I'd Rather Not Fail...

A Flash of Theatre!

noreply@blogger.com (Samantha C. Statham) — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:35:00 -0800

When I asked to film interesting things around us for the weekend, I knew exactly what I'd be filming. I was in the theatre for the the entire time so I filmed shots of what was occurring around me. I wanted to keep people out of the video visually so I mostly just filmed still objects or myself moving from place to place. The hardest part of creating this piece was the sound. I knew that I wanted rapid cuts of different shots to show the quick pace of everything that was happening in the theatre but I wasn't sure how to approach the sound. I ended up filming bits of the show and using just the sound of those to contrast the between the non-living visual and the living audio.

I wanted to present the rapid pace of the theatre and preparing for a show. I am always running around like a crazy person before a rehearsal or performance and I wanted to create that feeling of doing as many things at once as possible and hearing multiple things that you have to deal with and try to understand what's going on.

I am pleased with how the visual part turned out but I see some things that I would change about it now, including adding more clips as well as perhaps adding the show clips with the sounds so that I can show not only the prep for a show but the show itself.

A Quick Walk

noreply@blogger.com (Samantha C. Statham) — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:54:00 -0800

A quick walk through sound!

I created this piece by going through ever floor of Ovalwood and recording the sounds that I found interesting. After recording over 40 sounds, I ended up choosing about 6 different sounds. I really enjoyed the sounds of traveling as well as the piano playing. I manipulated the sounds to grow louder and softer as we moved towards and away from each. I also took someone who was walking incredibly fast in heels and slowed down the pace to give the constant footsteps used as the base line.

I wanted to make the listeners feel as if they were traveling around a location and just happened upon someone playing the piano which is a regular occurrence in the theatre. I feel as though it gives the feeling of rushing until we reach the piano which slows down the pace until it begins to fade and we begin to rush again. I made the footsteps be a constant beat underneath everything which certain sounds faded in and out to give the illusion of movement.

Mmmm Podcasts...

noreply@blogger.com (Samantha C. Statham) — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 10:11:00 -0800

Best of YouTube
I enjoy all of the random videos that show up on YouTube but I don't get the chance to just surf around the site and find different things so I like this podcast because it shows recent, interesting videos.
http://bestofyoutube.podshow.com/feed.xml

You're Effing Awesome
This girl gives you encouragement for everyday life by telling you how awesome you are. One of the podcasts encourages students to do well with their finals. They are all fairly short and pretty sweet.
http://dailypep.podbean.com/

Jake and Amir
I love College Humor and these two guys are hilarious. I have seen many of their videos already so I was thrilled when I found out the had a podcast.
http://www.collegehumor.com/jakeandamir

MuggleCast
I am a total Harry Potter nerd and proud of it. I love anything to do with Harry Potter and this podcast has different guests speaking about the movies, books and musicals.
http://www.mugglenet.com/mugglecast/

This is Me... In Pictures!

noreply@blogger.com (Samantha C. Statham) — Thu, 5 Jan 2012 12:11:00 -0800

How I represent myself in pictures!