Final Project - "Call"

 "Call"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZloTjRp3PA


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*Inspo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khMb3k-Wwvg

Blog Assignment - Soundwalk

Apparently the zoo isn’t a hot tourist spot in New York in November but the lack of toddler cries and train operator voices really helps you think. Think about anything really but on this cold fall afternoon, I visited the Bronx zoo (to finish a lab assignment, no I’m not that crazy to go to the zoo in this cold ass weather) and found myself enjoying the quietness of the surroundings mixed with the cool breezes of the somewhat abandoned zoo attractions. My phone was at 3 percent, so I decided to unplug my headphones and just take a walk through the zoo while I took my lab notes.

As I entered the tropical stations, I could hear myself stepping on the leaves as they fell from the autumn trees. In a way, I felt as though I was sneaking into a forbidden jungle with mysterious animals which I may or not have flinched at a couple of times. The sounds of snack wrappers being picked apart by the squirrels, anxiously trying to find the remaining Cheetos dust in the empty bags by the over-piled trash can. As I continue to walk around, I hear a loud growl in the distance, as if a lion was crying out to their loved one to hurry back to their side. I hear a small fountain near the crossing signs of the exhibits, water running down to the tail-sided pennies on the bottom of the fountain.

I hear the markings of my pen as I jot down my notes, almost as if I was trying to write a book in 30 seconds. A minute and a half goes by and I hear the air race against my ears, telling to hurry up. As I start to exist the zoo, I hear two birds fighting over a piece of moldy bread on the ground. Their wings flapping against one another as they let out soft chirps of desperation. I figured I had enough notes for the day as I push against the turnstile and hear the rusted metal rub against the ground.

Blog Assigment - Visit to MoMI

Having grown up in Astoria, I was fairly familiar with the Museum of Moving Images. However, after the trip we had through Hunter, I’ve come to realize that you can never become too familiar with such a diverse and expansive museum experience. Our tour guide directs our attention towards a room filled with vintage cameras used in the early film world which also emphasized the evolution of film making throughout the years. She showed us different sound editing tools that are still being used today in scores as well as different lighting tools that may burn your eyes if you look directly at them.

            One thing that was memorable was the screening of “The Great Train Robbery” which was projected in a small room against a blank wall. The black and white look really fit the feel of the movie, though at the time, that’s all they could really work with. The guide pointed out that this film was actually shot in two locations, however the setting takes place in one. The use of continuity editing allowed this fun fact to be hard to believe given the smooth transitions in between shots.

            On the other hand, the tour guide showed us a contemporary film that used Foley sound effects to somewhat narrate the famous scene in “Titanic” where the ship goes down. It really put into perspective the amount of work that goes into making a scene saturated with actions, whether they were human-made or not. For example, the guide broke down the different sound effects are added post production to really emphasize a wire being pulled apart or a side of the ship falling down upon the people swimming to the life boats.

            The museum itself offered a great variety of contemporary and vintage examples of different media atmospheres in terms of film, TV and even arcade games.