Monday, March 21, 2011
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Project 1 & 2 Experience
Having virtually no experience with sound editing/recording, this project definitely challenged me creatively and technically. However, I did enjoy the learning experience it put me through and though my sound clip was not produced exactly as I wanted, this project afforded me the chance to make something that I wouldn't ordinarily be able to make.
One of the hardest parts was the integration of voice into the project. I'll be the first to admit that public speaking or emoting is not my strong suit, so my voice recording was not quite what I anticipated, but at the same time this allowed me to focus on ambient sound and setting. Nowadays, our minds are almost constantly stimulated by work or technology, etc., and it's hard (for me at least) to think of a moment where I was just at complete peace. Since I didn't bring my car with me to college, I am an avid user of public transportation, and one of the most hectic and wholly uncomfortable positions to be in is waiting at the bus stop on a cold, dreary day, dreading all the work that I would have to finish once I returned home.
The sounds I used in my clip were meant to evoke that hectic, urban atmosphere and the heavy breathing/coughing was included to represent my personal feelings. The latter half of the clip, with the quiet walk towards the wind chimes, paralleled an abstract desire to be away from that comfortable position, using typical sounds that remind me of being home without any pressures. Looking back, I do believe that this intent could be made a bit clearer in the piece's structuring, as I could see how it could be difficult to track the "action" of the clip.
Because there was some form of narrative and setting in the sound clip, no matter how obscure, I actually wanted to go even more abstracted in the Still-Frame Project, and got rid of almost any form of linear storytelling. The obvious characteristic that ties most of the pictures together is the focus on a circular shape, which came about when I was trying to think of things that were common in my sounds (for example, a bus wheel from the bus sounds, a clock from the ticking). I wanted to keep the pictures in full color at first, but the result was too cluttered and the circle shapes were lost (plus, I love black and white photography!). Although I did have a wide range of pictured items to choose from, many of the photos I couldn't use because they didn't fit size-wise or thematically. I wish that I had been able to get some of the photos I initially included in my storyboard (ex. police sirens, bus wheel) but for some of them I wasn't allowed or didn't have access to.
One of the hardest parts was the integration of voice into the project. I'll be the first to admit that public speaking or emoting is not my strong suit, so my voice recording was not quite what I anticipated, but at the same time this allowed me to focus on ambient sound and setting. Nowadays, our minds are almost constantly stimulated by work or technology, etc., and it's hard (for me at least) to think of a moment where I was just at complete peace. Since I didn't bring my car with me to college, I am an avid user of public transportation, and one of the most hectic and wholly uncomfortable positions to be in is waiting at the bus stop on a cold, dreary day, dreading all the work that I would have to finish once I returned home.
The sounds I used in my clip were meant to evoke that hectic, urban atmosphere and the heavy breathing/coughing was included to represent my personal feelings. The latter half of the clip, with the quiet walk towards the wind chimes, paralleled an abstract desire to be away from that comfortable position, using typical sounds that remind me of being home without any pressures. Looking back, I do believe that this intent could be made a bit clearer in the piece's structuring, as I could see how it could be difficult to track the "action" of the clip.
Because there was some form of narrative and setting in the sound clip, no matter how obscure, I actually wanted to go even more abstracted in the Still-Frame Project, and got rid of almost any form of linear storytelling. The obvious characteristic that ties most of the pictures together is the focus on a circular shape, which came about when I was trying to think of things that were common in my sounds (for example, a bus wheel from the bus sounds, a clock from the ticking). I wanted to keep the pictures in full color at first, but the result was too cluttered and the circle shapes were lost (plus, I love black and white photography!). Although I did have a wide range of pictured items to choose from, many of the photos I couldn't use because they didn't fit size-wise or thematically. I wish that I had been able to get some of the photos I initially included in my storyboard (ex. police sirens, bus wheel) but for some of them I wasn't allowed or didn't have access to.
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