I think I’m closing in on an idea that will keep me occupied for the remainder of the semester. I’m thinking of investigating ambient music in film, but with the aim of creating an audio visual experience.

I’ve been making a lot of ambient music lately. I think what I find so appealing about is how relaxing it is. It can also create powerful a mood; dreamy, lush, icy, all moods I have felt I’ve established through my own body of work.

More than anything, when I create my own ambient music, or play a new age cassette at home, I find myself being able to visualise a world, an experience, that is born as a result of the sounds. This is really why I’m leaning towards this project; answering the question of how can I turn my imagination into a film?

If I am to follow through with this idea, I need to make a decision. Do I make the music, listen to it, and try to create the visual experience in my mind to a film, to accompany it, or do I want to create a visual experience and make music to accompany it?