Project 1 Research + Timeline

Project 1 Timeline

Timeline for Shooting - Saturday January 28 - Sunday January 29

Record all sounds Saturday and listen to them with headphones. Then re record sounds again and pick best sounds.

First sound - computer fan - Start with quiet fan noise, then after 5 seconds begin rendering 4k video to increase fan speed and sound

Second sound - speaker noise, turn up speaker to better hear electrical hum 

Third sound - adjust monitor position from middle position to both extremes

Fourth sound - restart computer (cd drive noise)

Fifth sound - magnetic charger clicking into place

Sixth sound - closing of lid of computer 

Timeline for editing - Monday January 30 - Friday February 3

Edit project in class on Monday and Wednesday, finish on Thursday and review on Friday.

• Begin with fan noise increasing in varying speeds for 9 seconds 
• Add speaker noise and mix and distort with fan noise until the two are indistinguishable from 9 seconds to 20 second mark
• stop both fan and speaker sounds with a 5.4 second gap
• Add monitor adjust sound at 25.4 seconds and play at 9/16 speed for 16.9 seconds
• at 8 seconds add cd drive noise in twice at 8 times speed
• stop monitor sound at 42.3 seconds
• add magnetic charger sound each 2 seconds for 10 seconds until 52.3
• Stop cd drive noise at 1 minute 8 seconds 
• add closing of lid sound at very extreme pitch for 2 seconds 

For my project I would like to take a very technical approach. Today we are surrounded by all kinds of gadgets and things that are powered by electricity. Seiko Mikami takes an interesting approach to this idea of technology making sounds and shaping the intake of sensory information in his piece Desire of Codes. My interpretation on the piece is that Mikami is mocking the age of technology by creating a wholly robotic atmosphere where people are surrounded by the sounds of this tech. Although his piece incorporates many visual aspects as well I think the audio elements are striking and could stand on their own as an installation of technical sounds.

The second video by Veritasium attempts to answer the question of whether absolute silence can drive someone crazy. I think this is an important piece because what he discovered is that even in complete silence there is still sound because where there is life there is sound. As his heart beats he can hear the blood pulsing though his body. I think its these very fundamental sounds that add up to form the world around us and we do not always take note of them often because they are drowned out.