Visualisation Of Sound Project Introduction

This lecture introduced the group to our new project, Visualization of sound. Unlike our sense of place project, we were given a much shorter time frame consisting of 5 weeks to produce 8 experimental outcomes, based on the visualization of sound. It was advised that we took a varied technical approach to generating these outcomes, using many different forms of media, such as, animation, stills and practical methods. This was basically to test ourselves under pressure, like the way in-which we would be in industry. I was really excited for this project as I had already decided that I would be producing a different outcome though a combination of stills and animation.

It was further discussed that like in real industry we would be provided source material, this came in the form of music, where we would need to use or respond to a select portion within our work. These music clips would be able to be downloaded through Unilearn. It was then the lecture focused on inspirational pieces of work, where we could get ideas for how the visualization sound could be achieved.

We was then asked what does graphic design have in common with sound. I came to the conclusion that sound can be represented by shapes, such coming from the idea of music sheets. This basic form allows for the production of music, visualising sound. This was a really unique way of looking at the concept as usually it would be more common to make a music video or just incorporating sound, rather than making a key to what each sound represents. However my favorite part of the inspirational material being shown was a video called Cymatics by Nigel Stanford. This video focused on using particular frequencies in correlation with equipment to visually see the effect that sound had on a substance. The way the music video was put together was really well done and had really inspired me to produce something for the project.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3oItpVa9fs

Overall I thought that this lecture help me think much more broadly about the outcomes I could produce for my formative assessment. It allowed me to think about all the different possibilities I could do and think about which form of media would be the best to portray them in.