Assignment 7: Slideshow

For this one, I used my audio that I had recorded on my trip to Starbucks and used photos that I had taken while I was there. I also used some found images -- online -- to supplement and tried to play with a variety of the different transitions and animation options in iMovie. (Although I did feel that iMovie was a bit restrictive with photographs, as far as some of the effects I would've liked to create.) I thought I had taken enough photos, but with the clip being longer than anticipated and several of the images being unusable -- I was trying to take them sneakily as to not freak people out in the coffee shop -- I ultimately did have to find other images to help illustrate.

Honestly, as I did not feel like I had a real creative conceptual idea for this slideshow, it was difficult for me to find a definitive artistic direction. In lieu of that, I basically just tried to experiment as much as possible and just get comfortable with iMovie. This was my first foray into using photo on iMovie (I've only ever used it to edit quick video interviews for work), so bear with me.

Concepts Slideshow link here.

Assignment 6: Audio Project

For this project, I used all recorded sounds that I got while recording people's conversations as well as ambient noise at a nearby Starbucks. I wanted to contrast the background noise with non-sensical excerpts of a conversation that I captured two men having. I played with repetition and equalizing -- but to be honest, I am not entirely happy with the quality of the sound. I did record with a recorder from the Equipment Center, but audio is not my strong suit. Here is the link to my Soundcloud recording.