Final Cut

This is the final product. I noticed in watching videos from last semesters students that there were a lot of fast cuts and things were generally fast paced. I decided to slow my video down and have my audio and visual clips represent a more calming atmosphere. Flowers and plants give off a naturally calming feeling, but there were also surprisingly calming visuals found in not so ordinary places. I hope you enjoy.


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Rough Clip - Video #3 w/ Sound

This is a rough clip with audio that will be part of my final project.


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Rough Clip - Video #2

This is my second clip of roughly edited material for my final project without audio.


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Rough Clip - Video #1

This is a rough edit of a portion of my end product without sound.


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Drift Strategery Round Two

I will generate still and moving imagery that is of an everyday quality, but capture it in a way that can be used to make a calming end product. I will capture mostly plants and nature. This nature will be within my own neighborhood not within any parks. I may take other pictures and videos but for the most part, I will stick to these guidelines.

Ten Questions

1. What message do you want to convey in this film?
2. Do you want your first thoughts to match your final product, or be very different?
3. What time of day will you record both sound and visuals?
4. Will you stick near your neighborhood or go to another one to drift?
5. What do you hope to discover on these drifts?
6. How fast will you walk on your drift?
7. What factors (time, area, ect.) will affect your drift in a negative and positive way?
8. Will you take more photos or more videos?
9. Will you try to revisit parts of Drift 1?
10. Will this drift provide you with any insight to your surroundings? How?

Key Moment

My single favorite moment from Drift One was near Cathedral Square Park. I remember standing on the corner of the street and I could hear a church bell and a truck’s beeping sound when it goes in reverse. I listened to the sounds for a while, which seemed not coincide very well at first. Gradually, the bell and the beeping synced up for a moment, and then fell back into synchronization. I thought that it was a really odd, yet common moment, yet I enjoyed it a lot. I realized that by thinking of these common things in a different light, I was able to derive so much more meaning from their occurrence. I thought of these two things playing music together. They seemed to want to be on the same beat, but they couldn’t. As a percussionist, rhythms are always noticeable to my so when two different rhythms are playing, I notice big time. The matching of rhythms, just for a moment, was the most memorable part of my drift.