The beginning of the soundscape starts out at a beach setting. It creates an illusion because the listener feels like there are a lot of things happening because of all the sounds, but really there are only three or so. In the beginning the horn, probably representing a boat’s horn, is bothersome, but becomes habituation. The audio in this section creates a deep space because it is a collection of all the noises on the beach. Then the listener is transported to a café setting because the sounds of the birds, horn, and waves fade out. The listener is in more of a limited space because it is deep, but it is confined. This section also creates an illusion because the listener hears the sounds overlapping. The listener is transported again to a car setting because of the sounds of a slamming car door and starting the car. This space is flat because it does not really change anything for the listener. Habituation is again used in this section because of the sound of a car horn and Rebecca Black’s song “Friday.” At first both of the sounds are irritating, but the listener gets used to them. Then a cop chase occurs, which conveys chaos because there are a lot of sounds happening with a driving beat in the background.
I thought that you did a very good job on your soundscape. The sounds drop the listener into several distinct locations, each of which clearly conveyed the emotion of irritation. You manipulated the sense of space by creating an big, open beach in the first part. Bird calls and crashing waves create the illusion of a large space and movement. In the second setting, it sounds like a crowded diner, bustling with people. It sounds like the guy next to the listener is eating in a very loud and obnoxious manner. Movement is also created in the next part with the sound of an engine revving and sirens and horns fading in and out. It creates the illusion of driving on a highway with the windows down. It sounds as though noises are coming from all around and overwhelming the listener. I loved your use of Rebecca Black’s inexplicably prevalent song Friday, even if it did get stuck in my head again. Many of the sounds that were jarring or surprising at first quickly faded into the general background noise, but as soon as that happened you would layer in a new sound or change the setting abruptly. Every noise in your soundscape was geared toward the larger goal of conveying an emotion, and it worked very well.
I loved your soundscape! :) You did a really great job conveying emotion. Was it some kind of annoyance or irritation? Maybe! All of your sounds were very literal and it made it easy to imagine a story line as I listened. I felt a strong sense of your ability to use the manipulation of space. When you used the beach sounds I definitely could sense the space that the sounds were created in. In the restaurant area of the song I could imagine the size of the restaurant or even imagine myself sitting there, getting irritated by all of the timbre. Then when the the car horns started honking and "Friday" started playing, I felt the directionality and movement that you wanted to create. With the engine running I definitely pictured Rebecca Black and I driving off from the noisy restaurant. :) The layers throughout the song went really well and added a good story line as you added them and then peeled them away towards the end. I'm kind of curious as to what happened when the gun was fired. Were you trying to tell us that Rebecca Black shot that gun or was the one who got shot? Hmmm....
The soundscape does a very good job at portraying the feeling of irritation. At first the soundscape seems to take you to what sounds like a beach. The beach seems to be very crowded with lots of irritating noises going on. The soundscape does a good job of portraying the Gestalt Principle of similarity. The sounds used at what sounds like a beach do a very good job of making the listener feel like they are at the beach. For Instance, the waves crashing, the birds, and what sounds to be a boat horn off in the distance. The soundscape then travels to a setting at some sort of dinning setting. The soundscape shows depth by having what seems to be silverware clanking in the background. The soundscape then sounds like it transfers to a car traveling with the radio on. Having the song Friday playing on the radio gives a very strong feeling of being irritating. The car seems to be speeding on a road when a cop starts to chase the speeding car. The soundscape seems to break away from the sounds of a road chance to more of just the sounds random chases all over. The soundscape ends with a gunshot. Over all this soundscape does a very good job at portraying the emotion it was trying to get across.
After listening to this soundscape, I could definitely felt she accurately portrayed irritation. The soundscape feels hard to follow, because it is so layered by unrelated sounds and song elements. This lack of continuity irritates the listener. I felt it really used the Gestalt Principles of affinity and contrast. First we have the waves crashing, the sounds of horns, and other such nature sounds, which all work together. Then we are bombarded with sounds of civilization, with cop horns, cars, people walking, etc. This is a good use of cotrast. And obviously, the song "Friday" is irritating all by itself, so using that in here was an amusing way to convey the emotion of "irritation." Space was constantly manipulated in this soundscape. There were sounds happening in both ears, which made it seem very wide. The layers of sounds added depth, and made the entire thing seem big. I thought this soundscape definitely succeeded in sounding "irritating."
