Final

This is my final, now fully viewable and updated. Hope you enjoy my piece.
It really intrigued me, the many signs that liked to keep people out of places. There were so many stop signs and no images that invited you in on my final drift. This piece is about those pushing images and how they pushed me back to a comfortable place. The color is for enhancing the prospective. (If your questioning the ending with the perpetual sound lack of motion...it was done on purpose, not a glitch or tech error :)

Rough Sketch 3

In this sketch I put some color changes on the video image itself. I wanted to see what effects I could create. After playing with this, I want to go for a darker piece....maybe a mix of light and dark for my final. All and all, here you go.

Rough Sketch #2

Hey all, this batch features some straight up jungle music!

This is a compilation of all the street signs of my journey. It was an awkward path that I had to follow, even though the pattern I chose was simple: right then left at the end of every street. Dead end streets and such threw me in for a loop. I picture it being like getting lost in a jungle!
(WITH BEATS!!)

Rough Sketch 1

This is the first sketch of the drift I had. It contains a simple beat along with a sketch of my final if I chose to do it time based. Time based meaning, I would incorporate interesting images as I was walking from street to street. Some of the video was taken sideways and there was a weird edge around the video also. I fixed it by exporting it in a different size to fill the screen. Some shots are still with a weird border....very unfortunate. Also, the sound is not synced up on purpose, I wanted to just have a beat.

Production Strategy

1. After reflecting on your experiences on Drift 1 and Drift 2, and after generating your Ten Questions, specify a promising place in your Drift area you plan to explore in more depth for Drift 3. Make sure the location is precisely identified, if not with a GoogleMaps link, then through a verbal description of what you are trying to find and where. Explain why this site seems promising.

1. I am thinking about exploring the area in between Water and Farwell. Its a mix between a upper middle class and a lower middle class in its housing. Going off my questions, I believe that there will be many traffic regulators as well as no trespassing signs. There are many businesses around the area and old buildings that will hopefully provide nice imagery.

2. Describe how you will limit your image capturing activities in order to generate enough quality material with which to work.

2. I will stick to capturing the street signs and any interesting aspect of that block. I will primarily focus on signs though, traffic and regulatory alike.

3. Describe how you will limit your sound capturing activities in order to generate enough quality material with which to work

3. I will mostly create all the music. Using regular beats from hitting various objects from around my home I will modify it to my liking to create a continuity of the drift.

10 Questions

1. Is there a intersection without a traffic regulator?
2. Are there any doors without locks?
3. Where are there buildings without people?
4. Are there any streets without lighting (after dark)?
5. How much graffiti can you find?
6. Where are the outdoor public restrooms?
7. Are there any public or company buildings with no grass at all on property?
8. Are there any one story homes?
9. How many bird nests can you find downtown?
10. Are there any parked cars with there windows/doors open?

Drift Assesment 4

Q: Describe your favorite experience, situation, place, or recollection from either of your Drifts. Be specific about what happened, how you felt, how you reacted, and why you think this particular experience affected you so much

A: My favorite place, across all drift, was Pennsylvania as a whole. The state was a complete 360 of all the other states that I have ever visited. This was the general consensus of the whole group. “Dude! Pennsylvania is sweet!” On four different occasions I experienced the same line from four different people. It was a break from the formal straight travels we have been having to a hill infested so-called god’s country.
The change of scenery made the trip that much more enjoyable. Everyone’s mood was lightened despite some of the recent days. A quick parking lot change of underwear, a invigorating (and longed for) shower, and a good meal. The whole day in Pennsylvania was a great experience.

Drift Assesment 3

Q: Describe three surprises or unexpected situations you encountered on your Drifts and in the days that followed. The surprise could stem from your expectations that conflicted with "on the ground" realities, cultural or social issues of which you were previously unaware, feelings and reactions that you did not expect to have, appearances and soundings of things you did not expect, good or bad outcomes of "on the spot" decisions you had to make, or the discovery of "deeper" realities in the materials you brought home

A: I honestly thought I was doomed when I started looking through the images I had for drift two. Working solely with pictures and no video, it was a difficult task to create a sense of motion that the pictures deserved. Though I worked around such a crippling situation, I still feel that the images could have been more alive.
Drift two also created a deeper sense of self for me. Being on stage playing at a different venue every night made me appreciate the dedication to the music regardless of a crowd. The pictures I took of the band playing were nothing short of inspiring. The dedication the band puts toward every note sung or played eliminated the turmoil we experienced on the road.

Drift Assesment 2

Q: Describe, with details, two situations during Drift 1 and/or 2 in which you felt unusually peaceful, at ease, or contemplative

A: Hours into my first drift I remember sitting down for the first time in a couple of hours. The air outside was cold but the sun was around and brightened my mood about the whole drift affair. Sitting on a bench in a park I wasn’t cold, nor restless or tired. Spring was in the air and I chose a good day to welcome it. The sounds of the environment around me echoed in my headphones. It was at ease feeling that assured me that spring was on its way.
The second drift involved contemplative situations throughout its complete duration. Thoughts such as, “Should I trust this person and sleep on his/her floor or should I sleep in the truck” or “We’re almost home, everyone is passed out dead or sick, should I drive without a license?” Being on a long drift across unfamiliar locations sparked long thoughtful periods, many kept to myself and others expressed freely with band-mates. The thoughts weren’t one sided either, I also thought of the situation we posed in peoples homes or basement shows. Should two groups of strangers trust each other?

Drift Assesment 1

Q: Describe two situations that aggravated, bothered, shocked or otherwise stressed you during Drift 1 or 2

A: Both the drifts focused on separate material, drift one for sound and two for silent imagery. Though I loved the strategies of walking, it posed an issue when searching for sound. I failed, at least in my eyes, to get the kind of sound I wanted. For drift 3, I had a focused sound requirement for myself, which made the whole process easier.
On my second drift I traveled across several states with a band with no place to call home for almost eight days. Film 116 focused on the sense of found footage/sound after traveling on a set path over a pro-longed amount of time. Though drifting for three or four hours did achieve this motive, it bothered me how quick that sense was lost after traveling for days. I became apart of the experience and became desensitized to it as whole by the end of the tour.