The world is
full of so many wonderful and amazingly unique sounds. Consider everything you do in a day -
take a shower, eat food, or walk from location to location. Every movement comes with a distinct
sound, whether our ears register and pay close attention or not. Noises make our surroundings come
alive. Think about it - if you
watch a horror movie without the sound, is it really so terrifying? Definitely not. Sound effects and music scores help
draw in audiences without them even realizing how they are being
manipulated. Just as in a film,
surrounding sounds play a subtle but vital role in every-day living.
In an effort to
express human life through process, we chose to document a typical morning of a
girl getting ready for school and walking to class. Not only did we want to record a universal event, but we
wanted to communicate the theme of the passing of time. Everybody has deadlines to meet. What happens before the deadline is the
individual's call, as long as they make it in time. Our process piece shows a girl working against the clock;
however, when it matters most, she delivers just in time before the bell
rings.
Just as in the
viewings for class, we also wanted to show the contrast of both mundane moments
in life, as well as how grateful we truly should be for these little
events. In "My Mom the
Taxidermist," the daughter tries taxidermy with her mother, even though
she is a vegetarian. This process
is so special and touching because it focuses on a mother-daughter
relationship. The importance of
these events, like the bonding in this piece and the seemingly insignificant
task of getting to school on time in our piece, is highlighted because they are
specific processes in which humans grow.
Both are not momentous events, but both are vital when determining
important moments in ones life.
Alarms begin everyone's day.
We all have to climb out of bed, even if doing it somewhat drudgingly. And showers (hopefully) are a daily
routine that everyone should partake in.
These sounds are a representation of the processes everyone goes through
that are taken for granted.
Every process
we, as humans, go through have specific sounds attached to those
movements. This is why in a movie
if something could be making a sound,
then it should be making a
sound. In the Disney Pixar film
Wall-E, every sound is rerecorded and layered on top of other sounds for a full
effect. We wanted to layer sounds
like this in our process piece to give a more realistic representation of life. Sounds are everywhere, and never is there
one sound. For this reason we chose to overlay the ticking clock on top
of other sounds. The ticking clock
also connects to our theme of racing against the clock, and ultimately coming
out on top. The ticking ends right
before the final bell of class, signifying her success in this race against
time.
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