Ideas

Today I met with Stella to swap ideas both of us had come up with a few ideas and these were discussed until we agreed upon one idea, Here are some of our ideas.

1. The british countryside, the basis for this idea was that there are many different and natural sounds in the countryside that could be placed together to create a beautiful calming space, using things like birds in the sky and other animals to show space, However this idea was decided against as it was considered too difficult and too much based on luck to get decent animal sounds in the time that was available. We also planned to do similar things in a park but was rejected for similar reasons

2. The sounds of a classroom; this idea was considered easier than the previous one as research and use of props could be easily done inside the university itself. this idea would allow the sound to show the distance from pupil to teacher and perhaps who the pupils lack of interest in the lesson could be shown by use of fades to drown out the teachers already distant voice. This idea was rejected as it was considered too hard to organise an entire classroom of people to do exactly as told also we felt this idea would not be entirely helpful in pushing our skills as students as we would remain inside the university. Similarly we planned to use a library however due to the quiet nature of a public library this idea was considered too boring.

3. Another idea was to record sounds at a bus stop, Using people and vehicles to tell a story about neighbourhood gossip however this idea was rejected due to few sounds available to use.

Chosen idea. The idea we eventually went for was a piece about a everyday household kitchen and sounds it goes through on a average day, this idea will allow us to use a variety of sounds both mechanical and human sounds. We also feel this idea is best as it allows us to put a lot of action into the piece whilst being able to easily control the noises heard in the kitchen. Originally the idea was to use a restaurant kitchen as there are many different sounds in restaurant kitchen however stella suggested a more domestic setting for simplicity's sake.