Saturday, 19 November 2011
Child of Ardoyne
Another track that we listened to in class yesterday was 'Child of Ardoyne' by Alan Hall. Unfortunately I cant seem to find it online to add it here.
The piece was about the Catholic/Protestant killings in Ireland during the 1970s/80s. It combines news interviews from the time, more recent interviews with people that remember it, and various sound effects of children and passing cars that make it more emotive and give the listener more of a feeling of what it was like to be there.
I like that they included some shocking news recordings fromt he time, for instance the grandmother that shouts and is encouraging her grandchildren to walk past all the chaos, the subject material is shocking and im glad they kept in some slightly shocking material other than just interviews about it because the 'troubling time' was shocking and listeners can often 'switch off' more easily with audio.
I also like how a child reads out some of the names and dates of the children that were killed during the piece, to have a child do it makes it stand out more in the listeners head.
I like that they included some shocking news recordings fromt he time, for instance the grandmother that shouts and is encouraging her grandchildren to walk past all the chaos, the subject material is shocking and im glad they kept in some slightly shocking material other than just interviews about it because the 'troubling time' was shocking and listeners can often 'switch off' more easily with audio.
I also like how a child reads out some of the names and dates of the children that were killed during the piece, to have a child do it makes it stand out more in the listeners head.
Friday, 18 November 2011
Tunnel Visions
Tunnel Visions by Pejk Malinovski (2001)
I really enjoyed this piece, its a combination of several people being interviewed about their experiences on 'the tube' mixed in with sound effects of tube trains starting and stopping and various other noises associated with the underground. I found it more interesting than the other few sound pieces we'd listened to as it was more comical which drew me into the piece a lot quicker.
I really enjoyed this piece, its a combination of several people being interviewed about their experiences on 'the tube' mixed in with sound effects of tube trains starting and stopping and various other noises associated with the underground. I found it more interesting than the other few sound pieces we'd listened to as it was more comical which drew me into the piece a lot quicker.
Jarmans Garden
Jarman's Garden by Sherre Delys (2000)
I really disliked this piece, Im not sure exactly why, perhaps because there are a lot of windchimes and im not a fan of windchimes, however I found its subject matter really interesting, I looked a little at images of Derek Jarmans garden in Dungeness and it looks like a fascinating place, Id really like to visit it, I like the idea of making art from 'rubbish' found washed up on a beach.
Although i dislike the overall piece, in the second part of it I really like the repetative sound of the waves crashing into the beach, I find it really relaxing, which i imagine is how visiters to the garden and nearby beach feel as they walk through it. I also like how the sounds of the nuclear power station eventually fade in and out of the wave sounds.
I really disliked this piece, Im not sure exactly why, perhaps because there are a lot of windchimes and im not a fan of windchimes, however I found its subject matter really interesting, I looked a little at images of Derek Jarmans garden in Dungeness and it looks like a fascinating place, Id really like to visit it, I like the idea of making art from 'rubbish' found washed up on a beach.
Although i dislike the overall piece, in the second part of it I really like the repetative sound of the waves crashing into the beach, I find it really relaxing, which i imagine is how visiters to the garden and nearby beach feel as they walk through it. I also like how the sounds of the nuclear power station eventually fade in and out of the wave sounds.
Meat Factory Earworms
One of the clips we were shown in class was:
'Meat factory ear worms' by Richie Beirne. (2008)
Its a narrative about the documentary-maker's memory of his work at a slaughter house and the things he would think about to distract himself from the 'killing line'. The 'earworms' he refers to are songs that got stuck in his head and couldnt get rid of.
The piece is a mixture of voice narrative of a young irish guy, atmospheric sound effects such as sharpening knives, moving cattle carcasses, and general factory noises from the slaughter house, and parts of the songs that he would get in his head. The sounds effects are all layered into eachother which makes it more realistic and the listener feels more involved.
I really disliked the piece when i listened to it in class, however Ive listened to it a couple of times once I got home and Im actually starting to like it (..perhaps its insanity setting in..) When he talks about his old girlfriend and the song 'I used to love her' plays in the background, and he sings along, I started to sympathise with him, I can imagine him doing his pretty gruesome job while trying to distract himself from some ex-girlfriend.
He's talking about how it was a bad time in his life and I like it cuts to part of one of his 'earworms', Starry Starry night with "how you suffered for your sanity", it actually plays that line two or three times during his piece so its obviously a reflection of how he felt at the time.
I also like how he starts with "its like riding a bike", you dont expect him to be discussing a slaughter house. He seems to be trying to shock the listener, which i also like, when he says about the sweet smell of the slaughter house and the start of Starry starry night begins, and suddenly its cut to silence and he says "of a backbone being sawed in half", its very jarring.
'Meat factory ear worms' by Richie Beirne. (2008)
Its a narrative about the documentary-maker's memory of his work at a slaughter house and the things he would think about to distract himself from the 'killing line'. The 'earworms' he refers to are songs that got stuck in his head and couldnt get rid of.
The piece is a mixture of voice narrative of a young irish guy, atmospheric sound effects such as sharpening knives, moving cattle carcasses, and general factory noises from the slaughter house, and parts of the songs that he would get in his head. The sounds effects are all layered into eachother which makes it more realistic and the listener feels more involved.
I really disliked the piece when i listened to it in class, however Ive listened to it a couple of times once I got home and Im actually starting to like it (..perhaps its insanity setting in..) When he talks about his old girlfriend and the song 'I used to love her' plays in the background, and he sings along, I started to sympathise with him, I can imagine him doing his pretty gruesome job while trying to distract himself from some ex-girlfriend.
He's talking about how it was a bad time in his life and I like it cuts to part of one of his 'earworms', Starry Starry night with "how you suffered for your sanity", it actually plays that line two or three times during his piece so its obviously a reflection of how he felt at the time.
I also like how he starts with "its like riding a bike", you dont expect him to be discussing a slaughter house. He seems to be trying to shock the listener, which i also like, when he says about the sweet smell of the slaughter house and the start of Starry starry night begins, and suddenly its cut to silence and he says "of a backbone being sawed in half", its very jarring.
A Sense of Space
We've been given the brief for our second project, Sense of Space
I came up with some initial ideas, between me and Alex we decided that the kitchen idea was probably the best as it will be easier to record due to being inside and theres not likely to be any other distracting noises that we don’t want to include.
I came up with some initial ideas, between me and Alex we decided that the kitchen idea was probably the best as it will be easier to record due to being inside and theres not likely to be any other distracting noises that we don’t want to include.
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