My Practitioner Development

It is important to me to develop myself as a practitioner, not only whilst completing set tasks from my course, but also by undertaking personal tasks which will help my gain a greater understanding of different elements of the course. The main thing I do outside of the course is to create music, this is either by the use of computer programs such as Reason, or by using my guitar. I like to record the music I make and then use other programs to edit that music. This gives me experience for when it comes to such things as editing a film. Using these programs will allow me to have greater knowledge of certain areas, for example what certain sound effects do.

Another thing I like to do in my spare time is to play on my Xbox. This allows me to get a greater understanding of how 3D areas work and how the big names in the computer gaming industry create realistic 3D backdrops. Xbox also have recently introduced a new avatar system so using this I have been able to create my own basic avatar and can easily edit it and play around with it. 

Since a very young age I have also been drawing, whether this be for school or my own personal entertainment it has always been something I enjoy doing. This has continued in my university life and I still draw whenever I have some spare time.

One more thing I enjoy doing is watching films. Doing this allows me to see how professionals in that field interpret different things. It is interesting to see how people put across different messages whether it be through lighting or editing perhaps.  

Update.

Here we are again!

So, I'll start by updating you on my activities of the past month. Like the majority of people I know, I have been ill and stuck in my bed with some mumps type illness for a week or so. This left me a little worse for wear, but I'm getting back on top of things now.

On the work side of things I have recently begun to play Second Life, it took me a while to get into it at first and to properly understand how things worked. After a bit of practise I eventually found my way and began to get a little more into it. The diary I have been writing is saved in a separate document, so I will upload some of that later so you can see what I've been getting up to.

Other than that I've been working on my music and things. Some of you may know I enjoy making soundtracks, and where possible I like to include them in my work. The soundtrack for my interactive narrative has been on MySpace for a few weeks now and has almost hit 1000 plays! You can see it in the player I have embedded below (it's called Grimestar).

The player below also contains some of my other music stuff, a few beats I've made for people and some instrumentals aswell. If the player doesn't work then you can find me at http://www.myspace.com/w7f

Always appreciate feedback so please let me know what you think!

Cheers.