final piece

experimentation and tech walkthrough

pre-production

Project idea: Independent + grassroots music venues within Nottingham Question: Are Nottingham's music venues under threat? People I have contacted People who I have contacted and who have responded Potential interviewees Venues: The Grove (info@thegrovenotts.co.uk) Rescue Rooms inquiry form Rescue Rooms (General manager- Jack Yule, info@rescuerooms.com, could also make enquiry on website) Metronome (hello@metronome.uk.com) Saltbox (https://saltboxbar.co.uk/contact-us/) The C

Visiting Nottingham's music venues, and finding which one is the best: https://leftlion.co.uk/features/2024/02/gig-diary-we-visit-some-of-nottinghams-most-loved-music-venues/ Nottingham based music organisations: https://www.nusic.org.uk/wordpress/ https://www.wearecreative.uk/the-creative-quarter-nottinghams-coolest-community/ The Chameleon Arts Cafe (closed March 2024, 70 person capacity venue): https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-68567896 https://leftlion

Subject matter: Are Nottingham's music venues under threat? Why did I choose this idea? I chose this idea as I have a lot of primary research experience already from my multiple visits to a variety of Nottingham music venues. This is a list of all music venues I have been to so far within Nottingham: Motorpoint Arena Rock City Rescue Rooms Rough Trade Apart from Motorpoint Arena, all these venues are classed as independent, which gives more of a first-hand experience as colle

In the second week of the project, I decided to start creating my pitch. I wanted to make it appealing to those who I was showing it to, so for my opening slide decided to create a collage of Nottingham's music venues. The opening slide that I have created for my pitch, a collage of images of Nottingham venues and gigs that have happened there With only 5 minutes for the pitch, I had to decide what elements would be the best to focus on the pitch in the hope to cover all base

I have begun to generate some ideas for the project, the first and currently only one in the format of a mind map, as I am a bit stuck on what to do at the moment. I know I want to take a musical approach to it, but focus on a topic that I know a little about, but still something I could take a deep dive into as well. I also have to make sure it is something that not everyone will know about, so I can basically give them a lesson on the subject. Below is the mind map that I c

initial response to the brief

Week 1- Introduction to project and idea generation (W/C 09.03.26) This week we started our final project, and these first few weeks of it will consist of our idea generation and pitching our idea to make sure it is viable as a project. On Monday we got an introduction to the project and what the process would consist of, as well as the official brief. We also began to generate some ideas for the project in the format of a mind map, and so far I have only been able to come up