Final Project Finished

I put in more pauses and made a new mix of wind chimes.

Project 3 Revision

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In the revision I remixed the audio using more of the heart thump noise I captured by mistake one time. I also took the last phrase it’s time to move forward and made it more coherent.

Project 2 Revision

The revisions that I made for this project where adjusting the phasing into new sound, background adjustment and fading in and out. In the beginning of the crickets, I took out an odd chirp that I think came from my smoke detector. I also brought the cricket chirping down to be more of a back ground noise once the opening of the door was introduced. Sounds of scratching where then adjusted to become progressively worse instead of a flat position on the audio line. Lastly, I changed the ending to be more smooth between the cricket chirp segments. I also re-introduced the beginning level of sound for the cricket chirping before fading out to the end.

Final Project Update Dec 8th

Here's the updated version of my final.

The speaker is Mrs. Wong and she reflects about the time spent with her grandmother as a child up until college. In the end she notices that time was a lot shorter then she thought when it came to how long she had left with her own grandmother. I hope to relay this idea that time is fickle and that we don't know how long we really have with others, especially our elderly. I added the wind chimes to give the listener a feeling of place and of time passing as she speaks about her short time with her grandmother. I can't say exactly why but wind chimes make me think of reminiscing and story telling.

Final Project so far

Mrs Wong was recorded on Thanksgiving for the 40 minute interview. I went through the two hour audio and found that the memory of her grandmother was the most meaningful part of the interview. I wanted to get across the idea that grandparents are not forever and that we should enjoy the few years that we have with them while we can.

*Sigh* Another different final project idea D;

My brother's medication is messing with him and all he can do is stare blankly at the turkey. So the plan fell through which wasn't so bad because I had a list of people in mind.

Anyways, I mentioned the interview to family members at both households that I was visiting. A lot of people treated the microphone as if it was gunna suck out their soul if they spoke into it, which I had to remind them that only cameras do that. Finally my boyfriend's grandmother mentions some stories and I start recording her. In the end, I believe that I got something really meaningful for my final. It made me miss my Nanna. I write to her every week <3

But I also miss the stories of my brother burning giant piles of poo in the army.

New Final Project Plan

I have decided to do an audio piece around the interview with my brother. The interview audio will only be two minutes or less. If the story is really interesting then it will go longer. He is a paranoid/ depressed/ schizophrenic that used to serve in the army so he has a lot to say and it is all really interesting and sometimes funny.

There will be additional audio added to the commentary by my brother.

My plan: Record brother on thanksgiving. Over the following weekend I will edit down the 40 minutes and find something really interesting for the 2-3 minutes. Then I will make a list of sounds that I think will be best for the background. Over the course of that week I would like to record audio relevant to the interview. The weekend before the audio is due, I would like to edit the audio.