Whilst group critiquing my work, it was suggested that I should perhaps play sounds that don’t necessarily connect instantly with my work, yet still add to the theatricality and feeling to it. This was then hard trying to think of possible sounds, because there are so many sounds that you could put with my work that don’t connect, but I had to work on reigning these in.
Trenches:
Floorboards creaking, children singing, silence, revving of engines. Firstly, none of these sounds would be expected. But I think the most eerie and interesting one that I could connect and put with these would be children singing. It would have such a striking hit on the concept of mortality. ß Might present this piece.
Woodlands montage style:
Silence, sirens, clock ticking, chainsaw?! From these I believe a clock ticking would be most apprehensive. You have the time beat of the montage clips, and then if you were to add in the incessant noise of the clock ticking it adds in another beat. I believe in this case it would be an annoying one as it probably wouldn’t fall in line/ in rhythm with the clips, making it a stressful film to watch. And if nothing more, clocks ticking bring forth their own connotations – peter pan and the ticking crocodile!
Mountains:
Gun fire, screaming, muffled voices, horn, sirens, tapping on a window. I have not yet filmed this piece and so of yet I have not got a clear image as to what this film looks like. At the moment I believe I will try: muffled voices (maybe smacked on the head/ not with it/ stuck under water), horn (your in the way, or someone going into the water/ falling off a cliff?) and the tapping on a window (firstly is someone stuck in the car and where is it? This would be interesting to use a microphone where it has surround sound and have the sound coming from in front of you where there is no visible car).
Trenches:
Floorboards creaking, children singing, silence, revving of engines. Firstly, none of these sounds would be expected. But I think the most eerie and interesting one that I could connect and put with these would be children singing. It would have such a striking hit on the concept of mortality. ß Might present this piece.
Woodlands montage style:
Silence, sirens, clock ticking, chainsaw?! From these I believe a clock ticking would be most apprehensive. You have the time beat of the montage clips, and then if you were to add in the incessant noise of the clock ticking it adds in another beat. I believe in this case it would be an annoying one as it probably wouldn’t fall in line/ in rhythm with the clips, making it a stressful film to watch. And if nothing more, clocks ticking bring forth their own connotations – peter pan and the ticking crocodile!
Mountains:
Gun fire, screaming, muffled voices, horn, sirens, tapping on a window. I have not yet filmed this piece and so of yet I have not got a clear image as to what this film looks like. At the moment I believe I will try: muffled voices (maybe smacked on the head/ not with it/ stuck under water), horn (your in the way, or someone going into the water/ falling off a cliff?) and the tapping on a window (firstly is someone stuck in the car and where is it? This would be interesting to use a microphone where it has surround sound and have the sound coming from in front of you where there is no visible car).