For this project we wanted to focus on something that could
be relatable to everyone. Anyone who has
been a student knows that there is this automatic routine that we go through
when we hear a school bell ring. We
finish up whatever we are doing and pack up as quickly as possible. We wanted to capture all of the sounds and
textures of this typical mundane task.
I loved Mr.
Rodgers as a kid. In the clip of Mr.
Rodgers showing how construction paper is made I was brought back to that child
like curiosity of how things are made. Even
though we couldn’t use images in this piece I still wanted to focus on
something that could inspire that child like curiosity to the listener. I really enjoy the sound of the pencil
writing on the paper. I like it so much
because it is such a unique sound. Every
student has used a pencil and paper, but how many people actually listen to the
sound it makes with each stroke.
Another
show that influenced this piece is “How Things are made”. In each episode they show how typical things
are made in factories. A lot of the show
can seem very repetitive within an episode or through out the whole series because
there are a lot of shots of just machines moving. I still enjoy watching the show because I
love how there are so many moving pieces to mass-produce something so simple. While in our process piece there is nothing
being created by machines, the student is working and creating what ever he
needs to pass his class.
The way we
created this was very simple. We
recorded someone being a normal student and then had them pack up. We did add extra sounds such as the bell and
the crowd of students later to create a more diverse background, but most of it
was recorded off of one take. I think
that also helps our piece because the piece is not over produced. We wanted to have people focus on the typical
and mundane and we stuck with that throughout the creation of this piece.
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