Based off of Stephen's soundscape on "Gratitude," I definitely can hear the feel-good and joyful sound effects that are made throughout it. There is an upbeat guitar rift throughout the soundscape with children's laughter, swimming, and friendly discussion, making it sound like a very enjoyable summer day in the park. It's earthly sound presents its own demonstration of why we should be grateful for what we have. Likewise, the imagery presented matched up well with the soundscape. A homely atmosphere, a sunny day, and a couple kissing are a few things that can remind us of what to be grateful of. Some of the concepts I noticed were Stephen's manipulation of space. By adding multiple layers of sound, Stephen's soundscape gives one the illusion that he or she is at a park on a sunny day. Also, you can observe the Gestalt principle of Figure & Ground, noting that the guitar rift would be the groundwork of the soundscape and the children's laughter and recreation throughout the soundscape are the figure. Overall I both enjoyed Stephen's soundscape and find the sound effects and pictures relevant to his emotion. Furthermore, it reminds me to count my blessings and be happy for what I have, rather than what I want.
The use of Gestalts principles are relevant through out the fantastic soundscape, many of the layered effects bring the illusion of gratitude to the track. The nature effects brought the essence of a calm and relaxing environment, which I could use precise imagery to create a sense of emotion within my thoughts. Where I lost the sense of gratitude was when the guitar riffs came in. I seemed to gain a sense of intensity yet still kept the essence of the manipulation of mother natures affects on the soundscape. Manipulation through space was very thought out through the creative process of an audience and sporting. As the calm springs and the acoustical guitar riff were brought together, I seemed to understand the effects the producer was bringing the to table. Gratitude means to be thankful, which was manipulated very well with the audience effect as the golf shot was added in. Lastly I would like the comments on the combination of the layers of riffs and sound effects, when both were joined to one it complemented one another. The soundscape gave me a great sense of emotion and feeling throughout and it really stayed in touch with the emotion of gratitude.
This soundscape was very effective in capturing the emotion of gratitude through the multiple scenes that i pictured while listening to this soundscape. Stephen captured a sense of time by making the listener feel like they were at a baseball game about half way through the soundscape. This portrays time by adding a sample of a pitcher throwing a ball, and then the batter hitting the ball which is a simple chain of events that accomplishes the goal of establishing time. Stephen also uses things to give the listener a sense of space such as the kids jumping into the water at the beginning of the soundscape. He accomplishes this by panning the splashing noises from left to right. These techniques added together helped to create one of the better soundscapes that i heard.
Your soundscape does really well at exemplifying the emotion of gratitude. I like how you chose the watery images to accompany this emotion because I think that water is often associated with this emotion. The water also aids the soundscape in manipulating time. With the sounds of the water trickling and the waves it seems as if time is passing. Especially when the water fades in an out. Another aspect of the soundscape that enhanced the manipulation of time is how new tracks come in throughout the song. If it were the same thing the whole time the song would seem much more static, but because you introduce new parts to the soundscape as time passes it creates depth within time. The layers of sound also manipulate space by creating an illusion of physical depth. First we hear the water and laughing, creating the image of either a lake or a beach with children playing. Once the sounds of baseball are included we are brought to a whole new place, creating more space. The instruments layered on top creates continuity between the two settings, and are a great usage of off-screen sound. Overall it was a very good representation of the music and the accompanying pictures.
Based off of Stephen's soundscape on "Gratitude," I definitely can hear the feel-good and joyful sound effects that are made throughout it. There is an upbeat guitar rift throughout the soundscape with children's laughter, swimming, and friendly discussion, making it sound like a very enjoyable summer day in the park. It's earthly sound presents its own demonstration of why we should be grateful for what we have. Likewise, the imagery presented matched up well with the soundscape. A homely atmosphere, a sunny day, and a couple kissing are a few things that can remind us of what to be grateful of. Some of the concepts I noticed were Stephen's manipulation of space. By adding multiple layers of sound, Stephen's soundscape gives one the illusion that he or she is at a park on a sunny day. Also, you can observe the Gestalt principle of Figure & Ground, noting that the guitar rift would be the groundwork of the soundscape and the children's laughter and recreation throughout the soundscape are the figure. Overall I both enjoyed Stephen's soundscape and find the sound effects and pictures relevant to his emotion. Furthermore, it reminds me to count my blessings and be happy for what I have, rather than what I want.
ReplyDeleteThe use of Gestalts principles are relevant through out the fantastic soundscape, many of the layered effects bring the illusion of gratitude to the track. The nature effects brought the essence of a calm and relaxing environment, which I could use precise imagery to create a sense of emotion within my thoughts. Where I lost the sense of gratitude was when the guitar riffs came in. I seemed to gain a sense of intensity yet still kept the essence of the manipulation of mother natures affects on the soundscape. Manipulation through space was very thought out through the creative process of an audience and sporting. As the calm springs and the acoustical guitar riff were brought together, I seemed to understand the effects the producer was bringing the to table. Gratitude means to be thankful, which was manipulated very well with the audience effect as the golf shot was added in. Lastly I would like the comments on the combination of the layers of riffs and sound effects, when both were joined to one it complemented one another. The soundscape gave me a great sense of emotion and feeling throughout and it really stayed in touch with the emotion of gratitude.
ReplyDeleteThis soundscape was very effective in capturing the emotion of gratitude through the multiple scenes that i pictured while listening to this soundscape. Stephen captured a sense of time by making the listener feel like they were at a baseball game about half way through the soundscape. This portrays time by adding a sample of a pitcher throwing a ball, and then the batter hitting the ball which is a simple chain of events that accomplishes the goal of establishing time. Stephen also uses things to give the listener a sense of space such as the kids jumping into the water at the beginning of the soundscape. He accomplishes this by panning the splashing noises from left to right. These techniques added together helped to create one of the better soundscapes that i heard.
ReplyDeleteYour soundscape does really well at exemplifying the emotion of gratitude. I like how you chose the watery images to accompany this emotion because I think that water is often associated with this emotion.
ReplyDeleteThe water also aids the soundscape in manipulating time. With the sounds of the water trickling and the waves it seems as if time is passing. Especially when the water fades in an out. Another aspect of the soundscape that enhanced the manipulation of time is how new tracks come in throughout the song. If it were the same thing the whole time the song would seem much more static, but because you introduce new parts to the soundscape as time passes it creates depth within time.
The layers of sound also manipulate space by creating an illusion of physical depth. First we hear the water and laughing, creating the image of either a lake or a beach with children playing. Once the sounds of baseball are included we are brought to a whole new place, creating more space. The instruments layered on top creates continuity between the two settings, and are a great usage of off-screen sound. Overall it was a very good representation of the music and the accompanying pictures.