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  1. alex.leon

    Major Works- whats all the hype?

    Extension 2, Art, Music and Drama has two. People always rubbish the fact that Drama actually has two major works but it does. Both IP (individual project) and GP (group performance) require logbooks and a submitting of work/performance. Music also kinda has two as well, but not really. You do...
  2. alex.leon

    1o units being risky ? - my subject selections

    10 units was the best decision i ever made. Averaging over 90 in everything because less units = more time to study/revise/major work/whatever.
  3. alex.leon

    Major Works- whats all the hype?

    Recently, when telling people i have 5 major works, they laugh at me, or say something discouraging like 'dude, thats like a suicide attempt spanned over the course of the HSC' I truly don't understand why people are so concerned about major works. Like i said before, I have 5, and i have...
  4. alex.leon

    Viva Voce

    just got my mark...20/20!!!! I agree with Catherinet. Just dont shutup. Ever.
  5. alex.leon

    Viva Voce

    It's hilarious how different schools treat this assessment. It's a real mixed bag. A friend of mine had to do his EE2 Viva to the whole of year 12 (all English classes combined together) and had a 10 minute speech, after getting a question 2 minutes before. My viva was a conversation with my...
  6. alex.leon

    Best+Worst of Teacher Quotes and Habits

    the exact same thing happened to me!!
  7. alex.leon

    Concerned: Bad Idea?

    Well, if you were doing this for Drama it would be tip top. But I think an EE2 script is supposed show some kind of reliance on the written word. It seems a bit risky. You need to show some kind of concept or message. You're not being marked on the practicality of it, more the language and the...
  8. alex.leon

    2009 Core Composition

    I'm writing for: Flute, Piccolo, Panpipes, String Quartet, Timpani and Marimba. A South-American themed programmatic piece portraying the fall of the Tupinamba tribe.
  9. alex.leon

    HSC POETS 09! Unite!

    hey, don't be so sure!!!! Viva was sick. Didn't even feel like an assessment. wooo!
  10. alex.leon

    Start Major Work in Yr 11? Good Idea?

    i did exactly that. started about 3/4 of the way through year 11. and now im basically finished. so i definitely recommend it. it's made my life 100% easier. and i can focus on my other MWs!
  11. alex.leon

    Music of 1900-1945?

    I am in the exact same boat as you right now. Being a singer, i thought i would draw influence from Britten. I mean, you don't have to embody the most influential composer in your composition, as long as its a composer that lived in that time. I'm doing SATB with treble solo, and imitating...
  12. alex.leon

    Please Help out with my composition

    shh. he's postmodern. cool cat.
  13. alex.leon

    2009 Core Composition

    Another tip: Don't over-complicate your composition (This was what always fucked me up). I would write for like 15 instruments and add unnecessary dynamics/accents/tenuto/staccato etc etc. I reckon its better to write some simple but ace it, rather than to do something complex but patchy..?
  14. alex.leon

    Viva Voce tomorrow arvo. Scared as hell. Any tips?

    I had my Viva today as well, and i got all worked up about it.. It turned out to be a 15 minute conversation with my teacher about where i'm going with my MW, and yeah. He basically gave us the questions on the assessment sheet. It was actually the easiest assessment i have ever done in my...
  15. alex.leon

    HSC POETS 09! Unite!

    I reckon it's better to go slower and produce something fantastic. Don't do what I did the other day, and write a piece of shit because I felt an immense amount of pressure from my teacher. It just came out rubbish. I thought it was rubbish, and my teacher thought it was rubbish (which didn't...
  16. alex.leon

    URRGH! VA Teachers are SO clueless

    Dude, do we have the same teacher? My teacher has just come out of uni, and his English grammar and spelling is ridiculously bad. I'm the only kid in my art class who is doing Advanced English, so he gets away with it, but sometimes I wonder whether he even knows what he's saying. He'll write...
  17. alex.leon

    atyp and monolouges...

    atyp kid myself. who was your tutor? and what was the workshop on?
  18. alex.leon

    Onstage Recordings

    Story time, hooray! Uhh, a friend of mine tried to sneak in a video camera to Onstage 07, and he got escorted out for 'breaking copyright' or something like that..? They didn't take the camera off him though, so he has about half of the night recorded. God, it was funny. You're right, they...
  19. alex.leon

    Highest UAI '09

    i saw this thread, and without even really know who it is, the first thing i thought was Namu. ...lol?
  20. alex.leon

    Oh My ****ing GOD. I = Worlds Biggest Idiot

    Doesnt it go... 10% = 1 day late 50% = 2 days late 100% = any longer Dude, get a doc's cert. It's the HSC, not who should be the most honest. Not saying you are, but it really shits me when people get all moral about things like this. In the end, your teachers more likely to accept the fact...
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