#5

The first thing I think about when I wake up is hot coffee, not merely hot coffee, however, also a slice of raisin bread smothered in butter. Most of my mornings I will move through this space, interact with various objects and this exchange will produce differing sounds. The merging of these sounds make up the soundtrack of my mornings. Upon the conception of this piece, I had intended to plunge viewers within the very intimate space and activity of making oneself breakfast. I had chosen to utilise photography as my medium of choice in order to challenge myself creatively. How could I possibly portray a sense of movement through a mere gathering of still images? Furthermore, I wanted to primarily focus upon audio exploration so I had attempted to illustrate this sense of motion via the sounds in which these interactions would produce. A sense of process and progression is clear yet viewers do not see the act, moreover, they understand the sounds and still images, I wanted audiences to be able to visualise the movement and interactions within this space solely from the sounds heard. 

Some notes about what I discovered about the relationship between sound, physical space, and movement:

• Due to my somewhat limiting medium of choice, I had discovered that a sense of process and progression can be present at the absence of visual movement. Within this piece viewers do not see the action, however, I feel as if they are still able to understand that movement is taking place. I wanted the audience to be able to visualise the interaction and movement within this space solely from the sounds heard and still images. 

Some notes about what worked well and what didn’t work quite so well:

• I thoroughly enjoyed the creation of this piece, I had chosen to utilise photography in order to experiment with quite an unfamiliar methodology. I utilised these images in conjunction with varying diegetic sounds (the use of audio is also quite foreign) in order to illustrate this sense of motion via the sounds in which these interactions would produce. I feel as if I was able to successfully portray this sense of progression and motion through still images when accompanied by sound.
• What perhaps didn’t work so well was the quality of the images, I do not have a very good understanding of camera settings in regard to photography, thus during production, I struggled and was not as efficient as I could have been had I been more knowledgeable in terms of photography. 

 

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