Having gone through the process of collating somewhat randomised images and sounds in an attempt to formulate an abstract concept video I learnt a great deal, primarily about the creative potentials of randomly piecing visuals that do not appear to correlate at first view. I chose a two singular tracks as my main sounds, that of the typist and woman on speaker, and the rustling of leaves as people walk by. I found the layering of the two tracks made for an interesting concept, which alludes to the concept of the technological world trumping the natural world. I found i could supplement that idea with the vision by simply juxtaposing the sound of the typing with the vision of the tree branches swaying as a type of acoustic/visual discoordination. In order to make the theme more explicit, I played around with sudden, unexplained cuts of the ‘nature’ shots whilst maintaining the smooth continuity of the typing track to highlight the juxtaposition.  I was pleasantly surprised with the quality of the recordings, which turned out to be very clear with little noise disrupting. However, i found, specifically with the shots of the rustling trees, the clarity was not as defined as i had hoped, which is due to a lack of focus on the central subject in the screen. Similarly, I could not insert one of the videos because it was extremely over exposed, which is a reminder to check not only the exposure levels but the gain and white balance to fix the colouration. However, the struggles with video worked successfully in inspiring me to make use of a black screen to emphasise the disruption of nature.

Originally I was unsure how to approach the editing process, it was simply a trial and error process which is one i have not ventured on before. I attempted many layerings of sound and visuals until I was inspired by the idea of technology vs nature. The best part about this process is the way in which it forces you to think abstractly with the material you have as there are dangerously ‘literal’ results of planning out an idea and gathering the exact material you want.