Something that I've only just realised, is that my work has been influenced by the artist, Bonobo. I've been listening to his stuff for many years, and it wasn't until I was listening to this particular song by him the other day, Kiara, that I realised his style was an influence towards what I have been creating. Although Bonobo is a DJ, he produces his music using live instruments (mixed with the odd digitally produced thing here and there). He uses strings in many of his pieces, and often tours with a 28 piece band. I was actually going to go see him live here in Auckland earlier this year, but then I found out that it was just his DJ set - and not with his full band. I can really appreciate modern music - even digital sounding ones that have actually been produced with musical knowledge and taking parts from actual instruments. I with my refined version that I am creating, I would like to take it into that similar direction I think.
Wednesday, 14 October 2015
WEEK 10 - Recreating
Now that we are able to use any programs as well as presets in this half of the project, I spent the week recreating new sounds through a midi, using the original piano piece I recorded. I have used a range of presets through Logic, such as the harp, double bass, flute, marimba and choir, as I would like to expand on my piece and make it sound a lot more orchestral to emphasise certain areas. The bigger the orchestra, the more I can create natural dynamic range by adding and subtracting certain amounts of instruments playing together. There was one preset in particular that was not a replica of an instrument - more along the lines of a soothing synth sound, which I have made an addition as it brings in more of the ethereal vibe that I was aiming to create with my draft mix. Trying to break all these different tracks down to piece together will probably take quite a while, but I'm looking forward to how it'll all sound and so far I'm quite excited about how things are looking.
Something that I've only just realised, is that my work has been influenced by the artist, Bonobo. I've been listening to his stuff for many years, and it wasn't until I was listening to this particular song by him the other day, Kiara, that I realised his style was an influence towards what I have been creating. Although Bonobo is a DJ, he produces his music using live instruments (mixed with the odd digitally produced thing here and there). He uses strings in many of his pieces, and often tours with a 28 piece band. I was actually going to go see him live here in Auckland earlier this year, but then I found out that it was just his DJ set - and not with his full band. I can really appreciate modern music - even digital sounding ones that have actually been produced with musical knowledge and taking parts from actual instruments. I with my refined version that I am creating, I would like to take it into that similar direction I think.
Something that I've only just realised, is that my work has been influenced by the artist, Bonobo. I've been listening to his stuff for many years, and it wasn't until I was listening to this particular song by him the other day, Kiara, that I realised his style was an influence towards what I have been creating. Although Bonobo is a DJ, he produces his music using live instruments (mixed with the odd digitally produced thing here and there). He uses strings in many of his pieces, and often tours with a 28 piece band. I was actually going to go see him live here in Auckland earlier this year, but then I found out that it was just his DJ set - and not with his full band. I can really appreciate modern music - even digital sounding ones that have actually been produced with musical knowledge and taking parts from actual instruments. I with my refined version that I am creating, I would like to take it into that similar direction I think.
Wednesday, 7 October 2015
WEEK 9 - YANG FUDONG
In week 9 we spent half the class time discussing the reading, and going over compression. In all honesty, I have not yet had the time to go over the reading thoroughly due things going on in my life, so I have yet to write up my response.
As for the compression, it was a good way to learn how to alter specific dynamics. I think it will be something I will look into as I work on my final project, as my piece contains a lot of ranging dynamics as it is.
Following this workshop, we went on down to the Auckland Art Gallery to view Yang Fudong's exhibition; Filmscapes. Films capes featured three works - The Fifth Night (2010), Yejiang / The Nightman Cometh (2011) and The Coloured Sky: New Women II (2014). Auckland Art Gallery has exemplified him as 'China's preeminent moving image artist' who has 'established himself as one of the world's most extraordinary artists working in video installation' with works of 'lyrical and dreamlike qualities, long and suspended sequences and multiple perspectives reflect the inner worlds of a new generation of Chinese grappling to find their place in the modern world'. I definitely agree that many of his pieces were extremely suspended sequences, as some were almost replicating a still image, and many sequences were so stretched out that they never seemed to end.
My favourite one was The Fifth Night, as its formation was quite extraordinary. The film was screened on 7 separate screens that were all aligned in a curved line, where each screen was shot on a different angle yet simultaneously - so the entire film was depicted in a range of perspectives. It was a very unique experience. I think I also particularly enjoyed this one as it had an essence of film noir, which what I spent a year studying in media studies in my final year of high school. So I could definitely appreciate it in that sense.
As for the compression, it was a good way to learn how to alter specific dynamics. I think it will be something I will look into as I work on my final project, as my piece contains a lot of ranging dynamics as it is.
Following this workshop, we went on down to the Auckland Art Gallery to view Yang Fudong's exhibition; Filmscapes. Films capes featured three works - The Fifth Night (2010), Yejiang / The Nightman Cometh (2011) and The Coloured Sky: New Women II (2014). Auckland Art Gallery has exemplified him as 'China's preeminent moving image artist' who has 'established himself as one of the world's most extraordinary artists working in video installation' with works of 'lyrical and dreamlike qualities, long and suspended sequences and multiple perspectives reflect the inner worlds of a new generation of Chinese grappling to find their place in the modern world'. I definitely agree that many of his pieces were extremely suspended sequences, as some were almost replicating a still image, and many sequences were so stretched out that they never seemed to end.
My favourite one was The Fifth Night, as its formation was quite extraordinary. The film was screened on 7 separate screens that were all aligned in a curved line, where each screen was shot on a different angle yet simultaneously - so the entire film was depicted in a range of perspectives. It was a very unique experience. I think I also particularly enjoyed this one as it had an essence of film noir, which what I spent a year studying in media studies in my final year of high school. So I could definitely appreciate it in that sense.
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