Final Film Clip, Drift #2

Here is the final film clip that i decided upon. The main concept that gives the clip character is that you here a lot of sounds that are very familiar and resemble a number of fast food chains and restaurant sounds only you don't see the people making the sounds. I decided that the clip kind of takes you on a roller coaster. In some points it moves slow, then speeds up. I tried to make the brightness and certain transitions give you a feel like you don't know what is going on, and it's a little mysterious.

Making Progress, Drift #2

Here you can see the rocking chairs moving and what basically turned into the intro or first half of my clip. At this point i still wasn't sure how bright or dark i wanted to make the clip. I liked how the darker it was made it more mysterious. However, i eventually decided that i wanted the viewer to actually be able to see a little bit more of the detail of the suroundings. I also found that even when i made the clip brighter, the clip still has an ominous glow in cetain points.

Very Rough Clip, Drift #2

This is a very rough clip of the imagery that started my film clip off and gave me the inspiration for the rest of the 2:00 clip. This clip takes place outside my work at cracker barrel. Later i got the idea to go back and make the rocking chairs move with no one in them.

Production Strategy

The place i chose for my drift two is the area where i work. I work at cracker barrel which is on hwy. Q in Germantown about 5-10 min from my house. I chose this location, because I want to get some completely different sounds than on my first drift. I think the commercialized aspect of the area should lead to some different sounds than the suburbia area that i did in my first drift. The two places are related, because The first drift is around the area i live, and the second is around the area that i work.

The new drift strategy I am going to use is, going to the road, that my work is on, then i will walk to and through every commercial building that i can see. There is 1 resturant 6 fast food places, and two gas stations on that road.

The methods i will use to limit my image taking is only taking pictures wil standing still, and only taking video while walking or running.

Drift Assessment #1

One extremely bothersome thing that took place during my first drift, was the relentless swarm of mosquitoes that truly ate me alive. This was bad not only because I was itching for days, but my constant slapping them and itching made noises which I later had to do my best to delete in the studio.
One not very significant thing, but still very interesting or perhaps shocking thing that I encountered on my drift, was how funny random people can be when you stop to listen to them. One circumstance was when I encountered this family frog hunting. At one point a frog got out of the bucket and the father accidentally stepped on it only to have the mother yell out… “Ahh you killed it”. Another was when I heard the group of BMX’ers talking about if there was a challenge you had to complete before you were considered a professional.

Drift Assessment #2

Well it was very difficult to feel at ease and peaceful when mosquitoes were out like crazy. However, the closest I got was when I was doing things that I never actually take the time to do. The first was when I was walking down the side walk holding the microphones in the air, trying to get closer to the trees so I could hear the birds chirping as I walked down the side walk. The second was when I was taking in the sounds of morning doves by the keep near the end of my walk. The birds were soothing, but I didn’t really have much to look at so I watched the sun just starting to go down. That was very peaceful since I never sit and watch the sun go down.

Drift Assessment #3

The most surprising thing I found when it came to the sounds I took, was that there was so many sounds that we just don’t think about or train our minds to block out. Even when I was sitting there listening through the microphone and then I would go back and listen to it and I would hear lots of things I didn’t hear the first time. I also didn’t expect to enjoy going on the walk so much. I thought working with the computer programs would be fun, but I never really liked going on walks. However, once I got out there I found that it was fun to walk around and explore as oppose to what I usually do which is sit inside the house. The last realization I came to was that normal sounds I over look are interesting when I actually sit down analyze and listen to them.

Drift Assessment #4

Well my favorite experience was standing by the creek taking in bird sounds and watching the sun go down which I have already mentioned. However that was right next to the road and was not actually that great of a place. So my favorite place would have to be this little bridge that connected the thinnest spot of the lake. I have lived in my apartment for over 2 years. I have parked in my parking spot and from there seen that bridge and the lake almost everyday. I have never gone over there and actually walked across it. So it was probably my favorite place since it was somewhere I’ve seen many times, but had always been to lazy to go.

10 Questions

1. Will there be any public buildings to walk through.
2. Will there be any lakes near by.
3.Will people hinder natures sounds in the area.
4. Will there be places off the beaten path to take.
5. Will wildlife sounds be possible.
6. Will heavier traffic be and issue for drowning out other sounds.
7. Will there be opportunities to artistic images or pictures.
8. Will there be any structures that are significantly visually different than the others.
9. Will there be a skate park in the area.
10. Will there be any weird sounds that can't be heard anywhere else.

Drift #2 Map

Here is a list of the buildings i went in and the order i went in them.