Ongoing Development

PH0701 – Oral Presentation reflection


The assorted very helpful online instructions and guides to this work highlighted one area that it seemed foolhardy to include: sound recordings.  Such an option was crossed firmly off my list.  However, I did dabble, even to the extent of committing several hours to re-editing some soundbites, but then I revisited the advice section and decided not to make such an inclusion: wrong choice, since feedback suggested that this might have benefitted my presentation!  This area I shall revisit in future oral presentations and time will also be given to ‘other artefacts’ – although I am currently unsure what they could/might be!

M2: Assignment

Surfaces and Strategies PHO703 – Oral Presentation


Surfaces and Strategies PHO703 – Oral Presentation – Transcript

For Module 2’s Oral Presentation, I have included the merest suggestion of a sound recording.  With most of the locations being chapels in which I have sung, it seemed fitting to include a recording in which I feature.

Recorded in Notre-Dame de l’Assomption de Rouen (the magnificent Gothic Roman Catholic Cathedral of Rouen, in Northern France, pictured below), the piece is a setting of the first three verses of Psalm 42.  Like as the Hart was composed by Herbert Howells in a single day (January 8, 1941) and is part of a choral works titled Four Anthems.

Notre-Dame de l'Assomption de Rouen (low res)

Ongoing Development

PH0703 – Oral Presentation reflection


I remain a little confused as to the anticipated content of an Oral Presentation – something reflected well in each recording.  The Oral Presentation feedback builds upon this, but in doing so does paint a much clearer picture of the expectations

Because such a high percentage of my photographic time in the summer months was spent carrying out my more normal practice: sports photography, it seemed utterly appropriate to feature this in part of my presentation – it is an area of continued investigation, investment and evolution.  No such chance of such inclusions within Module PH0704, as to the dismay of many on site, I have been unable to commit any time to photography within the school since July, besides the creation of a photographic gallery, which is currently a retrospective of my work:

Gallery lr

One thing that is very clear is that I assume too much understanding around the subject matter and do not provide sufficient background information – this I hope to redress in PH0704.