The beginning of the soundscape starts out at a beach setting. It creates an illusion because the listener feels like there are a lot of things happening because of all the sounds, but really there are only three or so. In the beginning the horn, probably representing a boat’s horn, is bothersome, but becomes habituation. The audio in this section creates a deep space because it is a collection of all the noises on the beach. Then the listener is transported to a café setting because the sounds of the birds, horn, and waves fade out. The listener is in more of a limited space because it is deep, but it is confined. This section also creates an illusion because the listener hears the sounds overlapping. The listener is transported again to a car setting because of the sounds of a slamming car door and starting the car. This space is flat because it does not really change anything for the listener. Habituation is again used in this section because of the sound of a car horn and Rebecca Black’s song “Friday.” At first both of the sounds are irritating, but the listener gets used to them. Then a cop chase occurs, which conveys chaos because there are a lot of sounds happening with a driving beat in the background.
ReplyDeleteI thought that you did a very good job on your soundscape. The sounds drop the listener into several distinct locations, each of which clearly conveyed the emotion of irritation. You manipulated the sense of space by creating an big, open beach in the first part. Bird calls and crashing waves create the illusion of a large space and movement. In the second setting, it sounds like a crowded diner, bustling with people. It sounds like the guy next to the listener is eating in a very loud and obnoxious manner. Movement is also created in the next part with the sound of an engine revving and sirens and horns fading in and out. It creates the illusion of driving on a highway with the windows down. It sounds as though noises are coming from all around and overwhelming the listener. I loved your use of Rebecca Black’s inexplicably prevalent song Friday, even if it did get stuck in my head again. Many of the sounds that were jarring or surprising at first quickly faded into the general background noise, but as soon as that happened you would layer in a new sound or change the setting abruptly. Every noise in your soundscape was geared toward the larger goal of conveying an emotion, and it worked very well.
ReplyDeleteI loved your soundscape! :) You did a really great job conveying emotion. Was it some kind of annoyance or irritation? Maybe!
ReplyDeleteAll of your sounds were very literal and it made it easy to imagine a story line as I listened. I felt a strong sense of your ability to use the manipulation of space. When you used the beach sounds I definitely could sense the space that the sounds were created in. In the restaurant area of the song I could imagine the size of the restaurant or even imagine myself sitting there, getting irritated by all of the timbre. Then when the the car horns started honking and "Friday" started playing, I felt the directionality and movement that you wanted to create. With the engine running I definitely pictured Rebecca Black and I driving off from the noisy restaurant. :) The layers throughout the song went really well and added a good story line as you added them and then peeled them away towards the end. I'm kind of curious as to what happened when the gun was fired. Were you trying to tell us that Rebecca Black shot that gun or was the one who got shot? Hmmm....
The soundscape does a very good job at portraying the feeling of irritation. At first the soundscape seems to take you to what sounds like a beach. The beach seems to be very crowded with lots of irritating noises going on. The soundscape does a good job of portraying the Gestalt Principle of similarity. The sounds used at what sounds like a beach do a very good job of making the listener feel like they are at the beach. For Instance, the waves crashing, the birds, and what sounds to be a boat horn off in the distance. The soundscape then travels to a setting at some sort of dinning setting. The soundscape shows depth by having what seems to be silverware clanking in the background. The soundscape then sounds like it transfers to a car traveling with the radio on. Having the song Friday playing on the radio gives a very strong feeling of being irritating. The car seems to be speeding on a road when a cop starts to chase the speeding car. The soundscape seems to break away from the sounds of a road chance to more of just the sounds random chases all over. The soundscape ends with a gunshot. Over all this soundscape does a very good job at portraying the emotion it was trying to get across.
ReplyDeleteAfter listening to this soundscape, I could definitely felt she accurately portrayed irritation. The soundscape feels hard to follow, because it is so layered by unrelated sounds and song elements. This lack of continuity irritates the listener. I felt it really used the Gestalt Principles of affinity and contrast. First we have the waves crashing, the sounds of horns, and other such nature sounds, which all work together. Then we are bombarded with sounds of civilization, with cop horns, cars, people walking, etc. This is a good use of cotrast. And obviously, the song "Friday" is irritating all by itself, so using that in here was an amusing way to convey the emotion of "irritation." Space was constantly manipulated in this soundscape. There were sounds happening in both ears, which made it seem very wide. The layers of sounds added depth, and made the entire thing seem big. I thought this soundscape definitely succeeded in sounding "irritating."
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