bros and was released on 23 june 1989. The runing time was 126 min. The Batman film was English language and the budget was $48 million. Gross revenue was $411.35 million.

Evaluation of Unit 4- Creating a record 3 Nov 2009

The atmosphere of the Batman film is dark and mysterious. The character of Batman is also serious, dark and threatening. The record I have created is a music underscore for the opening credits of Batman the Movie. 


Firstly, I listen to different musical instruments to see how they sound and then I chose the ones I liked. I started with one sound of a string violin because it was slow and with a piano at first but I rejected this because I didn't like the sound. Then I introduced another 6 sounds: Electric Grind bass, Bluesy acoustic guitar, Warped bass Low rent, 2 String ensembles, Warped drum Trance kit and String Violin. As the Batman credit came on I repeated the Grind bass and Bluesy acoustic. I dropped all those sounds and continued with two sounds of Low rent and String ensemble. 


In my opening credit I have used String Violin to make it a slow and calm sound and I used notes 1 to 21, 25 to 44 and 48 to 67. For my second instrument I used notes 6 to 18, for the third I used notes 7 to 19, for the fourth I used notes 8 to 20,  for fifth and six I used notes 10 to 73 and 74 and for the last instrument I used notes 13 to 21.


For my Batman theme the music is soft, dark and scary. At the end as the 'Gotham City' scene begins the opening gets louder and louder with lots of middle beats from notes 25 to nearly 73. The ending has harder beats to make it  dark and scary so it can resemble the Batman theme. The melody is repeated so that it has background theme to make it good . Finally the finishing note is 74 is made softer and softer. 


I found using Logic 8 very hard at first and didn't understand what I had to do because I had never learned music before. Then I was taught how to create music by using Logic 8 and later on I found it easier and interesting to put my own ideas to music. After the  opening theme music I made it too loud because I had used too many instruments. If I had to improve on my Batman theme I would change the louder beats to make it sound better and slower. The starting melody was scary and dark but it has different tracks which make it complicated to compare it with original Batman theme music.

NCFE-Sequencing 5/10/2009

Today I am continued with my work a creating a tune to the Sequence on the batman music. I have done the tune of batman theme music. I need to create a moledy tune  then I add 5 to 8 notes to make it finishing music.

Diploma & Media Theory

How music played?

Dynamics and Accents 

Dynamics

All sounds including musical sounds can be barely audible or so aloud that it can damage your ears. Musicians often refer to dynamics. Dynamics does not just refer to how loud the sound is but how is an orchestra sound is relative. For example an orchestra will sound much louder than a single violin.
Traditionally dynamic markings are based on Italian words for example: 'Forte' means loud 'Piano' means soft.

Dynamic signs

Sign	In Italian	Definition
pp	pianissimo	very soft
p	piano	soft
mp	mezzo piano	moderately soft
mf	mezzo forte	moderately loud
f	forte	loud
ff	fortissimo	very loud
>	decrescendo	gradually softer
<	crescendo	gradually louder

Accents

A composes uses accents to show when he wants a particular note to be louder. There are different ways of writing accents and depending on the instrument being played the sound will change. Some accents may be played by making the note larger or shorter.

Common Accents

Music theory 2

Music Theory

Music theory analyzes the parameters or elements of music rhythm, harmony (harmonic function), melody, structure, form and texture.

Rhythm

Rhythms in music are base on fractions and all rhythmic terminology is based on a bar containing 4 beats.

The Beat

Music based in time and it has a steady, recurring pulse called the beat. the elements of time in a piece of music revolves around the beat.

Bars

beats are grouped into BARS or MEASURES as they are called. in many songs four beats to make up one bar. the steady pulse would be counted 1,2,3,4,1,2,3,4,1,2,.... and so on and beat one always marks the beginning of the bar. in other songs 3 beats will make up one bar.

Rhythmically, notes tells two things: when to play it and how long to hold it. How long a notes lasts is called its NOTE VALUE. we also need to notate how long to be silent or not play any thing and for this we use rests. A rest tells when and for how long not to play anything and every note value has a corresponding REST VALUE.

Music theory

Treble and Bass Clefs

Each of these clefs has a different name based on the tessitura for which it is best suited.

Octave clefs

Scale Tone Triads

Batman Movie 8/10/2009

Today I worked on my batman theme music. I watched the batman movie clip then I tried to match my theme music with the video clip by changing the notes. Then I tried to introduce new sounds when the word batman was on the screen.