Abstract Space

I choose my entire home for the assignment because it was familiar and it would be easy to keep track of what I was recording.  I tended to be attracted to lighting and clocks, probably because of the sound and the assignment.  I also liked moving through different environments giving the moving a wobbly feel.  The footage was layered over a clock and set to an opacity of around 25-30%.  Each layer is a different walk through and there are several other items layered throughout.  The flashlight was mirrored to give it an interesting effect.  The sound clips was slowed down to half speed and repeated.  The final change of the video editing was flip the video with the flop effect.

I was hoping it would give almost a cult's  hypnotic video feel or a video that shows images of the mind.  The message is conveyed using sound and video for several reasons.  The sound increases and decreases and is warped creating a nostalgic yet confusing feeling.  Several images are played on top of one another in order to create chaos and mind flashes until it combines into a circle at the end.  The image of the clock is flipped and as such gives an odd sensation to the viewer because it is displayed in reverse in both numbers and the movement of the hands.  This leads to the title Time Tells Lies, which was created because of the phrase Time Tells No Lies that seemed to be in my head throughout the project.

Sonic Space Project

The piece was created in audacity and each piece of audio was recorded of various things from my household.  When collecting sounds I was attracted to creaks and squeaks the most.  I also however, enjoyed lasting "white noise" like sounds, along with a few random bumps here and there.  I used a single piece of audio and repeated it over and over to create a base or rhythm for the project.  From there I systematically added sounds at certain points according to the pieces of audio above it.  Some pieces I decided to play in either the left or right ear to create directional sound and keep the listener paying attention.  There are some sounds that seem random, but were still placed in a certain area to break up the continuous beat.

As for the meaning I wanted to create a sense of rhythm and focus.  I wanted to show sounds interacting with other sounds of various origins that are not normally heard side by side.  Some sounds have a human element while others have a machine aspect to them.  I also was targeting the continuous sound of hum and drum.  The sound is constant and almost unchanging, aside from the random sounds, change in sound, or change in the rhythm variation.  The piece displays that anything can break up the hum and drum of life and yet, become a part of the flow in the end.

sound cloud practice

wrist crack