First and foremost, I am proud of the work I produced, even though it was not my first choice of soundscape due to some complications, I feel I have produced a piece of work that I can be proud of, I also feel that it is a step up to any other work I have created using sounds and music, because of the skills I have learnt on the way to creating this.

LO1 – Become more organised whilst working on this project.

Now, this learning objective started great, I had meetings with David and Dylan almost immediately and tried to get the work underway straight away. With my original soundscape idea, I was already in London recording at the start of February, however that is where it went wrong. Once I had the problems with all my recordings, I had to basically start again and although I feel I was well organised throughout the second half of recording when I had a new project to focus on, it was the time in between which was the problem, I didn’t get started on the new project straight away and it took me 2 to 3 weeks before I realised that I needed to start the assignment again otherwise I was never going to finish.

LO2 – Become more competent whilst using Pro Tools

I feel that I have met this learning objective completely. As stated within my Learning Objectives, I said that this would be the first time I would be using Pro Tools by myself, and I feel that I have succeeded in becoming more competent and all around more confident whilst using Pro Tools. I no longer need someone looking over my shoulder whilst I use the program to make sure I am doing the work right.

LO3 – Gain more knowledge in the area of sound that I am working in

Again, I feel that I have met the criteria for this learning objective too. Before starting this project, I knew very little about soundscapes, how they worked, what genres they fell under, basically I did not know anything to do with the area of sound. But as you can see from the research I have done throughout the Blog with research on Genre and Pricing, you can see that I have now grasped an understanding on the genre of soundscapes, and even the different types of soundscapes – Experimental, Formalistic and Naturalistic.

If I were to do this project again, I would give myself more time to get the original idea done, rather than just planning to go down to London just the once I would make sure I planned to go there a few times, just in case something like the files corrupting happened again, so if I went a few more times I could have rerecorded what I had lost. As well as that I would make sure I stay in constant contact with my tutor. One of the biggest problems I faced whilst transitioning from my main idea to the idea I finished with is that it could have all happened two weeks earlier, had I just emailed Dylan about the problems quicker and we could have sorted it out earlier. The tutors are there to help you through problems like that, and I didn’t take advantage of the help enough.