Since last week's seminar, which included walking around Sheffield city centre and gathering ideas and inspiration for our audio projects, Sarah and I have got together in our production team and started thinking about and further discussing our initial ideas. I find the idea behind this project interesting, as usually sound is something that we don’t break down or notice much, until it’s emphasised in a scene, however by noticing the finer details of some of the places we visited, as well as just the city in general, it has sparked my interest and I have gained some early inspiration towards this project. This was first noticed when we visited the train station, and we discovered how smaller details, such as the beeping of the ATM cash machines could be just as effective in creating a particular mood in a busy place, as the bigger picture- the overwhelming noise of the tannoy systems.
Sarah and I reflected back on the places that we had visited during the morning and discussed which sounds had influenced our ideas and which had stood out to us the most. We agreed that the train station was a particularly interesting starting point; the idea that such a busy place with people rushing around could be transformed into something much more condensed in terms of sound use, and still be effective from a different context and perspective. We agreed that given the time we have to manage and complete this project, a simple idea would work well, and once we had this, we could then focus in on the finer details. We also decided that collecting extra audio than what will be required for the project will be useful , even if not directly associated with our idea, as it could be added to an archive file which could add to our idea at a later stage during the post production process, and also help us in planning for any contingencies.
With the train station idea still in mind, we thought about the possibilities of an imaginary place in the form of a memory, and having the audio in some way unrelated to the visuals which will be used for our other project at a later stage. Linking back to the first seminar we had, transport and in particular train travel came up as something that inspires us. This got us thinking and talking about the idea that although everyone is usually busy travelling somewhere and has that in common with other passengers on a train , they are all in their own separate worlds. This is where our initial idea for recording some audio that would be in the form of a memory originated from, however we are aware that this idea needs to be more refined and discussed further before we start planning the finer details of the project.
Keeping with the travel theme, I researched some sound recordists who have recorded audio pieces on similar themes. I remembered attending an event in Newcastle with a sound recordist talking there, and when I looked his name up, I found that he has actually done an interesting audio piece on a train. Although this is recorded on the train and not elsewhere, as we intend our memory audio to be, it still sparked some ideas and made me think about the busyness side to the train idea.
https://soundcloud.com/michael-maroussas/conversations-on-train-in-suffolk
Keeping the 'Sense of Place' theme for the project in mind, another inspiration was attending the current Sound Map of Sheffield exhibition by Chris Watson at the Millennium Gallery in Sheffield. Hearing so many different sounds all from the same city made me think about developing the idea of a collection of memories through audio use.
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