Experimental Film - Influence 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2IoEHzqN1U
The link above is a short experimental film/music video for the song Blue Monday by Manchester's band New Order. It was made in 1984 by Duvet Brothers. It mostly consists of different shots of the rich and poor in England to create a response by showing the huge divide between the two back in 1984.
I found this other experimental very interesting because it caught my attention by the way it was edited to stay quite at beat with the song. I liked the "voice of Britain" introduction because it straight away draws in the viewer and sets the seen quite well. You can see within the film the clear anger towards the divide between rich and poor in Britain with certain clips such as "the poor get poorer" and shots of Margaret Thatcher who is well known for not being like by the working class, especially in the north of England.
This film gave me inspiration towards making our own experimental film as, like my first inspirational film, I enjoy the way the music adapts to fit within the chosen footage to make that great flow and connection between the footage and the music.
Sunday, 15 December 2013
Thursday, 12 December 2013
Experimental Film - Influence 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDqBoUYpMq4
The link above is a short experimental film by D.A. Pennebaker called Daybreak Express which was filmed in 1953. It was shot on a 8mm camera and was filmed on a train driving through New York City. The Music in the background was from Pennebaker's personal jazz collection to give the film more character.
I found this film very interesting as the pace in the film began with quite a steady pace to a much faster pace because the beginning consisted of certain calm shots such as people in the train station. Once the film was being shot on the train and the jazz music came on it began a lot more faster but with this I found it was a lot more exciting as well for the viewer. Also the shots of skyscrapers with the sun up above was very nice looking as well.
This piece gave me and Andrew Espley much inspiration towards our own experimental film as we really enjoyed the way the music completely changed the mood of the film and how it fit really well with the fast motion of the piece. I also liked this piece for the shots of people sitting on the train just peacefully calm with this chosen music in the background.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDqBoUYpMq4
The link above is a short experimental film by D.A. Pennebaker called Daybreak Express which was filmed in 1953. It was shot on a 8mm camera and was filmed on a train driving through New York City. The Music in the background was from Pennebaker's personal jazz collection to give the film more character.
I found this film very interesting as the pace in the film began with quite a steady pace to a much faster pace because the beginning consisted of certain calm shots such as people in the train station. Once the film was being shot on the train and the jazz music came on it began a lot more faster but with this I found it was a lot more exciting as well for the viewer. Also the shots of skyscrapers with the sun up above was very nice looking as well.
This piece gave me and Andrew Espley much inspiration towards our own experimental film as we really enjoyed the way the music completely changed the mood of the film and how it fit really well with the fast motion of the piece. I also liked this piece for the shots of people sitting on the train just peacefully calm with this chosen music in the background.
Tuesday, 10 December 2013
Feedback For Experimental Sound
After myself and Andrew let our finished piece of sound be heard from the rest of our group of class mates we noticed that occasionally the sound would cut out as the speakers could not manage the rising sound. The rest of the group still thought it was good, even the cut out of sound so we decided to implement this accident into our project intentionally. We also got feedback that it did sound quite disturbing and had a interesting flow to it.
After myself and Andrew let our finished piece of sound be heard from the rest of our group of class mates we noticed that occasionally the sound would cut out as the speakers could not manage the rising sound. The rest of the group still thought it was good, even the cut out of sound so we decided to implement this accident into our project intentionally. We also got feedback that it did sound quite disturbing and had a interesting flow to it.
Editing Process and Final Edit For Experimental Sound
We started to use Pro Tools to edit our sound but we suffered technical issues and therefore unfortunately we could not begin our edit. We then decided to use another sound editor for our work.
To create the disturbing sounds we were after we used such effects as reversing some sounds, changing the tempos and dropping the pitches. We found slowing the speed of the sound clips or speeding them up at times to be very effective as well. Also we added echo effects, faded some clips in and out and repeating them to give the whole sound clip the same certain flow. We then added "phaser", "wah wah" effects and inverted most of them. This made the sounds nearly impossible to recognise as everyday sounds which was our intention.
We noticed unintentionally that we had a lot of wind in our sound so we therefore decided to use it within our final cut by fading it in and out throughout the experimental sound. We stopped it at about 1:30 seconds and faded the wind back in at about 20 seconds towards the end.
We started to use Pro Tools to edit our sound but we suffered technical issues and therefore unfortunately we could not begin our edit. We then decided to use another sound editor for our work.
To create the disturbing sounds we were after we used such effects as reversing some sounds, changing the tempos and dropping the pitches. We found slowing the speed of the sound clips or speeding them up at times to be very effective as well. Also we added echo effects, faded some clips in and out and repeating them to give the whole sound clip the same certain flow. We then added "phaser", "wah wah" effects and inverted most of them. This made the sounds nearly impossible to recognise as everyday sounds which was our intention.
