Music Term 3 2017 - Creation in collaboration with Art

Week 1-2

In the first week we got into groups of 4-5. In our group, we have Mario, Maria, Tereza, Kalyani and I. We came up with 2 base ideas of creating a jungle, with animal noises, and a monkey with music made by 3 hybrids of monkeys. We decided to use the monkey idea for our whole project. We starting thinking of rough ideas on the art and music aspect of our project, for the music aspect, we decided to make the music online, all from monkey noises, and then edited on Mixcraft. We came to an agreement to get a 1 minute audio clip for our monkey, so 20 seconds for each person in the music role. For the art aspect, we sketched out our monkey, and annotated it, labeling how we would make each part of the monkey and what materials would be required. After this, we made a presentation to present to the class, we also peer evaluated the other presentations conducted by other groups. After our presentation, our peers gave us feedback on our presentation and a bit on our concept of our project, the teachers also gave our group feedback and we were marked on our presentation. The feedback helped improve our project and make it better.

Week 3-4

We started experimenting with our project for the music aspect, between the music members, we all came to a conclusion and allotted ourselves with a different type of monkey from the choices of a gorilla, chimpanzee or a orangutan. I started going to the music room with my group, to use the computers, so we could use Mixcraft to create our own monkey music. I went on YouTube to find gorilla music, as I chose to work on the gorilla. I downloaded these different types of clips and made them all into Mp3 files, so I could use them in Mixcraft, I edited. cropped, chose different parts of the music and combined them to make music I think is good for my level and music that can fit into our sculpture. I changed the beat and the tempo of the clips to make it seem like electronic music, as I like the DJ and trap style of music. I tried to replicate a similar tone, while using monkey sounds. I gave suggestions to my group members, as they wanted some feedback on their music. We also looked at the progress of the art students and liked their creation.

My gorilla music clip, which is 20 seconds long.

Week 5-6

I started showing my music to all my group members and they gave me their suggestions on the music I created, which I used to improve my music creation. I continued to enhance my music creation, I encountered a problem while working on the project. I wasn't able to remove spaces between clips, I wanted to crop the music clips to exactly where I wanted it, but the tool that changed the length of the audio was very inefficient, so I found the feature of removing space between clips, and my problem was resolved. We are going to now edit all of our 3 clips, which are around 20 seconds each and make them into a combined 1 minute clip, we will edit them in and mix different segments of the clips and make one good clip. After we completed our own music, we all came together and combined all of our music and put it into a minute music clip. We emailed and saved our personal music, and started a new mixcraft project, we downloaded jungle background music to support our music, and make it more interesting. We edited in small details, to make it sound interesting towards the audience that are listening to the music. We took my ending segment of my music and put it at the end of the clip, as it suited our 1 minute clip very well.

We combined our music to create a one minute clip.

Tereza working on her mixcraft project.

Maria working on her mixcraft project.

End of Project Reflection

After 7-8 weeks, our group completed the project based around different types of monkeys. The music aspect went well, we created our 1 minute clip, using different monkey noises. A jungle background music was combined as well to blend in with our monkey sound, as it sounded natural. The art part of the project was great, the monkey was created, with his eyes, made out of table tennis balls. The giant plastic water container was successfully used to put the organs of the monkey in, as well as the cables connected to the motor. Overall, everyone concentrated and remained on task, and worked efficiently, which resulted in the music being finished early.

We could have improved the music by making the background a bit unique, for the art side we could have got the motor to work properly, by checking before the project went o display. We could have found a different motor, as the one we currently had didn't work after it was hit.  The LED aspect was amazing. but, if we found a way to get LEDs without using a power cable, so it would work without inconvenience.

Inventing Abstraction

                        Inventing Abstraction 

Abstract Art
Abstract art is using a visual language of shape, form, color and line to create a composition which may exist with a degree of independence from visual references in the world.

At a small age, he started make art on sand as it was popular in United States of America. At the age of 18, he moved to New York and joined the Art Students League to learn more different aspects of art. 

In art, we looked at a abstract art, we started on a table with a different tool. We had different music for each table, and using the music that was played in the background we made our art accordingly. After the music stops, we switch to a different table and repeat the same step. We used paint brushes, sketch pens, paper with colour, using glue on paper and using colour pencils. 


Serialism 
Serial art is an art movement in which uniform elements or objects were assembled in accordance with strict modular principles. The composition of serial art is a systematic process.

Art I created while attempting Serialism. 

