25th

Today we finished of are our mind map research of an mp3 file, Talk radio and a music station. The task that was given to us was fairly easy and only took a little while to do.
After this we got into groups of three and spoke about each others work and made some notes about there work.
After this we were than put into a group of 4 to start making a idea of what our podcast is going to be.
My group have chossen to do our podcast on WM2 aka Ally of Duty six. The people in my group are me, Matt, Conor and Hayley.

Today we finished of our reasearch work which is the three mind maps on mp3s, Talk radio and a music channel. The tasks are quite easy. I like it better when its easy and when i can under stand the task that is given to us.

Unit2

This morning we started of with key skills and in key skills we had to write a review about a video game or a song.

After key skills we started our new unit which is Unit2 Aduio production. Then we sat and listend to john as he told us what we had to do in the next research project. In this research we had to look at the history of an mp3, the cost, the pros and cons and the reason for having one.

Links

links to the song and game I reviewed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMr52bCXNdU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lo1X1Z0lCHM

work

Owl City music review


Owl city was created by Adam Young in his parents basement while he we working in a coca cola factory in Owatonna, Minnesota United States his home town. Young got noticed by uploading his music to my space and people and started liking his music and talking about it. The viral popularity helped him get his contract signing to Universal Republic in 2007. This lead on to him releasing songs like “Maybe I’m dreaming and the number one song in the UK “Fireflies”.

Description and Meaning

The song Fireflies by Adam Young is an electronic genre style of music what is computer made. The vocals in the song have a robotic kind of effect to it, Computerised vocals, the music builds up to a very full sound. Also it has a rock sound to the song as it builds up.
It's about this person who dreams of fireflies while he's sleeping. He likes to think that nighttime lasts for a long time, but his dreams always seem to end too soon. He'd rather be asleep dreaming about them then live in reality. He just describes the things that he and the fireflies do together. He starts to cry when he has to wake up, but he's consoled knowing that he might have the dream again
The man, who sang it, Adam Young, said he wrote this song about his insomnia and he wished he could day dream all the time.

Similarities to other songs

I think Owl city Fireflies is similar to other electronic, Emo and alternative rock bands/solo. Postal service, Innerpartysystem, Daft punk, Hellogoodbye, Breathe Carolina and 30H! 3.

What I like about it

I like the song Fireflies because the way Adam sings about when he was an insomiac and he wished he could daydream all the time. I also like the way he builds up music so it goes to a kind of electro rock song. Also the way he has put the effect of his own voice to have the same beat as the background music. I also like the way he has used a lot of different effects though out the song.

What I don’t like about the song

Over all the song is good but I don’t like how Owl city has copied the same style of music as Postal service, and the song Fireflies songs mostly the same as the Postal service song, The District Sleeps Alone Tonight. All music artists and their songs/music should be unique and I don’t this song or artist is.
Fireflies is a very catchy song but I think if you listen to it to much it will do your head in.

My overall opinion of the song

I think the song is unoriginal and repetitive. It is a song I have got bored of quick.




Rating out of ten

I will give this song 5 out of 10 because people must see something they like in the song even if I don’t.

Gears of war game review

History of Epic games


Gear of war was created by an organisation called epic games. The game came out on the 9th November 2006 and was created by Cliff Bleszinski. The company that also made Gears of war created the Unreal series, ZZT, Zill of the jungle, Epic pinball, one must fall 2097 and Shadow complex.
Epic games was founded in 1991 by Tim Sweeney in Rockville Maryland but back then Epic games were called Epic Mega Games
In 1998 Epic Mega Games released Unreal a 3D third person shooter which expanded in to the Unreal series and this would change the face of 3D third person shooters.
Awards
Due to the success of Gears of War, the studio was awarded IGN's "Best Developer for Xbox 360"Offical XBOX Magazines” Best Developer of the Year" and "Best Studio of the Year and Spike TV's "Best Studio

The game

Blending the best of tactical action games with the best of survival horror titles, "Gears of War" is the first game developed by Epic Games exclusively for Microsoft Game Studios and the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system. "Gears of War" thrusts gamers into a deep and harrowing story of humankind's epic battle for survival against the Locust Horde, a nightmarish race of creatures that surface from the bowels of the planet.
In this third-person tactical shooter, gamers live and breathe the role of Marcus Fenix. A disgraced former war hero, Marcus seeks personal redemption as he leads his fire team against an onslaught of merciless warrior fiends. You have to play very smart and tactical on Gears of war because there can be an enemy round any corner.

Similarities

Gears of war is very similar to the game Unreal tournament, Mass effect two. The reason it is so similar to these games is because they, are all made on the same Unreal engine and epic is mostly known for making games on unreal. Also the game play on these three games are pretty much the same kind of thing as well e.g. The cover systems on the game are the same, the guns, the storyline.

What I like about the game

I like Gears of War because of the amazing campaign storyline and the characters that they used. Also the graphics are amazing. But the best part of the whole game in the multiplayer even thought epic put the multiplayer at the last second the game still got multiplayer game of the year. But with put the multiplayer being put in at the last second there were a lot of problems and things needing to be updated.

What I don’t like about the game

Really I can not think of anything I don’t like about Gears of War. But if there was something I could say I didn’t like it would be. The lag on the game lag is where you respond slower than someone else.

My overall opinion

I think Gears of war is the best multiplayer game on the xbox360 because you have to be smart to be good at Gears of war and because of the graphics.

Rating out of ten

I will give Gears of war 9 out of ten just because of the multiplayer.

overview of the audio unit.

For me this has been the best unit so far because it is something I want to when I leave college.

For me the worst bit of this unit and every unit is the research. I find this boring and I prefer to do the practical part of the unit better.

I found my finished piece of work was very good because I did every thing you needed to and more, so I am hoping I get a better grade than a pass. The track I created was very good it sounded all in sync with the recorded clips that I recored.

The only thing I could of changed in my work was to have a bit more description of the work in my research.

Key skills

We started to day with key skills we looked at how to and where to use commas. As I feel I am not very good at this it was goood to have some practise.

After key skills we went up to the 7th floor of pelham and did a English key skills exam. The beginning of the exam was easy but when I got into the test it got a lot harder. I think I have done pretty good on this test and just wating for the results.

OMG post

We started today with key skills. We did some work about apostrophes and a quiz to help us with them.

Then we had break and when we came back, Adrian was telling us how to set up mics to a mixing desk. He showed us how to do this because we have a test to see if we can set up a mic to a mixing desk without making a mistake. The mics we had to set up were called condenser and dynamic mics. Then after lunch I didn't have much else to do because I have finished all my work.