Media Bodies Wk 10 – Texture
What was some of the feedback or ideas from the other group on your group’s weekly exercise footage?
- Feedback that we received was that it was difficult to pair the video and audio works together. We recorded the video footage with the absence of touching the surfaces with our bodies, we recorded establishing shots more so. In future, when wanting to record particular sounds to add to a video shot, listen to the video audio first and see if there are more realistic sounds that can be enhanced.
How might your group make use of texture in either video or sound in the media work you are making for assignment 4?
- We are using a football in our project that has the purpose of bringing on childhood memories and experience. We are going to have close up shots on the football which will show the texture of the ball, inviting viewers to feel the texture of the ball themselves and think about how this object, the ball, makes them feel.
What was one idea from this week’s reading that you found interesting? How might this apply to the work your group is making?
- At the end of the paper they talk about ‘jagged storylines’ (not smooth and singular) – this is how we should tell stories, go through the emotions of a character, show the obstacles they face and how they face them
What are your group’s next steps for making towards assignment 4?
- Our next step is to create a shot list document that we will fill out for our project, with the thought of texture in our minds
In Thursday’s class:
How did you document the texture in each medium?
- Brown Chair footage = moving close up shot with a hold at the end, capturing and zooming into the textured rips and tears of the chair.
- Curtain footage = tilted shot, hitting the light reflecting on the curtains which highlights the texture of the curtain. You can see when the light hits the curtain, it has
What do you notice about the textures in the footage?
- The texture of the brown chair could be soft, squishy and worn
- The texture of the curtain could be rough
What does the visual footage do with texture?
- Tells that it has been there for a long time as it is worn
- A lot of people have been sitting on, also shows that the chair is comfy
- Through the use of lighting we can visually see the threading of the curtains and how the material would feel, light and zippy.
What does sound footage do with texture?
- Enhance the emotion and mood that the texture is representing as well as its history
- The audio work of the chair sounds aggressive which is totally different from the video work of it which shows the audience a chair that has been used by many people and that must mean it is welcoming and comfortable…not aggressive
- The audio work and video work of the curtain give the same emotions. It creates a rough feeling when we listen and watch the audio and video works of it
What about it does it capture?
- It was hard to tell what the texture was from the audio work in relation to the brown chair, however, both audio works (for the brown chair) were able to give a textured sound, regardless of if it partnered with the chair.
What does it tell you about the environment and the body/ies within that environment?
- Brown chair = A lot of people have sat on this chair and it has been at the university for longer than some of the other non ripped chairs. It could have possibly been a favoured chair when it was new.
- Curtain = The curtain has the appearance of a more modern curtain, as it has little to no tears or marks that it’d otherwise have if it were older.
What are the challenges and opportunities for documenting texture with each medium?
- Within audio, it becomes a challenge to properly depict the texture of a specific when the knowledge of what that object is will not be immediately available. However, when made apparent as to what it is (either through narration or prior knowledge), audio allows for a listener to be immersed in what the touch of the object may feel like. The sounds that an object makes characterises its surface and how it may feel, which in turn gives the listener an idea of what that texture may be like
- Within videos, sometimes a visual alone isn’t enough when attempting to display an object’s texture. Depending on aspects while filming such as the lighting or how the object is being touched, it may not capture the mood that one is going for while filming. However, one opportunity that a video gives you is that it allows you to display a multitude of interactions with the object, mainly in touching it in various ways. This allows for context in how each interaction individually simulates a different reaction from the object itself, allowing for a diverse array of characteristics.