Sound of Silence Test
For the Sound of Silence assignment, we were tasked with creating an animation that depicted our interpretation of what silence sounded like using audio we recorded with a microphone. I had the idea of recording the sounds of machines running as I felt that machines running by themselves without human interference was a way of interpreting what the sound of silence would be. So, I recorded the sounds of the washing machine room in my accommodation and the sound of a microwave running and the sound of the vents in my bathroom before settling on using the sound of a microwave.
Initially, I had trouble coming up with ideas on what to visually depict with the audio I had. The idea that I first wanted to depict was of a sort of thinking machine and I played around with ideas of a machine creating art.
With the idea of a machine creating art however, I felt that I was straying too far from the original sound of silence task and it was not going to become relevant anymore. So, I decided to rework the idea and instead find a way on focusing it on myself. I then came up with the idea to depict how our minds function sometimes independently of ourselves, having a constant flow of ideas and thoughts that are being created in the back of our heads, often with us being unaware of them. With this, I created an idea for an animation of myself that would have my head opening up to reveal a machine head that represented my inner thoughts.
The final animation was made using a light box and animation paper again like the previous tests. I felt this test was especially successful as I feel I was able to translate my ideas very well onto paper and I created a final product where the audio and visuals work very well together.