Intro

My name is Eddie Rowe, (candidate number 9147). I'm a media student at the Latymer School. I am working in group 2 with Mario Louka, (candidate number 9099),and Ignacio Flores (candidate number 9049). To view my work, use the 3 labels on the right named 'A2 Research and Planning', 'A2 Construction', and 'A2 Evaluation'.

Group 2 Music Video

My Music Video

Digipak

My Digipak

Group 2 Website

My Website

Wednesday 9 September 2015

R+P Post 2: What does music mean to you?

I feel that music means quite a bit to me, it has given me inspiration in the past and also helped a lot to pass the time, (such as with travelling).

Childhood:
Green Day - Boulevard of Broken Dreams



Around the time I first really started independently listening to music, at this point most of my music taste was derived from my brother's, mainly because around this time I got an iPod and seeing as you had to get music from iTunes I basically just got his music. However, this wasn't from his library, and I have no idea where I first heard it, but it's significant to me as I made a blutac stop animation to the track, basically the first ever creative thing I did, and the animation was played in my primary school's assembly so I felt pretty full of myself.


Early Teens:

Pegboard Nerds – Disconnected

I first heard this track in 2012 and it was one of the first to really open my eyes to other genres of music, especially electronic. It also to a point inspired me in producing my own music, and has accompanied me on many journeys when on holiday. Despite all this, I still don't like the second half.


Now:

Felix Jaehn - Ain't Nobody ft. Jasmine Thompson
This song is significant to me as every time I hear it it reminds me of the 1983 version and that reminds me of my childhood and good memories as my parents always listened to Magic FM which constantly used to play oldie tracks like it. It's also kind of weird as I recognised the piano samples used for this track, as I've used them and heard them in other tracks.


Tuesday 8 September 2015

R+P Post 1: My A2 Group

Group members (left to right): Myself, Ignacio Flores, Mario Louka.

Key strengths: 
I believe I have good technical skills such as in editing and deciding shots and setups, whereas I think Ignacio is particularly good at organisation and planning, for example things like working out our shoot schedule. I think Mario will bring the most creativity and ideas to the group.

Schedule:
We have decided to meet multiple times a week to discuss what we are doing, we have also drawn up a list of what we're going to be doing during each meeting, whether it be discussing ideas or working together on a particular thing such as a timeline.

We have decided to keep in touch via both a Facebook group and also a WhatsApp chat.