Feeling for Sound- Original Sound Idea Shortcomings

When I started this project, I had the idea that I could create a kind of soundscape of emotion overrunning this naturalistic narrative of what was actually happening in the scene. I tried this out in multiple ways, and each time I came up with the same conclusion that it was quite dull, and very disembodied in a way. As all you can hear is footsteps or someone eating, I found that the audience couldn't really relate to that very well, not in the way I wanted them to. So, when I started looking at Matthew Herbert and Cornelius Cardew, I found that a way more interesting way around my problem. Cardew was admittedly a way of using imagery in my piece to make it more interesting, or more grounded rather. Something tangible the audience could hold onto and use to understand the piece.

However, since I have started experimenting with musical elements of the piece I have been much happier with it. It was daunting at first to think I was starting this project again essentially, but I'm glad I realised this now rather than so late on in the process. To demonstrate what I mean, here as some samples:

This is the first version of my sound project, you can hear that something is happening but you aren't really clear what it is and I feel like emotional sounds or music alone would not ground the audience into what is happening. It feels very flat and not the quality of work I would have liked to present:




In this one however, you can already tell this is going to be a more interesting piece, it has something for the audience to pay attention to and hold onto while listening to. This is meant to grab their attention and hold it. However, what I will say is that this cut of the experimentation is too naturalistic, and I would like a more electronic feel to it. Though you can already see the improvements, and it can only get better from here with more and more experimentation.