Nothing Left - Final Video

Here is what I ended up with: a combination of still imagery containing partial words and garbage-related things, videos of fences and garbage, and sounds coming from animals, faint conversations, and some machinery.

Rough Sketch 3

This rough sketch was an idea that I basically came up with randomly on the spot. I saw this hole in the garbage can and thought i would be cool to zoom in to it. It ended up as a really nice ending for the film, I think.

Rough Sketch 2

This is a part that is fully used in the final project. This clip comes from near the end of the video. This came from a long shot of walking down a sidewalk near campus that was littered with garbage cans(no pun intended).

Rough Sketch 1

This clip comes from the beginning of the final project. I took this static clip of a discarded cup being slightly blown by the wind, not really knowing what I was going to do with it. It serves as a nice way of starting off the video.

Production Strategies

For Drift 3 I ended up looking for images of garbage or things related to garbage. For sounds, I was looking for either sounds of faint conversations/laughing or animals sounds such as birds chirping.

10 Questions

1. Do I want to stray further away from campus on this Drift?

2. Should I hit ONLY residential or industrial areas in Drift 3?

3. What strategies should I use for sound/imagery?

4. Do I need more stills this time or videos?

5. Where can I go to try to get away from the constant drone of traffic?

6. Do I know anyone who lives close who could suggest a path?

7. How much more material do I need to create a successful sound film?

8. Are there places on campus where I could capture faint voices?

9. Are there places on campus where I could capture interesting imagery/video?

10. Where can I go to get machinery sounds and or natural sounds(like birds/animals)?

Assessment 4

I would have to say that my favorite experience from the first two Drifts was finding my first interesting sound so quickly after starting. I ate at Jimmy John's on Oakland just before I started out, and just a few blocks south is where i found my first sound. I saw an old beat-down looking alleyway and decided to investigate. I found a very rusty mailbox that was nearly covered in icicles. I was excited to check out what was possible with the mics we made, and using odd placement to retrieve unusual sound. I had one mic in the mailbox, and one hanging down facing the ground. Unfortunately I had the mics picking up too much when I started kicking the icicles below, so this sound was unusable.