Critique of Project 1.

"Connected"

I think what was successful in my project was a sense of humor and a strong visual motif that carried throughout the piece. The orange plug in front of the white background allowed for a simplicity of the image that let the viewer focus on the narrative and the more complex sounds. Since the narrator was slightly hard to understand(especially with the noises in the background) keeping the imagery simple was key to the success.

To further the success I would have had more images that more clearly outlined the story. I felt limited by the way I was taking the pictures(hanging the wires from the ceiling) so I eventually grew frustrated with the photography part of the project and probably moved on slightly too soon.

My editing process was to first lay down all of the images into groups as they pertained to the narrative. Then I put down the narrator sound track, and lined up the images so that they matched up with the story. Then I added the background noises. Fin.

I think the narrative is still somewhat apparent in the images without the sound, but the sound definitely adds a stronger cohesion. And the background noise adds context for the images, especially the opening AOL dial-up noise. Although I never said "internet" the feedback I recieved after the piece was shown made it clear that they understood it was about the internet.

The only other audio I could think of slightly working is that instead of the phone noises I could've had sound from a gathering. So there would be the inaudible chitter chatter of a busy restaurant in the background while a human spoke the narrative. While I think this takes away the importance of the internet in the piece, it is definitely an alternative solution.