So, first we took sheets of different colour paper and started cutting the paper into a shape that we decided on, I decided to use a right-angled triangle. Then we started applying the shapes on a paper, making patterns and in order, we kept on trying to develop new patterns, in the end I wasn't really satisfied with what I made, as in my opinion, didn't look great. In the end, I attempted to colour boxes, but it don't go according to my plan. I can take what I've in creating this art piece, and work on improving on my mistakes in the next art piece I make. 

Art Reflection 
At the start of the unit, we created some presentations on for an artist of our choice and also a composer. For my group, I had to research on Jackson Pollock, as he was an artist. Overall, I didn't find it too interesting, as the research wasn't exciting. On the other hand, we started working more on the art side, where we got to create our own art pieces, was very interesting, even though there was a bit of struggle along the way to finishing my Serialism art piece. The abstract was great because we were given freedom to do whatever we want, listening to soothing music, but had to use the materials that were given to us on each table, which was a great twist, and was a big reason why I enjoyed it. 

MYP Year 9 Reality TV

Year 9 Reality TV

MYP: Reality TV
Key Concept: Communities 
Related Concept: Arts - Role 
Global Context: Identities and relationships 
Statement of Inquiry: Reality TV creates false communities of misinterpreted characters. Characters must show development in a performance to be truly convincing 
Inquiry Question: How can an actor demonstrate character development ? A character must show development in a performance for their role to be convincing. 

 
Gym manager photo -Alex Shaw 

Dream House

This is our dream house, its was difficult designing the dream house, because everyone wanted a personal addition, for example: I wanted a gym, There were lots of choices while making the house, some didn't agree to the house design, so we changed it. In the end, we successfully created our dream house and everyone was pleased about it.

Best Bits Pictures

These are the best bits of Bob Fisherman.

This is where Alex joins Bob for a drink, normally Bob drinks alone, but today Alex has joined him as a drinking partner. They both are enjoying the drink, that's why this is one of the best bits.This shows the housemates are appreciative and caring about Bob, as they don't hate him for being a alcoholic and drug addict.

This is where Bob is hugging the businessman because the businessman has made a 2 million dollar profit. Normally, Bob is depressed and sad most of the times, because of his drug addiction, here is cheerful and happy for someone, it shows his appreciation to others, and he isn't being self-centered and being rude to others.

Here is where a housemate is caring about Bob, as Bob isn't feeling well and he is having a headache. Amy comes and asks Bob if he needs any medicine, it shows the willingness to help Bob, we he is in a bad mood and is not feeling well. 

This is a group photo with Bob for the last time as the best bits, he is cheerful about the house and the  housemates and this is the a very emotional photo and it shows the care for Bob.

Reflection

MYP Year 9 Conflict

Year 9 Conflict

MYP:
Key Concept: Perspective 
Related Concept: Expression and Narrative 
Global Context: Fairness and development 
Statement of Inquiry: We can understand how conflicts arise at home, school and in society through the field of drama. 
Inquiry Question: Can controversy be explored through drama to represent different perspectives? 

Salma and Adham are the police officers who want to help in the conflict. ( about a fence being built between a house.)
Varun is the neighbor, who is old but is supporting Abdullah for the fences.
Aman, Amirezza and Daniil are the grandkids of Abdullah, who live in the house. 
Maya is a sheep herder close to the house. 
Michael and Sahil (me) are brothers and the sons of Yassin (the mother) and Abdullah (the father), they also live in the house.
Yassin is the wife of Abdullah and is supporting Abdullah in the stituation about the fences.
Abdullah is the owner of the house, and is annoyed at the person who is building a fence between their houses.

Domestic Abuse Songs                                       

 Perfect
The person is trying to be perfect, the person is being told to be perfect. The situation could be within yourself. The parents are telling the child to be perfect. The child is getting pressure from other people.

Silent All These Years     
Person is abused by a man and her lips are damaged because of that. She didn't talk about her being abused and she was very silent when she was abused.

Jeremy
A boy who is ignored at school. A boy who is bullied at school, can't contain his anger, so takes it out in the woods. No one cares about him including his parents. He kills himself in front of the class.

Behind the wall
The singer sings it without using the guitar to make the message clearer and emotional. A women is being abused by her husband, the neighbor can hear it, but if the neighbor calls the police, they wont reach on time.

