Some unnoticed qualities which emerged in Andy’s footage and audio of my familiar place being my route to work, was the amount of blue that I walk past. I had no idea there was so much blue on Elizabeth St, Andy really did a great job of trying to capture every piece of blue he saw, whether it was a sign, a door, a bank, clothing on a person and even blue tarp of construction works. I also noticed more atmosphere noise by watching Andy’s footage and audio, as when I am on my way to work I am always so focused on getting to work that I unintentionally seem to block out lots the atmosphere around me.

I believe our edit is successful in terms of the video showcasing our two different locations, and it represents how we did aim to stick to our recipe in terms of the way we filmed our locations. The video also does show how Andy and I noticed unique aspects to our footage and audio we did not notice while filming. What I learnt about noticing and nonfiction through doing this activity is that when I am in a location that I visit very regularly, I will only notice very minimal aspects to that place, for example one specific coffee shop, and not all the nonfiction in its entirety. I also learnt that when I visit a place I rarely go to, such as the South Melbourne Market, I am immediately more open to noticing more, as my attention is drawn to many aspects of that place. This is also evident when looking at Andy’s footage and audio, as he obviously noticed a lot of non fiction around him on my route to work, as his attention was drawn to many aspects of that place.

As perhaps when our minds are introduced to anything new, we are much more susceptible to noticing more, for example when listening to ‘Starry Night’ in class, listening to sounds of a place I have never been to, broadened my imagination, and my attention was drawn to as many sounds as possible. Two questions which have evolved for me about noticing and nonfiction through doing this work is, is it possible for one to suddenly notice and draw their attention to more surroundings in an area of nonfiction they are always accustomed to, just by witnessing that same space through the lens or eyes of someone else? And can ones depiction of nonfiction around them be broadened by only sound and or description? If one closes their eyes and just listens?