With the sounds I found in Ovalwood I made this piece called Hospital Conversation. The sounds that interested me the most and the ones I wanted to use for this project were the sounds from my own footsteps, the conversation between the professor and a student, the elevator beeping, and the beep noise that I generated from Audacity.
In this piece there is a constant beeping noise. (Which is the elevator beep; that I repeated over and over.) This beeping noise is the beeping noise you would hear at a hospital. (The noise that comes from the patient's room from the monitor, if they were hooked up to one.) Along with this beeping noise is a conversation between two people. This conversation is between a man and a women about a recent car accident the man was in. The man talks about what is still hurting on his body and how his baby and wife are recuperating from the accident.
As this conservation is going on, footsteps are in the near distance. Showing the effect of people walking in the hospital. Another effect I added to this piece is a beeping noise. This beeping noise is like the noise you would also hear on a patient's monitor. But this noise is a constant beep that is only in the beginning and the end of this piece. (This beeping is what I generated from Audacity.)
The mood of this piece is somewhat sad but it makes you interested in the conversation at the same time. As the man talks you will want to listen closely to what he is saying. This will help you understand why this piece is called Hospital Conversation.
If I didn't know any better, I would have thought this actually did take place in a hospital.Really like the way you constructed a mood by repeating the sounds and creating a pattern with them.
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ReplyDeleteI enjoy that you have a solid beginning and resolution to the piece. The ascending and descending tones work well as book-ends.
The beeps add a pulse throughout the piece and fragment the sentences. Because of the fragmentation and repetition of the words, the piece sounds like a memory or dream...
The high-pitched beeps and fragmented sentences also create a tension and anxiety throughout the piece...I found myself trying to make sense out of a chaotic situation. Very cool!
I truely enjoyed the way you repeated the phrases and the beeps to create an interesting podcast
ReplyDeleteThis was really cool. I liked how you took the beeping sounds and made it really sound like you were in a hospital. Really enjoyed it!
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