Video Link Commerical
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJvFYIpo1eI&feature=youtu.be

Poster




Child Abuse Commerical Reflection
1. What skills do you feel you have developed in this unit? 
I developed my stage combat skills by making it more believable, my collaboration skills because I have been working with other people. My acting skills have improved as well because I have learned new types of roles, where as before I didn't get big roles in a performance. I improved my editing skills with new effects and slow motion, making a commercial was also new, so that also was a improvement. 
2. What were your greatest successes in this unit? 
My greatest successes in this unit was editing the video and getting it done on time. I think we planned our project really well. We communicated by using social media to plan our performance.
3. How did each group member contribute to the portrayal of the story? 
Each member completed their specific roles given. My role and Daniil's role were to edit the video by putting effects, adding the tagline and statistic to the video. We also used slow motion to make it better. Famke, Tereza and Nehal acted in the commercial about Child Abuse, and Famke was the person who recorded it as well. They acted well and made it believable. 
4. Do you think television/film can change the way we see the world? 
Yes it does,  people watch the news to know what's going around the world, but also false information could be spread which makes it bad. 
5. What reaction did your performance get from the audience, and was it expected or planned for? (what was your original objective?) 
The reaction we wanted was emotional and they were emotional while watching our commercial as it demonstrated how child abuse actually is, it looked realistic and that was our objective, to make them believe.
6. How can you apply your newly developed skills and experience to other performance work in the rest of this course is to another subject? 
This improved my acting and editing skills, which can help me in the next course for drama. The editing skills will help in ICT, as we might be required to edit videos and etc.

MYP The Art of Storytelling- Interdisciplinary Unit Art/English/Music (Last Rotation) (Music)

MYP The Art of Storytelling –Interdisciplinary Unit Art/English/Music

Key Concept: Communication

Related Concept: Narrative

Global Context: Personal & Cultural Expression

ATLs:

Social –Collaboration

Self Management – Organization & Affective Skills

Research –Media Literacy

Statement of Inquiry: Symbols and conventions used to convey meaning

to audiences are influenced by time and space

Inquiry Question: What is the relationship between arts and audiences?

Week 1 Post

On the first week of Music, we got into groups of four, and we had to present a presentation about how we would use Indonesian Gamelan Puppetry and Phantasmagoria Light Show with English, Music and Art. I got in a group with Sameer, Daniil and Oliver. It took some time to think of what we were going to do, but we successfully created a good presentation.

We started to present our presentation about Indonesian Gamelan and Phantasmagoria Light Show, We also were marking and giving our opinions on the other group's presentations. 

Week 2 Post

We got into groups of 9 to decide our ideas to talk about ideas to combine different aspects. We talked a lot about the Alcatraz Island and prison, as it was a very difficult prison to escape, we talked about the plot, involving the villain switching suitcases including illegal toys being smuggled on the airport. As the innocent man, is sent to prison, he needs to escape. The man asks the warden, on how to escape the prison. The warden asked for hundred lollipops to escape. We used toys, illegal toys which are being smuggled and using lollipops to ask the warden for help to escape to appeal to children. We all gave our own opinions and adding on details to the big story. We will use shadow puppets and music to make the presentation come
to life.

This is the setting for the presentation, the Alcatraz Island/Prison.

Researching on Shadow Puppets.

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Week 3-4 Post

We decided all of are roles, the music side, composing music and the art side designing puppets and voicing over the puppets. We finalize our idea for the project and talk about the prison and how to make the escape better and more interesting to children, as the presentation is focused on children. My work in enrichment, designing creatures and people.

Villain, in progress, going to be completed by the art group, rough ideas,

Hybrid/Monster

Week 5 Post

We started composing music and using other music created and adding a bit of notes to change the music, to make it spooky, We are using the song called Requiem for a Dream. We used the piano and practiced the song. We are trying to play the song and add a different voice, to make it different. We have been using the keyboard/piano to learn the song and using tutorials for the song.

Week 6 Post

In Week 6, we made more music and we used the piano to make a main theme and we used the piano to make other creepy music, we used the drums to make music and other instruments for our performance. In Enrichment, we created lots of puppets, cut them out and stuck them cardboard, we made some of them 

movable.

Puppets that we created in Enrichment

                                                                      Week 7 Post

During today’s lesson we practised our performance. We reflected on our work so far and discussed how we could improve our product/show. This is what we have decided to do to improve our work, we will add more music, we will sync our audio with visuals, we will practice our speaking, playing the instruments and maneuvering the puppets,designing the puppets in depth, adding colour to the puppet. Each member of our group will be responsible for, I would be moving the puppets, Yuya will be moving the puppets as well. Ahmed will be playing the piano, Daniil will be playing the drums, Sultan, Michael, Oliver, Jad and Sameer will be voicing over the puppets.