We noticed unintentionally that we had a lot of wind in our sound so we therefore decided to use it within our final cut by fading it in and out throughout the experimental sound. We stopped it at about 1:30 seconds and faded the wind back in at about 20 seconds towards the end.
Idea Development and Production Planning For Experimental Sound
For my sound project, myself and Andrew Espley decided to work together to create a selection of sounds from everyday life and to mix them together. The mood we decided to go for was one of disturbance to the extent that it would be hard for the listener to have any recognition that its everyday sounds they would most likely hear. To do this we wanted to distort the sounds in post-production after collecting the sounds.
On the day of production we booked out a zoom sound recorder from the Film and Media department and spent the day walking through the city of Sheffield recording sounds such as traffic, trains, walking and fountains. Recording went very well as we collected a lot of sounds to work with in edit.
For my sound project, myself and Andrew Espley decided to work together to create a selection of sounds from everyday life and to mix them together. The mood we decided to go for was one of disturbance to the extent that it would be hard for the listener to have any recognition that its everyday sounds they would most likely hear. To do this we wanted to distort the sounds in post-production after collecting the sounds.
On the day of production we booked out a zoom sound recorder from the Film and Media department and spent the day walking through the city of Sheffield recording sounds such as traffic, trains, walking and fountains. Recording went very well as we collected a lot of sounds to work with in edit.
Monday, 9 December 2013
Experimental Sound - Influence 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyUkmxy5VMI
The link above is of a recording of experimental sounds called Blue Veils and Golden Sounds by Delia Derbyshire who worked in the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. Delia composed this piece for a documentary on the Tuaregs.
I found this piece very interesting for its strange, haunting sound but also its beautiful kind of flow throughout it. She began with the sound of an industrial green metal lampshade being struck which is then taken apart with workshop sound equipment to be looped and woven back together. She referred to this sound as "castrated oboe". Also you can hear her voice after being cut-up and re-sampled so its very unrecognizable. I only noticed this when I did my research on this piece.
I think this will be helpful in my project as its inspired me to try and make layers within my sound that will in a way challenge the listener to find these separate layers. I also like this sound as its a very simple piece with these certain subtle depths to it that will echo through the listener even after listening to it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyUkmxy5VMI
The link above is of a recording of experimental sounds called Blue Veils and Golden Sounds by Delia Derbyshire who worked in the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. Delia composed this piece for a documentary on the Tuaregs.
I found this piece very interesting for its strange, haunting sound but also its beautiful kind of flow throughout it. She began with the sound of an industrial green metal lampshade being struck which is then taken apart with workshop sound equipment to be looped and woven back together. She referred to this sound as "castrated oboe". Also you can hear her voice after being cut-up and re-sampled so its very unrecognizable. I only noticed this when I did my research on this piece.
I think this will be helpful in my project as its inspired me to try and make layers within my sound that will in a way challenge the listener to find these separate layers. I also like this sound as its a very simple piece with these certain subtle depths to it that will echo through the listener even after listening to it.
Experimental Sound - Influence 1
http://fonik.dk/works/mattermemory.html
The link above is a recording of ambience sounds called Matter Of Memory that was recorded on the 30st of December 2006 by Jacob Kirkegaard. the recordings were from his visit to the Island of the Dead in Venice which is a small island that is a graveyard.
I found this sound very interesting as you can here these distorted sounds from tiny battery driven music boxes that had been left from days before the recording. Jacob Kirkegaard points out that this caused them to play rather disharmonic range of tones as the batteries were running beginning to run flat. For myself this drives the mood of the recording into so much depth as it can represent time and how the living and also technology are slaves to it because nothing can live forever.
As dark as this piece can seem it still has given me inspiration towards making my own experimental sound because instead of basing my sound around certain objects and things I'm now more focused on creating my sound around a chosen mood. For now I'm considering using love and sex as moods for my project and perhaps make technology represent these moods like how technology has created a mood of death for me here listening to Matter of Memory.
http://fonik.dk/works/mattermemory.html
The link above is a recording of ambience sounds called Matter Of Memory that was recorded on the 30st of December 2006 by Jacob Kirkegaard. the recordings were from his visit to the Island of the Dead in Venice which is a small island that is a graveyard.
I found this sound very interesting as you can here these distorted sounds from tiny battery driven music boxes that had been left from days before the recording. Jacob Kirkegaard points out that this caused them to play rather disharmonic range of tones as the batteries were running beginning to run flat. For myself this drives the mood of the recording into so much depth as it can represent time and how the living and also technology are slaves to it because nothing can live forever.
As dark as this piece can seem it still has given me inspiration towards making my own experimental sound because instead of basing my sound around certain objects and things I'm now more focused on creating my sound around a chosen mood. For now I'm considering using love and sex as moods for my project and perhaps make technology represent these moods like how technology has created a mood of death for me here listening to Matter of Memory.
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