Final Cut Sound Video: When Present

when present.

Rough Cut Sketch #3

Rough Cut Sketch #2

Rough Cut Sketch #1

Production Strategy

1) I plan to wander through alley ways and look for places that seem like they lead to other worlds and so on. At least I think that is the story I want to tell. I have noticed an alley way on Brady St. that has a statue of a faceless lion in front of it, like a guard keeping things from leaving the alley. There is something that can be done with that I believe.
2) This time I plan to do more night shooting because it just seems much harder to do but that is usually when I am most inspired. So I will be limited only to places that have enough light.
3) I will only use noises that have nothing to do with the image but in some way make both the images and the sounds mean new things. I know I plan to use a lot of WOOMPH noises and turn the sensitivity way up on my recorder.

Ten Questions

1. What is something no one looks at in Milwaukee?
2. Where is the least Milwaukee looking place?
3. What is the difference between the world of the daytime and the world of the nighttime
4. What are the connections between certain noises and motion that don’t exist in reality?
5. Is there a place in Milwaukee I have never been?
6. Where don’t I feel safe?
7. What places to I feel connected to?
8. Should I deny the places that I seem to want to go?
9. How can motion and sound bring still things to life?
10. Is there a story that can be told?

Drift Assessment#4

4) My favorite experience was with the striped sheet in the tree. I have no idea where it ended up going. I was afraid I was going to see it tangled and dead-looking in a soggy ditch when all the snow melted but as far as I know it is elsewhere. It affected me because it was a pure moment in time, unexpected and it was personal. I don’t know if anyone else would care, or if I even made that good of a 30 second clip out of it, but it felt amazing to have a moment like that find me. It makes one want to go looking for others or gives hope that I don’t have to be completely in control of my life that it isn’t so bland. There are places out there. Dancing with a discarded piece of trash can make me feel connected to something I can’t explain. Neat.

Drift Assessment#3

3) One surprise was that I never ended up putting together what I thought I was going to put together. These little stories were plucked from pure live moments that were than sewn together. Another unexpected situation was seeing the patterns in the things around me. I found many discarded pieces of trash were connected to each other in some way. For example I saw a blue cup next to a blue rag near a blue beer can by a blue trash bin with a blue bag in it. A third surprise was finding how easy it was to get to some place quiet in Milwaukee, like in Drift 1 when I went to the lake. It was a pleasant lonely moment.

Drift Assessment#2

2) I felt very at ease on Drift 1 listening to all the small noises around me. It was like being aware of a millions little hidden worlds (or at least twenty). During Drift 2 I found myself being connected with things that didn’t have feelings. Like when I filmed a striped sheet caught in tree. I just saw it out of the corner of my eye, any other time I would have just let it be. But to study it and watch it move and sort of dance with it, I found it all very inspiring.

Drift Assessment #1

1) One aggravating situation that I found myself in on my Drift 1 walk was trying to stay in a straight line no matter what. I ended up having to go through a wooded area on a steep hill and I did not stumble upon one interesting noise doing so. Another shocking situation which was also slightly annoying was that once people saw me they stopped being real and would ask me what I was doing.