For my project brief 2, I chose the work of James Hoening. I chose his video becuase  I thought it incorperated things that looked like they could make actual sounds, like the ticking time and the blinking lights. I liked that there was a mysteriousness of it, similar to his partners. I originally set out to create the entire sound piece through Ableton, but with my limited time, I was only able to produce certain parts with Ableton, and the rest using the applicated Paulstretch and Audacity. I wanted to create an ambient piece, but I also wanted to contrast it with something upbeat and loud. I never really got the chance to go as far as I’d have liked to with my audio piece. 

I think for the most part, the sound blended well with what you were seeing. I liked the moments of silence interrupted by the beeping of the time and the quiet piano, however, I found it difficult to perfectly match the beeping with the clock the whole time. I do think that the work does well to immerse the viewer, because it keeps the idea that there’s something waiting to happen, with the audio, as if to be building up to something.

I really wanted to make sure the audio matched the video specifically, because after looking at the previous examples shown in the lecture, I noticed that the audio for the video’s was possibly interchangable, and other soundscapes could’ve worked just as well (if not better). I wanted the audience to know that I crafted the audio specifically for this particular video, and I achieved that by having the audio reflect what was being displayed.

Overall, I’m happy with how the piece turned out, and though I would’ve liked to have learned about programs like Ableton more, I felt like I did as well as I could with the programs I used and the material I was given.