Did you ever put a Slinke on an escalator?

This video is meant to represent my mind currently. I feel divided between my old home in Madison and my new home in Milwaukee. That's why I gathered video in Madison and sounds in Milwaukee. I had been living in Milwaukee for about two months when I went back to Madison for the first time. So many things that I had simply taken for granted for years suddenly seemed different somehow. Meanwhile, simple sounds that I heard in Milwaukee sounded different than similar ones I had heard in Madison. That led to this video. I decided to see how far I could push the limits of change, how much things really could change when I wasn't looking.

All Images/Video gathered in Madison 10/26/08
All Sound gathered in Milwaukee 10/27/08

Eerie Echoes

I let the sound dictate this video. After listening to my final sound edit, I got a sense of very eerie echoes. A kind of semi-phantasmal sense. Then I reviewed my stills and video to find the eeriest clips I had. I was most surprised by how powerful the Martin Luther King Jr. monument affected me, especially when it was played over the echoes.

All images/video gathered 10/26/08 in Madison, WI
All sounds gathered 10/27/08 in Milwaukee, WI

Commands

While looking through my stills, I came across three which all featured a command of some kind. The first two seemed really negative, while only the last seemed positive. While I could have edited the sound in this clip to reflect the positive/negative nature, I took a different path. The first two sounds are meant to counteract the negative connotations of the first two words. The final sound is meant to be shocking. It is meant to implant the final word in the viewer's mind.

All images gathered 10/26/08 in Madison, WI
All sounds gathered 10/27/08 in Milwaukee, WI

Blowin' in the Wind

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The day I gathered images for my Drift, the wind steadily picked up as the day continued. When I started, it was barely drafty enough to rustle leaves. By the time I finished, I was struggling to keep the camera from blowing out of my hand. As much as it annoyed me, it also allowed me to create this video documenting how the wind increased as the day wore on.

All video gathered 10/26/08

Hello Wisconsin

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For my first Silent Rough Cut, I decided to use the imagery from my Drift around Madison that I felt best embodies the city and the state overall. It was a great experience because I had never noticed most of the things in this Rough Cut, particularly the "Forward" shield (above) and the interesting design of the Downtown Madison map.

All Images gathered 10/26/08

Production Strategy

To capture Images, I traveled to Madison and started at the end point of my Drift 1, the Monona Terrace. I would then take 25 steps, stop, and take 10-15 pictures, as well as around 30 seconds of video depending on the motion present at the spot at which I ended. When I reached a turn, I would let traffic decide. I would go the same direction as the first car that passed me.

To capture Sounds, I stayed in Milwaukee. My first sound strategy was somewhat complicated, so I decided to keep things simple for Drift 2. I started at the Sandburg dorms, then proceeded out, using the strategy of turning right, left, right, left.

Drift Map

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I did my soundwalk in Milwaukee(10/27/2008)
while I gathered images in Madison(10/26/08).