Project 1 Responses

Anthony -

I enjoyed the subject matter of misplacing a valued camera and the audio quality of retracing your steps throughout certain places on campus. The sound of running and walking from destinations was great and recognizable. Everything appeared cleanly meshed together including the crowd. It really felt like we were accompanying you on your quest to find your lost camera. Your comments and collection of thoughts were an important addition but I felt you were to calm for the situation.

Ryan -

Having contributed to your piece and pretty much knew your intentions for the project, I say the outcome was a success in that music produces memories. Your guitar playing is very crisp and phenomenal and I enjoyed listening to our conversations and your thoughts on the project. I like how in a sense the memory became the process of us talking about the project and how music triggers memory. It was relaxing and the inclusion of Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here" (good stuff) was nice to listen to. It is interesting how we did not even consider the meaning of the song and it's relation to your goal with the project other than it was a mellow tune to listen to and reflect on. I do think the video clip that is triggered and used as an example memory towards the end could have been transitioned better considering most of the dialogue consists of you or me talking.

Kara -

Let me just start off by saying that I really enjoyed the eerie atmosphere of this piece and could not help but randomly smile during class because of its strong unsettling impact. I like the subject matter and how its supporting sound effects makes everyone flinch. Such ambiance and sounds of danger is what i found myself often using in my work. I like how the sounds tell the traumatic story rather than hearing someone talk about it.

Photo Still Thoughts

"Between You and Me" by Patryk Rebisz, 2005

This piece is very well done. The amount of photos used in this video must be in the thousands. The still is about a woman who goes missing after an unfortunate encounter in the streets of NYC and a witness only possesses the woman's dropped camera as a means for locating her. Although I have read the story prior to watching the video, I could understand how someone may find it either confusing or that it suffers pacing issues. But I believe the pace corresponds positively with the progression of photos used to create the video. The picture and sound quality doesn't appear to be crisp, but they are fair, and I personally liked the instrumental music used during scenes. However, I was not a fan of the voice effects used during certain parts. They appeared tacked on and unnatural.

I chose this video because it was the most engaging to me and relied on "moving" images to narrate the story rather than a voice. I would love to incorporate this style of photo stills in my project but i do no have the mind or time to produce the large number of photos. I will however try to allow the sound to tell the story as this video's images do.

Missed-Class Sound Comparison

"America is Waiting" - Byrne/Eno, 1986

This compilation contains funky guitars, drums, and synthesizers accompanied by obscure, indignant radio or television broadcasts. Throughout the sounds we here a robotic "America is Waiting". There are no images or videos with the piece, but the message suggests that America needs to make some sort of change but the content addressed is unclear.

"Get Down, Get Down" - Emergency Broadcast Network, 1995

Both sound excerpts portray a sense of urgency. However, unlike "America is Waiting", this video consists of looping broadcasts, amongst them a short clip before Bud Dwyer's suicide, and a movie clip featuring Harrison Ford, to create a rhythmic audio track. Both pieces are chaotic in nature and could be hard to get into but become more unified as they progress.