Final Sound Cut

This is [probably] the final cut of my piece...I hope you enjoy it.

I would rather you go back and read over my previous posts, so that - rather than presenting lengthy amounts of exposition - you might get a better grasp at what I've been striving for (in these drifts).

I will say that this video is much more visually diverse than than Sound Rough Cut - due to both a stylistic choice and because it's longer.

When you feel prepared...watch my Final Drift by clicking on the bridge.

Sound Cut

This is a much more full realization of my idea (people and nature, together).

Though the video is fairly self-explanatory, some exposition couldn't hurt:

For instance, notice how I try to separate man and the surroundings he's built himself into entirely.
The suburbs have conveniently geometrical streets sculpted scrupulously by city planners over half a century ago, yet parts of the environment remain relatively unchanged. Each street sing I show is followed by some 'natural' area that I captured on video nearby.

Make sure you take note of the nominal irony of these suburban streets. It's a real hoot!

As for the sound, I decided to use two of my favorite sounds from drift 2, on repeat (perhaps a bit ad nauseum, admittedly). For the 'man-made' shots, I have the sound of a police siren, the sort of elegant wail contrasting with the cold, geometric metal. For the 'natural' shots, I have a woodpecker that I managed to get up close to without disrupting, it's harsh rhythm in contrast with the calm fluidity of these native environments. Aural irony!

Click on the long, suburban road to see/hear my Rough Sound Cut.

Silent Rough Cut

For this, my Silent Rough Cut, I chose to do the same thing, twice; once using still photography and once using video. This was great, because not only is there a huge contrast in rhythm between the two noticeable halves of this video, but it shows how two different forms can drastically change how one sees an area on-screen. It's not just what's in the lens, but how that information is presented (the power of editing!)

This area also is a very basic example of what I intended to capture on this, my second 'derive'. You have a rough tangled wood, a calm stream and...a small bridge. And where was all of this. Why, in a backyard, near the railroad tracks! Right in the middle of suburbia!

See some middle-class backyard magic by clicking on the bridge below.