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Movie clips in short film
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Experimental clips and sound combined with case studies
Old and New (1929) from Sergei Eisenstein and Grigori Aleksandrov Romance Sentimentale by Sergei Eisenstein (1930) In 1982, Soviet directors Sergei Eisenstein, Vsevolod Pudovkin, Alexander Pudovkin and Grigori Alexandrov signed a statement on sound cinema, fearing that “cheap realism” such as synchronization of sound and picture would eat into the charm of the cinema, tantamount…
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Research for Experimental Film
I want to create an experimental video work because I have never before tried to use video combined with sound to express my ideas. I am eager to learn a new form of expression to expand my body of work. What is experimental video, and how should one understand its experimental nature? In the context…
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A backstory of the project
Let me share the backstory, reasons, and reflections that led me to undertake this project. It all started when I found myself in what seemed like a perfect relationship. We shared common hobbies, similar aesthetics, and complementary professional fields. Our two souls, adrift overseas, collided and ignited a passionate love affair, and I once believed…
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History and Reflection of Wedding Dresses
In Godey’s Lady’s Book, 1849, this statement was printed: “ Custom has decided, from the earliest ages, that white is the most fitting hue, whatever may be the material. It is an emblem of the purity and innocence of girlhood, and the unsullied heart she now yields to the chosen one.” Since Roman times, white…
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Learning MaxMsp
2. Program running sequence, finding errors, and generating graphics 3. Mouse drawing exercises 4. Randomly generated sentence exercises 5. Dodge ball game 6. Sound tools / effects 1 7. Sound tools / effects 2 6. Sound tools / effects 3 (Detonate) 7. Sound tools / effects 4 8. Sound input / waves / additive synthesizer…
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The mind map about my essay
At first: https://miro.com/welcomeonboard/UDVseXpISGRuMlpvdzRZMDRpMXBaa3ZhU2tnWW9kcERMbnVjc2Q5RDdDVVpxaE9kc3NyUFNRQnRFNXFncDlCNnwzNDU4NzY0NTQ3NTgxMTg1ODIzfDI=?share_link_id=798649151760 Modified: https://miro.com/welcomeonboard/T2M0c0Z1RmpJTGlZT2Q2cW9FNHczMTFKd3k4Wjh4V1J4ZjhxY1pyQ0M3dnpnSXlXNnBjcDVpMEJHdkRQa2p4bnwzNDU4NzY0NTQ3NTgxMTg1ODIzfDI=?share_link_id=352069945404
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Practice-research questions
In considering the theme for this unit, I contemplated several options. One idea was to create a synthesizer while also studying the relationship between circuit chips and programming. This choice represents a significant challenge for me, as it would deepen my understanding of circuits and synthesizers, laying a foundation for the ideas I have for…
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SOUND INSTALLATION RESEARCH
link to the video: https://www.uva.co.uk/features/our-time-2019
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Audio Paper Script
Sound: Opening of Naxi Nationality’s “Thousands of Pear Blossoms (Qian Duo Wan Duo Li Hua Kai)” Speaker 1: Hi! Which Chinese folk song has impressed you the most?? Sound: The recording provided by Friend 1 “Xian Qi Le Ni De Gai Tou Lai)”. The sound gradually fades and then Speaker 1/2’s introduction to the song…
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The Earliest field recordings in China
At the beginning of the 20th century, German-American sinologist Berthold Laufer (1874-1934) recorded nearly 1,500 minutes of Chinese folk singing, melodies, and instrumental music on four hundred wax cylinder phonograph records. These recordings include precious audio archives. In the Shanghai segment (1901), he captured the existing state of various traditional genres, such as Wu-language folk…
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What is ‘Chang Chun Diao’ (唱春调)
Singing the Spring Tune, a folk melody from Changzhou city in Jiangsu Province, is a unique form of cultural expression. It proceeds in a cycle of twelve rotations, typically changing monthly, or alternatively, it can be divided into four rotations according to the four seasons. The lyrics of each cycle consist of four lines, each…