IS THE DIGITAL REVOLUTION WINNING THE BATTLE?

An interesting piece here from The Guardian. Some helpful statistics also included.

The digital revolution has been and continues to be massive and is constantly evolving, but is there still room for the more traditional methods of consumption? This article discusses the issue and even manages to incorporate Take That : )

DIGITAL CONSUMPTION LINK

Click here for a relatively straightforward research piece on digital consumption

CONSUMPTION TASK

Due Monday

• Clarify definition - what do we mean by music consumption?



• Before the technological revolution so to speak, how was music consumed?
  


• What is the digital revolution?



• How has this transformed the ways in which audiences consume music? Consider both legal and non legal methods ie file sharing; streaming of live concerts (U2 on youtube example, buying concerts on Sky etc); putting live concert on USBs after the show etc. NOTE: This should be a big research section!



• Along with digital consumption, what other ways do people still consume music and it's related products today? CD sales? Concert tickets?
  
  

*Ensure you use technical terminology where possible.

**Address all areas.

Titling your project

Titles must not be an afterthought, they are a vital part of the connection between film and audience and help to establish and develop expectations of your film. You should hopefully have looked at http://www.artofthetitle.com/ for inspiration. Your task for Friday is to create a timeline for all that happens in the opening sequence of a film in the genre that you have chosen.

An example is included below

DISTRIBUTION TASK

**NOTE: THIS TASK HAS REPLACED THE 'BIG 3' RESEARCH TASK. I WILL GIVE YOU A NEW DATE FOR THAT SHORTLY.


You've completed research on 'Production' of music - let's look at the next step, 'Distribution' (ie once the music is made, getting it out there)

The case studies will be our reference points, but it's important to have a general understanding of each section before we dive indepth into our specific case studies.

For Tuesday, complete research on 'Distribution' (be careful - don't drift into consumption which is about how we actually buy it)

Consider:
* What are the different ways in which music is distributed today?

* Where did we come from? Where are we now?

* How have technological advances effected this area?

* The future for distribution?

DUE TUESDAY PLEASE.

REMEMBER, THE MORE YOU PUT IN, THE MORE YOU WILL GET OUT OF THIS ALL AND THE GREATER BENEFIT IT WILL BE TO YOU IN YOUR EXAM.

HISTORY OF THE IPOD/MP3

History of the Ipod click here for timeline

Interesting piece on Production

Some of the pros and cons in the revolution of production in the music industry

Click here