This lecture was really helpful.

They started by having us do a quiz about how much we knew about being a business.

The main portion of the lecture was looking at the classes offered for graduating students.

As Joe and I are potentially looking at furthering our company idea we are looking at attending these classes.

They spoke about the start-up fund they can give to small businesses and that is something that is very appealing to us.

This was a really useful lecture and i plan to look into the classes they offer next semester.

Lol opened with a trailer of films he had worked on through Vertigo Films.

Lol then moved onto talking us through his IMDB profile and about each of the movies and how he approached them.

It was interesting to see how he took different approach with each movie and tailored that to the genres of the films. He spoke about how he prefers to contact artists to work on the soundtracks for films opposed to using more conventional orchestration.

Lol also spoke about his route into that industry and how it was an accident. One of his tracks was featured in a movie and the producer asked if he would source all the music for the film. He then continued to work within this industry.

Overall this was an interesting lecture as this was a position I had never really looked into.

Luke is a Studio assistant at the church studios in London.

He started the lecture by giving us a virtual tour of the studios using pictures and explained a little bit about each space. This was really interesting as it gave insight into how a studio is set up.

Luke spoke about his boss Paul Epworth. Paul co-wrote and produced rolling in the deep and Skyfall with Adele. He mentioned that paul bought the studio after it was potentially going to close.

Luke then moved on to talk about traditional studio roles. He listed them with a list of tasks associated with each role. He spoke about how each role is designed to support the one above. His position which is a studio assistant mainly consists of him keeping everything stocked up. Has to manage plugins and data storage. Luke also mentioned the roles of an assistant engineer and the engineer.

The last part of the lecture consisted of how to get a job at a studio. He spoke of what to put on a CV and the skills to list. What was very important from this was the fact he spoke about the do not’s. This was very useful as nowhere else would tell you these things.

Luke also spoke about how he got the job in the first place. He said how he was signed up to this work experience company called Miloco. Miloco had placed him there at the right time and place.

Overall this was a really useful lecture and gave some good insight into working in a studio

 

The main theme of the lecture was Jez showing us his work and how he achieved each of his recordings.

Jez played many pieces which he had created using an array of different microphones. He introduced us to his set of contact microphones which he had built. He played a piece called “Teleferic” about a metal cable in Italy. He spoke about how it sounded like the lasers from Star Wars and that this is a similar process of how they are made.

His work involves recording objects for large amounts of time to hear how they sound undisturbed. He spoke about pieces lasting 8 hours because he wanted the environment to be as it sounded before he got there.

Jez spoke about hydrophones and geophones and played some pieces that use them. These have an interesting sound to them and may be useful in future recording projects.

He mentioned that he was interested in the psychology of the listener and how sounds are perceived by an audience. After the lecture, I got his email address as I think he will be a good dissertation contact.

Overal I found this lecture to be very interesting as some of the pieces he made sounded almost orchestra like, yet they were made using buildings or natural structures.

The lecture consisted of a lot of professional practices as well as industry tips.

The first part of the lecture was mainly information about mixing and tidying up sound files. This was very useful and included an example in which she showed part of a TV program and how she received it. She then showed us what she changed and how it was done. She spoke about a variety of techniques such as sound matching and information about plugins which will be very useful when coming to do post production for uni work, as I am working on a film project for AP2

The insight into the freelance industry was very interesting as she spoke about work experience and the different parts of a CV that would help someone break into the media world. As she has worked for both a company and as a freelancer, her insight into both worlds was very interesting.

Throughout the lecture, she gave helpful tips about things such as spot effects being in mono, slow motion footsteps, and time stretching. These tips were very useful and will be sued when i come to edit sound clips in the future.

Overall I found the lecture to be very engaging and a good insight into what this industry is like to work in.