Week 8 Post

We used different aspects of writing, creating tension, creating stories that build up tension, it helped us make the right puppet designs because of the description used in writing and ballads. The techniques we learned in the Phantasmagoria Show, like using water on people, to make it a 4D experience, it helped us with ideas, to make the play interesting. The story helped us make certain music, voices and more, it helped us a lot in the play. We made spooky piano tunes, scary drum music, which helped us create the mood and atmosphere for the play. The play was not great, we did not have the right people for the play, as most of our members had to go for the next lesson, because our play went overtime, so we couldn't start it on the same lesson. We can do more rehearsals to make the play better. We could improve our voice, making it louder and improving the accent for the character. We can make more puppets, so they are unique for each character, we can add more backgrounds with high quality, for a better imagination. Reflecting helped us identify the mistakes in the play, help us make the play better and successful, it helped us make necessary changes and make it better.

Play Perfomance Link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_HvY8BgOpo

MYP The Art of Storytelling – Interdisciplinary Unit - English/Music/Art (Second Rotation) (Art)

MYP The Art of Storytelling – Interdisciplinary Unit 

English/Music/Art 

Key Concept: Communication

Related Concept: Narrative

Global Context: Personal & Cultural Expression

Statement of Inquiry: Symbols and conventions used to convey meaning to audiences are influenced by time and space.

Question: What is the relationship between arts and audiences?

ATLs: Collaboration, Organisation and Media Literacy

My name is Sahil Singhvi and I am in year 8. This is my MYP Arts Process Journal. On this blog you will find documented evidence of my learning through the Arts: Art, Drama and Music. This term I am starting my learning journey in Art.

My strongest Arts subject is Art. I want to develop my skills in Drama and Music.\

Week 1 Post

Inquiry Questions: Why do we share stories? How can stories help us navigate our journey through life? How can we create musical/audio stories?

Reflection

I learnt a lot of new information about the Phantasmagoria Lightshow because with the PowerPoint I researched a lot of facts and information about it. I am really excited about the topic because I find it interesting looking at how in the past they had got entertainment. 

Experimenting with Photos

Week 2 & 3 Post

Inquiry Questions: •How can artists create layers of narrative in a visual and audio form?

•How does a ballad or gothic horror story captivate the audience –what techniques are used to create this?

•How will we use our stories/Ballad's to create a Phantasmagoria Light Show?

•How can we evoke emotions in our audience and build tension?

In the second week we formed our groups with 8 people and decided the story for our final task. We worked to choose the best story and also tried to combine stories to make it a better story for our project. We were told to get photos of scary settings and scary sound effects and music.

Sound of Horror Trailer

Week 4 Post

    How can you create gothic horror imagery –what qualities should it include?

Demonstrate & Explain  how you used the following photography techniques:

Pepper’s ghost, Xray setting, Light & Shadow

How will you use these techniques be incorporated into your Phantasmagoria Light Show.

During this week we learnt more photography techniques like the pepper's ghost and tried it and experimented with it, we used hollow material as well for the photos. We also did a X-Ray photo to make it scary and Light & Shadow technique.

Week 5 Post

•How did you experiment with moving image to build tension?

•Explain what experimental films you created

•Demonstrate & Explain  how you used the tracking/dolly technique:

•How can you develop the footage to create a gothic/horror feel?

•Explain how you will you use these techniques and incorporate them into your Phantasmagoria Light Show.

During this week we learnt about video techniques and the dolly technique to incorporate it in the Light Show and used moving images to create tension.

Week 6-8 Post

•How have you experimented with layering tools for digital media or editing tools for moving image?

•Explain and show your experiments

•Explain how  these tools have altered your images and moving image:

•How  will you put the still images and footage together to create a Phantasmagoria Light Show?

During the last few weeks we have been editing and playing around with our images with digital media and editing tools for our Light Show. We also used editing software and effects to develop our moving image footage for our trailer.

Week 9 Post

Inquiry Question: How to create a successful Phantasmagoria Light Show.

How could your performance be improved?

How well does it  relates to your story

How have you created tension?

How well do the instruments and sound effects  work with your still and moving image

Is there a clear structure to your story?

What emotion should the audience feel?

During this week we tried our music for the Phantasmagoria Light Show, we discussed on shadow puppets and how it would work, we edited more of our images and to improve our Phantasmagoria Light Show.

TERM 2 REFLECTION