Soundscape

This was the proposal for my Soundscape:

My soundscape would take place in a School Hall around Lunch time. The duration of the Soundscape is to be 3 to 4 minutes.

I would start recording in the empty lunch hall, alike to John Cage’s 4.33 i would be recording ‘silence’, although noises such as plates being set out, doors opening and footsteps would be apparent in the distance.

The School lunch bell would then ring; this abrupt and loud interruption would bring a new ‘chapter’ to the piece and would be a very clear transition of sound.

My soundsape would continue to the sound of children entering the lunch hall, at first a few footsteps and voices will be heard,( I like the thought of the anticipation the listener will have after hearing the bell)and then as they cram onto the hall conversing, eating and running the soundscape would have turned into an indecipherable array of sounds.

I would like for the bell to come in the middle of my soundscape to emphasise the contrast between the different types of sound.


Although when I got to the school some of the children were already in the school hall practicing music so i didn't get the silence i was hoping for. Although i quite liked the differences i encountered. I also went around the hall during lunch and found other sounds i hadn't necessarily thought of, for example, change in the cash register and footsteps down the hall.