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                GarageBand is very strange to me. Although I knew such a self created Music software a long time ago, it just plays the piano and drums without in-depth research.

                This video about soundscape, I want to express Appleton's soundscape in autumn. Appleton's autumn is empty and bleak. It's windy here. On the street, I saw cars driving over the asphalt ground, bringing up dead leaves on the roadside. The dead leaves fluttered against the ground and made a brushing sound. I always hear birds singing in all directions in the morning or evening. It's not the crisp one, but the shrill sound like a crow. In addition, it's very dry. I don't feel wet even next to the Fox River dam. The sound of water makes the environment quieter. In general, the autumn in Appleton is very different from that in my hometown. It's quiet and deserted, but I like this environment very much.

                Inspired by McLuhan, "we hear sounds from everywhere, without ever having to focus. Sounds come from 'above,' from 'blow,' from 'front' of us' ... ..." When recording the video, I have been moving the lens from the ground to the front, from the front to looking up at the tree crown, from left to right... By the change of the lens, you can feel the space and also the sound from different angles around, especially when you wear headphones. 
                Compared with the last vlog which has fixed lens on close scenes, this video has no focus, sounds is from everywhere This time, I also reduced the noise and tuned the background sound. My friend said that the sound of the wind blowing leaves was like peeing. Ah, I tuned it two or three times and listened to it several times. Finally, I couldn't tell the difference. I didn't know much music, but I was instinctively distinguishing it.
                To get back to business, besides the sound of the video itself, in order to better support Appleton's cold and monotonous mood, I tried guitar, violin and piano. Finally, I chose to use piano sounds because it is less rich. At the transition of the scene, I tried to lower the tone or rise the tone to emphasis the scene change. I hope it is not that obvious that might break the harmony. What's more, both the video and music used fade in and fade out. You can get it especially in the scene of the Fox River dam. Also, at the beginning, I deliberately started with a black picture, just like an old saying, less is more. i hope people hear before seeing, so they have much space to get into the mood. 

Comments

  1. Xiyue ZhangOctober 26, 2021 at 12:19 PM

    The sound of falling leaves are nice! The landscape is beautiful!

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  2. Bowen ZNovember 22, 2021 at 8:53 PM

    THE SOUND OF NATURL STUFF WORKS PERFECT WITH YOUR PIANO SOUND!

    ReplyDelete

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