Walk Details
Date: September 30, 2020
Time: 10:30 am
Weather: Sunny, windy, smoky (outside)
Temperature: 90 degrees Fahrenheit (outside)
Air Quality Index: 133
The Creative Exercise
Using a sound recording device (your phone will work fine if you do not have a dedicated device) make at least 3 sound recordings from your walk. Each should be between 30-90 seconds in length. If you do not have sound editing software you can add a description of the sounds with your voice at the beginning or end of your recording. If you have sound editing software you can edit your sound clips together into a sound collage. You can add in your voice if you wish.
Results
Reflections
The sounds above were not taken on my normal walking route (the one with bridges, stairs, and a lot of plants). The air quality levels were back into the unhealthy levels thi week, so I decided to take advantage of a work trip into a local mined cavern. It was an excellent place to capture some sounds. And convincing the seven other collegaues to be silent for periods of time was also entertaining to me as well. My colleagues thought one minute of silence felt like an eternity. And when we stopped to listen again later, this time with no flashlights on, it was even harder for everyone. The darkness and silence felt so absolute. I found it fascinating to listen to the clips later while not in the cave. Sounds that I thought would have been picked up were not or there was such a difference between what I heard in person and what the recording relayed. Also, I became most interested in the random clips I recorded with our footsteps or snippets of conversation. It was an incredible experience, and not just because I got to explore a cave. I really want to play with the clips more to remix and collage them and see what that entails. But first, I need to figure out how to better utilize my sound editing tools!
And if you want to learn more about the place the clips were recorded, check out this website.
Hi, Meghan, the sounds inside the cave were so ethereal...I did sort of realize that they were recorded in a cave immediately, at least I thought that it was possible...it is very funny how you recorded your co worker's voice interjecting about how long the silence lasted...I must admit that I was annoyed by the man's voice...
ReplyDeleteo, something else that I thought that I would mention to you...I also had a terribly frustrating few hours trying to figure out how to edit my sound recordings...eventually I gave up in order to complete the rest of the assignment, but I, too, am hoping to learn about overlapping the sounds & combining them in order, etc., etc...
ReplyDeleteMeghan, I really enjoyed this piece! Each clip has a kind of separate flavor from the rest, while they were still united in the echoes and the drips. I thought they were powerful, and I was particularly interested in going back to the 'silent' one. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteHi Meghan, thank you for this piece! Like Jennifer, the cave sounds so ethereal. The echo works great, and I like how your coworkers narrated the scene a bit to leave it up to imagination for us viewers. I like your note about intention vs outcome - how you expected to record one noise but ended up getting some a little (or very) different but still inspiring. A natural form like a cave carries so many varied crevices and sounds, I'm sure you will find even more soon!
ReplyDeleteAnd haha I love the end of Silence where you(?) were like "OH my god, that took forever."
I love how different a cave sounds than being outside or in a room. I enjoyed listening for familiar sounds from my time exploring a cave - the sort of loud silence and dripping. I truly laughed out loud at your co-worker's relief to not have to be silent - great moment captured!
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