Powerpoint

My power point contained lots of audio samples and had four videos embedded within it , because of this the file size was over 100mb and I couldn't upload it to slide share as they have upload limits.

Jack finished advert ( My soundtrack)

Evaluation

Evaluation

I’m pleased with the work that I have done during this unit, I have massively improved a number of various different skills from linking sound and video to dubbing voices on any given video.

The skills that I learnt earlier on in the year gave me a massive head start for my final project and I would not have been able or understood how to achieve a product of the same quality without the skills I learned.

I spent a lot of time talking with Jack and discussing the brief that he has given me because I felt that it was important to really understand what my (client) wanted me to achieve with their product. I can take this into the world of work as liaising with clients is one of the most important parts of working in the creative media industry.

Once I was certain I knew what he wanted in full detail , I began spending time researching and working out what I needed to complete brief. I began drafting different ways in which I could deliver the final product and came to the conclusion that the most effective and professional way to address this project was to use my home studio , USB mixer and audio editing software (Cubase).

Once I was ready I began recording and spent a lot of time recording , re-recording , editing , changing and tweaking till I and Jack were both happy with the direction that the Soundtrack was going in.

I discovered during this project that achieving the minimum , getting by , or passing were not acceptable as this project became more about personnel development. 

I finished up by doing a final run through of the last mix and tweaked it using Cubase, cut and changed it till it was perfect for Jacks advert. 

Uploaded The File To Soundcloud

Recording and Editing of Jack Tanner's Soundtrack

I created four different mixes for Jack , each one increasing in quality

they can be found in the post above this one .

The first three I did were okay but I wanted it to be exactly what he wanted

and a genuinely good mix ...

so I had a few different runs through it and spent some time gathering perfect songs for the mix.

Once I was happy that I had chosen all the right songs , I chose the best order for them to go in

according to how they go together and the BPM to make synchronising the songs easier.

Here our some printscreens of the mixing software that I used.

Virtual DJ

Ideally I would have used proffesional DJ software e.g. Native Instruments Traktor 2

But my mixer is not compatiable with Traktor 2

Virtual DJ is a program that allows you to connect a USB 2 Channel Audio mixer.

It has a crossfader for switching beetween the two channels and a main volume which controls both.

It also has equalisers for each channel - Treble , Medium , Bass

Various different effects such as reverb and phaser

It also allows you to pitch shift the songs

Once I had finished creating the mix for Jack and we were

both happy with the finished product I exported it as a WAV file.

I loaded the file into cubase because I wanted to cut it down to 2 minutes and 30 seconds

Like I had earlier planned to so that jack has more than he needs just incase.

Here is the folder that I created with all of the different drafts

and edits of Jacks soundtrack.

Once I was happy with the Cubase edit I exported it as a WAV file.

After putting the mix onto Jacks advert we are both happy with the Advert and how it looks and sounds.

I feel that I have met the brief that Jack created for me and done it to a high standard.

Examples of music from Reading Festival

Research

Researching into other people using the same hardware as me

was a crucial part in making this unit succesful.

Here are just a couple videos that I watched but I have spent

hours and hours practicing on my mixer over the course of the last

two or three years , I had just never really mixed this type of music before

so it was good for me to look into new and different methods,