My six atmospheric photos

Given the task to take these 6 photos I knew just the place which would be photogenic and would be atmospheric as well.
I went to Buddahhapadipa in Wimbledon.

When I arrived it was just getting dark and had been snowing,snow was also still failing, this really added to the temple and grounds looking mysterious.The whole of the grounds were empty and extremely quiet. The lakes were frozen and it felt very serene

I used a Nikon D3000 Digital camera SLR, I found this camera really nice to use, but as it was getting dark it was finding it hard to focus. Although I then played with the shutter speeds and made some of my photos slightly blurred to give them a more eerie effect.

I liked the colours that have stood out from the photos. For example photo number 3 has a predominant wash of purple over it, I like this effect. Also picture number 2 looks as though it has been shot in sepia, but this was just the warm lighting from inside the temple shining through. I really like the effect I created in photo 4 in which I have slightly shaken the camera and it appears that there is a ghost there, I think this looks particularly atmospheric.

The first photo I have taken, I feel, looks as if it were in a fairy tale or magical land. As it had been snowing all the grounds, as well as the sky, were the same colour as the temple.The golds and oranges really stand out, giving a richness to this photo. Photo number 5 really reminds me of a Japanese painting. I like how there is a natural gradient, from the white snow turning yellow, to orange finishing in a deep red at the top of the photograph. The silhouette of the tree looks very lonely and ghostlike. I used the flash , I hadn't in the others, but I think the lit up leaves in the top right hand corner help to bring another aspect to the photo and giving it more depth s you can see the fore and background.

The last photo in this set I think looks very grand and important. I like how the lighting on the top right has created a shadow. Also I have taken this photo from a slightly lower angle, this creates a feeling of importance and as the door is in the centre of the image it feels as though you are being drawn inside.

Although I am pleased with the outcome of the photos, I think that they do not look like they go together as a 'set'. They have different feels to them , for instance the strong crisp staircase has a very different style to the purple ghostly house.

Also if I were to take these photos again I think I would have spent the whole day there to get photos in all different types of light.

FCP Slideshow

powerpoint fcp -

We were given a task in which we were to answer ll the questions in the slide about Final Cut Pro , in return this would not only improve our skills, but it would also help others who wish to learn more bout how to use final cut pro and its shortcuts.

Whilst uploading this I had some difficulties as it was the wrong format, i tried using Google docs, but in the end after changing formats and trying different ways of uploading it i found 'doc stoc' which worked ! YEY.

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.

soviet montage

Untitled from chloe sibs on Vimeo.

We were given an archive of old footage. When looking through the footage I decided to place images together that wouldn't necessarily usually go, then people could make their own interpretation on the film.

The edit I was most pleased with is at the end where I have placed two sections of the same film over each other but I made one go backward and the other forward. When I made them less opaque the effect was ghostlike.

The music we were given was 'America Is Waiting by Brian Eno&David Byrne'

I think the music went well, it sounded quite mechanical. It also sounded quite strange and repetitive so it went with the randomness of the clips I used. The repetitiveness was mirrored when I went back and forth between images.

When working on this monatge there was problems when looking back through it, some clips wernt playing, or were jumping, so it was hard to totally see what the final montage would look like. But I am pleased with the outcome.

Video Montage

Untitled from chloe sibs on Vimeo.

The theme I chose for my montage was the transition from day to night. I think I got a good amount of photos to work with , although I feel some were not as good quality as others. I liked the editing I did at the beginning with the split screen and the fast paced photos later in the montage, I think this almost appeared as if it were film.

I think I should have made a neater ending. I think the abrupt finish of the flashing photos doesn't totally go with the music.
The music I used was Sinnerman, the felix remix. I think the music complimented the piece. I think the fade in of the music goes well with the fade up of the image as well.

I think I did do well with this montage but I think the length and quality of photos could be improved and maybe if I included some film it would have looked more professional.

Voice edit

I was given an unedited voice which i had to improve to sound professional. I did this by cutting unnecessary breaths and incorrect script out. To listen to my edited voice click here.

Logic Demo

In the Logic demo I created a sample of loops, I used different beats and rhythms to create an audio track.I used tools such as cut and i changed the volume on different sections on the track to make some of the loops louder than others.

Here is my track for you to listen to : Click here