MAR 222 : A/V Scape
Project 2 open assignment. Audio clips recorded and processed in Peak, scanned plant material and photos manipulated in Photoshop. From that source material, both audio and images were filtered, effected and composed in Adobe After Effects.
Aiming to create an audio and visual environment (or scape, to pun the plant stalk), I tried new techniques to take concepts I have been developing (ex. Tricycle or even earlier with Zahlen) in audio and visual interaction to another level in my work.
I wanted the audio to interact directly with the video, rather than simply reflecting similar changes. In order for this to work, audio layers were made to relate with corresponding video layers and both were filtered and effected with precisely the same keyframes; visual effects are linked directly to audio effects. For example, while a video filter (ex. saturation) was applied to a visual layer, an audio filter (ex. high pass EQ) was applied to its corresponding sound layer, and both were changed at the same rate, amount and moments in time. Opacity related to volume for all layers.
I’ve tried to retain that sweet taste of being footloose and free, but coming back has been more bitter than sweet - back to school, back to work, back to the fields of sleep-walking sheep. 
