First Draft: Experimental Audio Project

First Draft: Experimental Audio Project

Here is the link to the first draft of our experimental audio project:

https://soundcloud.com/user-610057065/sense-of-space-amy-tom

We were able to successfully experiment with our first draft, include most of the sounds we want to include in the final product, and experiment with layering. During our presentation of our first draft we discussed the changes we'd need to make in order to improve it. There was a lot we want to change, some minor changes like adding a crying sound to the bathroom scene, and major changes such as the layering which we want to build up gradually so that the audience are taken from the outside space into her mind. However as this is our initial first draft we are very proud and are now set in the right direction for our final product.

Meat Factory Ear Worms Critical Response

       Meat Factory Ear Worms: Critical Response

In this audio piece a man recounts his job working in a meat factory, the memories he had while he worked there and the music (earworms) that he remembers during that time. What makes this piece of audio so powerful is the repetition of certain sounds, and the songs used. The sounds of the meat factory are almost played throughout the whole piece which immerses the audience into his world, allows them, along with his vivid descriptions, to picture the meat factory he worked in. This allows the audience to see his memories from a more personal point of view. On a more simplistic level it allows the audience to understand the experience of having an earworm, hearing the same three songs throughout the entire piece. The audience also understand the effect on him as he sings it while the same lyrics are either synchronized to his singing, or are played immediately afterwards. 

          
      What is also interesting is the way he successfully blends the brutality of the meat factory, the repetition of the sawing and the cows screaming and the machinery at work, as well as his own visceral and bloody description of his job, with the sweet melodies of his earworms. This extreme contrast helps the audience to visualise it further, the world that he inhabits, as it creates a distinct tone and atmosphere. Despite the brutality of his job, it becomes clear through the music that he is in an environment he is comfortable in. The music is slow and well paced which indicates he is happy or relaxed. Even when he describes stabbing himself in the leg and the pain he was experiencing the situation never feels tense.