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BPC Live Lounge | Submission | Unit E

BPC Live Lounge | Submission | Unit E

The Making Of:

The Event:

Itemisation of Time Spent:

Thu 20 Jan 2022 (4 hours):

Team Meeting #1 | Unit E
Today, we formed our group for our Unit E assignment, and had a meeting together discussing ideas for what we want to do. I took minutes:

Fri 21 Jan 2022 (2 hours 30 mins):

Team Meeting #2 | Unit E
Today, we met as a group and discussed our event further. We all went to scout a potential venue too. I took minutes:

Tue 25 Jan 2022 (2 hours):

Team Meeting #3 | Unit E
Today, we met as a group and discussed event timings, roles and songs for the band to play. I took minutes:

Thu 27 Jan 2022 (2 hours 30 mins):

Team Meeting #4 | Unit E
Today, we met as a group and discussed using Studio 1 as our venue instead of the Hub. I spoke to DJ Charles, told him about all our plans, and discussed genre plus timings for his set. He was enthusiastic about taking part. I took minutes:

Fri 28 Jan 2022 (2 hours 30 mins):

Team Meeting #5 | Unit E
Today, we met as a group and further discussed songs for the band to play. We fully decided on using Studio as our venue. I took minutes:

Thu 3 Feb 2022 (3 hours):

Test Setup | Unit E
Today, we set up the sofa and tables for the interviews and arranged instruments according to the stage plan. Where the bass guitar is in the interview room now, was acoustic panels, however, a member of our team suggested that we put the guitar there instead. I along with the

Fri 4 Feb 2022 (2 hours):

Poster | Unit E
Today, I added text to Harvey’s poster design. We then printed out 3 copies and stuck them up around the music department. We also designed our Instagram and YouTube profile icon:

Tue 8 Feb 2022 (1 hour 30 mins):

Team Meeting #6 | Unit E
Today, we met as a group and changed the plan for our event. We’re going to do a prerecorded YouTube Premiere instead of a Livestream so that we can eliminate WiFi issues, eliminate camera cabling and charging issues, eliminate possibility for mistakes, drastically improve video production quality,…

Thu 10 Feb 2022 (4 hours 30 mins):

Recording Interviews | Unit E
Today, we recorded most of the interviews for BPC Live Lounge. I used my Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 (2 in / 2 out audio interface), MacBook Pro and Shure SM58 (+ another SM58 from college) to record the audio, and my Canon EOS 200D camera with a 10-18mm wide lens for the main

Fri 11 Feb 2022 (4 hours 30 mins):

Recording Piano Performance | Unit E
Today, we finished off recording the last interviews and then recorded my piano performance. I already had a great recording of the piano piece I was going to play, so instead of recording it again live, I played that recording out loud while playing the piano along to it for

Sun 13 Feb 2022 (7 hours):

Editing Interviews | Unit E
I spent the day editing all the interviews for BPC Live Lounge from around 10:00 to 17:00. At the end of the day, I used Filemail to send all the videos to the member of our Unit E group who’s going to compile the entire video together.

Mon 14 Feb 2022 (4 hours):

Recording Aleks & Andy’s Performances | Unit E
Today, we recorded both Aleks and Andy’s performances for the Premiere. Aleks DJ’d on his Roland SP-404 MkII, and Andy performed three songs - piano and vocals. Aleks’s performance only needed two channels recorded, so I went straight into my two-channel audio interface, however, Andy’s performance…

Tue 15 Feb 2022 (3 hours 30 mins):

Recording DJ Charles | Unit E
Today, we recorded DJ Charles for our Unit E project, BPC Live Lounge. Charles arrived at 10:00, and we set everything up beforehand including the audio recording equipment, video recording equipment, an audio monitor, lights, and tables for Charles’ DJ equipment. Charles set up his equipment, and…

Wed 16 Feb 2022 (7 hours):

Recording Band’s Performance | Unit E
Today, I went in on a day off to record the band’s performance for BPC Live Lounge. The day lasted from 09:00 to 15:00. I was the only tech to come in, and there were four band members. The first thing I did when I arrived was draw

Sun 20 Feb 2022 (3 hours):

Mixing Band’s Performance | Unit E
Since we’re going to premiere BPC Live Lounge on YouTube in a few days, I decided to mix the band’s performance again because I felt I could do a much better job. I discovered a mind-blowing mixing technique where Logic Pro can analyse an audio track for transients and then

Thu 3 Mar 2022 (4 hours):

Writing Voice-over | Unit E
Today, we wrote the script for ‘The Making Of’ video. We’re going to record it tomorrow morning.