Task 2
As I faced certain challenges with time and place, I decided to focus on audio predominantly, with little bursts of video to help furnish the space in which the audio hinted at.
Walking through the streets of urban environments was all I had access to in Italy and so I collected sounds of the streets; people chattering, yelling, calling, singing, instruments and buskers playing music, the sounds of people’s shoes tapping on hard surfaces, the eclectic nature of the urban environment was consuming and the streets were alive.
Experiment 1:
For this experiment, I decided to use my iPhone and record the sounds of the streets of Venice on my way to and from work.
I wanted to create long pieces to work with so that I could use chunks of media or fragments when it came time to editing the final piece.
Experiment 2:
For my second experiment, I introduced video to challenge myself a little more. It was difficult using the DSLR and I was conflicted by the quality of footage, so I swapped between iPhone camera and canon 5D mark iii, taking short lengths of footage.
Experiment 3:
For my third experiment, I decided to mix the two (audio & video) and tried to meld the two and find patterns in the country environments and explore those further through stillness.