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There are many "keynote" sounds around. First there is the wind that howls because of the weather.  the wind tends to be the background noise. Then, to clash with the winter wind, there are spring birds that chirp. This chirping would be another "keynote" sound.  Some "soundmarks" would be the trains arriving and leaving the train station.  The train whistles loudly.The train gate "dings" before the train arrives.The trains make a sound when then slow down, a "ding" before the doors open, and then a humming while the doors open. Then that repeats when the doors close. Then another "soundmark" is the sound of traffic. After the train leaves the gates go up and the cars cross over the train tracks.  Then there are sounds of bigger vehicles such as trucks.  The trucks rattle as they cross over the train tracks. There are other sounds such a kids yelling. Then there are construction sounds. These sounds consist of hammers, drills, men slamming cars doors and throwing debris on piles outside. Then there are sounds such as crunching on the ground because there is debris everywhere. There are also some gravel that is on the ground that makes noise. Other than that, there really are not a lot of sounds. If the weather was warmer there could be more sounds, but during the day, since it is could, not many people venture outside hence the noise level is minimal. The wind is the sound that drowns out many of the smaller sounds, such as grass.

Media 160 - Define a space project

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Media 160 artist statement

I am interested in the unknown.   The unknown can apply many subjects I am interested in, the biggest is mystery. I often like to apply this mysterious quality to people.

My main interest is why people do the things they do. I am also interested in if how they were raised affects them at all and if so how much it affects them. Often people who are mysterious or situations in history that are also mysterious invoke my interest and therefore much of my writing is about people in different situations. My drawings also reflect this. Often the drawings will go along with my writings.

I also like the use of metaphor and double meanings in my work. Anything with an explicit meaning and then an underlying implicit meaning I find fascinating. The double meanings could be anywhere, in a song or in a movie. I like to visualize that double meaning and then draw it. I also like to apply that if I am writing a script or a story.

Every word a character says can be written to say something about that character. If you pay attention enough, that character’s true intent could be clear to the reader but not so obvious to the other characters in the story. I also enjoy putting all these elements together by using photography and eventually converting it to film. I would then want to edit the film and choose the music for the score.

So basically I'm interested in designing, writing, screenwriting and editing.