Our task was to get used to using a camera and seeing what we can make from our environment. Tasked with finding things that interest us and trying to find a theme and keep to it.
I decided to only look at people’s feet, more specifically, their shoes and how they walk. I took videos from low angles trying to capture people moving across the shot.
I filmed people in our class and then people in the wild.
After collating the videos, I realised there was a really interesting difference in the sound of people’s feet. Sadly, the quality was not good because I only used the camera mic and not a directional mic or anything like that. I spent time trying to single out the foot sounds, but it wasn’t very successful.
So I attempted to make music out of it.
What I think was successful.
- Camera framing was good.
- The variety of sounds was interesting
What could be improved upon.
- Sound quality, if I initially recorded them with a good mic. I think I would be more excited actually to make something of it. But because it was so bad, I didn’t feel it was worth my time
- The timing is a bit weird; I’m not sure what the rhythm is. I think if I actually,y wanted to make it musical, I would upload each individual noise into a music production software and organise them there. Then go back into Premier Pro to match the visuals.
Kenneth introduced us to the concept of granular synthesis
Granular synthesis is a sound processing technique that involves chopping up a piece of audio into teeny-tiny particle fragments called “grains.” By micro-sampling these grains, which are typically 5 to 200 milliseconds (ms) long, you can synthesize new sounds and patterns.
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This was made into video art by “GRANULAR SYNTHESIS ”
I really liked this; it was scary unexpected and very interesting. one of my personal favourite parts about music and a guiding force behind my own work is the concept of ‘ugly sounds, beautiful music’. Granular synthesis is a perfect example of this. Although you might say, this example is only ugly. I think it is a great first step to create work after it.
I made my own version of it. A much simpler version. I will also say that this is one of the first things I edited on premiere pro, and I was still figuring my way around it. I used this exercise to help orientate myself.
What I think was successful.
- the imagery was interesting, the comparison between different types of hsoes and their sounds was made obvious by this format.
- i liked that it took the viewer out of everyday life and threw them in this weird world of glitching. like the clip moves on without anything changing. had a weird feeling to it.
What could be improved upon.
- The final clip of the video was too long, it takes up almost half of the video time.
- i think it would have been interesting to extrapolate it, creating different sounds from different shoes. then layered next to eachother to create a cacophany.