What I did:
I've been blessed to be able to spend time with Brenda and Mrs. Johnston. On Monday I realized how much time I'd spent when I revisited a lot of the recordings. Wow..... I didn't say that when I began to sort through them, but I felt a little overwhelmed. I wanted to make a short audio piece, around 3 minutes, for a small class discussion. I tried, but I wasn't happy with how the different parts of the recordings worked together. I decided to play an unedited part of the most recent recording. (2 hours)
Tuesday I went to Groundworks, an electronics media lab, to work on editing key moments from the recordings. (3 hours)
Thursday I began to list a few frames for stories about Mrs. Johnston and Brenda. Then I started making a short piece. (2 hours)
Friday I finished the audio piece. It is in the post titled Mrs. Johnston, Brenda, and Doreen. (2 hours)
What I accomplished/ discovered/ encountered:
This last Wednesday Kate Davidson visited the Sound and Story class. She talked about her work and she played some of her audio work. She gave us a piece of paper titled Sound Bingo and it is organized just like a bingo card. It gives many examples of sounds to gather in a recording: leaving in a pause, stand-up (describe where you are and who you are), vox-pop (a collection of sounds that give a sense of scope), and etc... I am gaining confidence in making audio pieces because of what I've listened to in that class. I think one element to a great recording is variety of sounds.
What I think I should do next:
Make 3 minute short vignettes around different themes.
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