The Thorn the Leaf And the Butterfly, Part 1 from Shyamala Moorty on Vimeo.
Loren and I have been working on this. The music has been superimposed here on old video, so it doesn't always synch where I planned it to, but it's pretty close!
Questions:
1. how does the sound lead you to experience the piece?
2. Can you understand the text? do you want to understand the text?
3. any ideas/suggestions for enhancing the sound in general?
4. what kind of sound can follow this for Anj's face dance?
5. any other thoughts?
Shy
1) Wow! I really like the soundtrack. It is a haunting feel to it. Can the piece start in silence and then slowly we hear sound by sound introduced? I love the minimal use of sounds, especially the water dripping and the texture the whispers create. I also like how it builds to a sort of climax. I think it would be really strong if it build to a cacaphonous crazy feel and the abrupt silence at the end when you appear in the 3rd frame in profile.
ReplyDelete2) I understood strands of the text and I think that was perfect. I liked catching only some of it and how the rest was providing texture.
3) I think for my face section, since Cyn is reading the poem live, we could perhaps hear only the water dripping and maybe crashing water ocean waves once we get to wrist? Just a thought
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ReplyDelete1. It tells me what I am seeing (words) and how to feel about it (words and text). Sometimes I feel it distances me a little bit from Shyamala.
ReplyDelete2. Yes and yes. But I feel that it is nice to have the music very quiet so that we are straining a little to hear it. For me, the action of the audience should be to reach towards Shy, rather than to have the emotion projected towards us (we get this in the cloth section which is more physical/visceral). On my computer I like it at about 3 levels from the bottom.
3. For me, the quieter and sparser the better. I'm not sure about the part where it builds. And I still like the idea of hearing Shy's breathing.
4. Not sure. Maybe it would get friendly/warm for Anj's comforting section and then transition into something more contemplative/darker? I'm drawn to melody but am afraid it would compete with my voice.
5. The final motion of trying to speak in the face dance doesn't read as strongly as in silence because there is a voice telling the story throughout...seems a little contradictory to me.