Change of Idea
After about a week of trying to figure out what I wanted from my project, I have decided to remove the visual aspect. In trying to include photos, I spent more time taking test shots and thinking about where I should take photos than actually recording sounds. Because of this, I am now going to produce one track, involving a journey through the three microphone types.
Depending on how successful the hydrophone recordings are, I hope to achieve an effect that makes the listening feel like they are diving underwater. I’ll also be recording my pond and fish tank, as well as recording a tap dripping from underwater, and a dissolving bath bomb. I also look forward to experimenting with a coil pick up mic, as those are the truly hidden sounds. They cannot be heard with the naked ear, no matter how loud they are, which is exactly what this project is about.
This means I can no longer have visual-related objectives and aims.
– Overall aim: To create a series of soundscapes and photos as an installation for a specific space based on a brief from a gallery.
– Overall aim: To create soundscape using contact microphones, hydrophones and coil pick up microphones, for a specific space.
Aims:
– Learn how to put ‘unheard’ sounds together effectively to create a soundscape experience
– Develop communication skills while contacting a client outside of university
– Learn the process and equipment needed to record using contact mics, coil pickup mics and hydrophones
– Learn how to create from a brief based on a particular space
Objectives:
– Use contact microphones, hydrophones and coil pickup mics to create a soundscape experience.
– To work from a client brief from outside of university to create a piece for a particular space
– Take photos and use photo-editing software to produce images for the installation
– To create a story using the three types of recordings
– To research equipment used in other sound exhibitions and to use information gained to apply to my own project