WEEK 7 OF DAILY REFLECTION

This week we are definitely putting more effort as the art team is pretty much done.We still are working on the feed backs we are given, we have finalized our instruments which is a guitar , Piano and a key board.I have been improving on my guitar skills and i have extended the guitar part, i am mostly playing the guitar when one of the musicians are playing the soft part because playing a lower key will drain the sound of the guitar.This lesson was very important as miss gave us a very good  advice  that we should record the narration as we have very little art students, which means the narrator has to move the puppets and narrate or that one of the musicians have to play the instrument and read which is very difficult to manage. Since we might record the narration we have to work on the music timing which could be a little hard but we need to find a way. We also need to figure out the length of the different instrument sections. We have to edit the narration with the lily's theme because all the instruments are draining the sound which makes it useless to use, but the effect it gives in the beginning is very eerie which we think is important ; so we have a lot of things to get through.

WEEK 6 OF DAILY REFLECTION

This week my group and i are editing our music and we are trying to find the flaws in the piece. We are definitely in touch with miss, so we are learning from the feed backs that we are given. This lesson is just us practicing our piece as well as  trying to figure out what part should we play with our instrument to make everything fit together when the story is being read.

WEEK 5 OF DAILY REFLECTION

This lesson we separated, the music is going very well and my group and i are working collaboratively. I am playing some low strings on the guitar which gives the piano piece deepness to it, This lesson was more about putting the whole music piece together an figuring out what goes together and what does not. My group is planning to meet up so we can discuss with the art students about  how far they have reached , the music students (including me ) have to ask tips from the art students so the song can flow with the story.

The main and repeated part of our song is the piano which goes from high to low to give the eerie effect , the guitar adds on to the song completing it while the key board is for sound effects. It was difficult to discuss who wanted to play what because some of us got confused. This lesson we are catching up and starting to finish the beginning and middle of the song, Our group wants a little twist to the music because repeated content could get boring and could ruin the effect we are trying to put on the audience.

WEEKLY REFLECTION ( WEEK 4)

This week we focused more on the effects and how could they affect the audience deeper. , my group decided to play very deep and sad tunes on the internet which gave us an idea on what our music should sound like and what mood it creates.We asked how far the art team is and they are on track like we are. We are working very collaboratively and testing out new things, i watched some videos with my team mates and we realized that the songs are really engraved in the story and that is one of  our aims our second aim is to entertain the audience very well that they actually feel scared.

WEEK 3 of daily reflection

This week in the two lessons, we were separated  so the art students had to go to the art room while the musicians stayed in the music room.As we explored a lot of instruments we got to a conclusion that we were using a piano as the main instrument, but that couldn't be enough so i decided that i would play the guitar. I started of with playing a very basic tune which included two strings but it got a little boring so i experimented even more but it was a little tough so i decided to stick to what i have right now. The other musicians are planning on more instruments like the keyboard and  a laptop recording of a scary tune which is a song called lily's theme in Harry potter.

WEEKLY REFLECTION ( week 2)

This week we got to choose our groups which resulted me being in groups of six (including m) . My team mates are Mayukh , nazzi and Runa which are from art while from music there is Lina , Safa and Danya. We got to discuss our main and important thing which was the story, we shared each others stories and ideas we were not very happy because our aim was a serious story which our stories were kind of lacking . Once we finally decided its best to write a story from scratch because then all of our ideas are contributed. We got handed a planning sheet were we had to write the story and there were other pages which included things like the instruments we are playing and what effect it will give on the audience. As we finished all of that, the music team got to explore different instruments which could fit with the genre. 

MYP The Art of Storytelling - Phantasmagoria ( WEEK ONE)

Key Concept: Communication

Related Concept: Narrative

Global Context: Orientation in Space & Time

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?

My name is Alissa and I am in grade 8 this is my MYP Arts Process Journal. On this blog you will find documented evidence of my learning through The Arts: Art|Drama|Music. This term I am starting my learning journey in Music

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

WEEK ONE REFLECTION
This week in music we discussed our topic which is phantasmgoria which is a form of horror theater which uses light to project the characters and story. In the first lesson we got a brief idea on what we were doing because we got to watch videos and have questions which made clear what we are doing. Since we had to make our own Phantasmgoria we had to choose groups for next lesson