Self-less Self Portrait

Another Foundation Media Arts project. We had to create a “self-less self portrait”, maximum two minutes in length. I drove around Vancouver in my Golf while my friend Lexi videotaped. I then took the footage into Premiere and pieced together a clip two minutes in length which I then took over to After Effects. In After Effects I added the type, and added some filters, duplications and blending modes to create the overall aesthetic for the piece. The sound was recorded using a Zoom H4 Recorder just down the street from my apartment in one take (yes, the ambulance coincidently came by as I was recording… I guess that’s one of the benefits to living near a hospital). I’ve gotta say, I was quite impressed with the sound quality of the H4 after using it for this and my audio project.

Additionally, this was the first time I’d ever actually touched Adobe Premiere and After Effects. I found both, with the help of some video tutorials, extremely easy to pickup and get working with. Obviously I have only had a very elementary experience with them thus far, but I’m definitely looking forward to spending some more time experimenting and playing around with them in the future.

Self-less Self Portrait from flatcat on Vimeo.

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Category: Experiments, Personal Work

Imploding Existence

My second foray into audio was for my Emily Carr Foundation Media Arts class. We were assigned a project to create a 2-minute “experimental” audio piece (re: no music). Utilizing Zoom’s H4 Recorder, we were instructed to record some sounds. We then had to bring these sounds into Audacity to compile and create our final audio piece. Additionally, we were not allowed to utilize anymore than three sounds.

I recorded myself saying part of a passage from the beginning of Tool’s Third Eye, which is actually part of a skit by comedian Bill Hicks. This recording was then layered multiple times upon itself and each instance heavily modified using Audacity’s editing tools and effects to create an extremely atmospheric and psychedelic piece. There’s some pretty heavy bass near the end when it’s reaching it’s climax, so CONSIDER YOURSELF WARNED: watch your volume/subs.

File Link: Imploding Existence

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Morning Mist

An old audio project from my time at Guru Digital Arts College. One of the few projects from that time that still holds up fairly well. If I remember correctly, the title comes from my walk/bus-ride to school that day which was extremely foggy. This was made in Acid Pro, I believe, utilizing the sound libraries that come with the program. It should also probably be noted that I had no sound program experience before this and I think the Acid Pro segment of the course consisted of two full day classes (if that…) including the creation of our final project…

File: Morning Mist

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Category: Experiments, Personal Work