Project 2 so far

I haven't really started working on the second project as a whole yet, but I have a general idea about what I want to do. I studied abroad in Germany this summer, and I figure I'll use that trip as the focus of the project. I may not actually use google maps, but opt instead for a more animated map of Europe/Germany, and use a lot of the pictures I took on the trip to illustrate interactive points on the map. So far, the little movie I submitted for the last blog seems like it should be able to find its way into the project as well, since the group I was with took a tour of the Burgenwald, Germany's largest continuous forest. That video will be a sort of template for the rest of the interactive points. The German language offers opportunity for some interesting and funny audio to mix into the project, too.

Sound Poetry?

I had some trouble trying to get this thing posted on here, so I just loaded it onto a flash drive, and I'm going to bring it into class. It's bordering on noise and voice, I think (it's the call of some European deer). I thought it was creepy when I mixed it with pictures of dark, foggy forests and whatnot. It doesn't seem like a sound someone would want to hear being in a place like that. Anyway, I'm not sure if this is what the assignment was getting at, but I'm already running late for class, and it was the best I could do considering the time constraints. Hopefully I can get it posted once I get into class.

I think I got it.

Actually, I don't think this is working.

Project 2 Thoughts

I'm still not really sure where I'm aiming for project 2, but I like the prospects of mixing sounds and music in audacity, and adding a visual element in Windows movie maker. With the sound parts, I can see myself using parts of speeches or other recordings of political figures, and try to show a transition over time. The visual element would be more abstract, using colors and images along with timing to punctuate the audio. Almost like those inspirational montages they use at national conventions.

I think I want my emphasis to be on more non-artistic spoken word, and make the rest of the elements of the project add the poetic element to it.

Project 2 blog here.

Project 1 Final

My final project is a selection of quotes from Chuck Palahniuk's book Choke. Palahniuk's stories are written most often in a darkly comic, almost frantic, colliding style. I tried to make this final version of the project reflect the dynamics of Palahniuk's writing, using pictures and varying fonts to assign emphasis to certain parts of the quotes that I selected.

The project is assembled in chronological order (in reference to the book) when read in typical left-to-right, top-to-bottom order, but most of it isn't intended to be read in any particular order. The small blue Times type is meant to be read more linearly than the rest of the project, and reflects a little bit on the actual assignment itself. To someone who has read Choke, the assortment of quotes might come together to produce some meaning, but it's arranged mostly to amuse the reader.

Project

So this is what I've gotten together so far for the project. I missed the last class, so I can't be totally sure if this is completely follows guidelines for the assignment, but I've decided to use some quotes from Chuck Palahniuk's book, Choke, and mess with the font styles and use some images to really punctuate the parts I used. I really like his writing style, even though it can be kind of morbid.