Trek Assessment Three

There were a few pleasant surprises that I discovered while working on both of my treks. First off, on Trek o1, I spent a while recording sounds near a playground. I happened to capture an exchange between a father and son - the son being Nicholas. While I was actually recording this, I didn't think much of it. It wasn't until I listened to it again on my computer that I discovered a sort a narrative unfolding between these two. The story was all about the infamous pricker bush and Nicholas' fascination with it and his father's warnings. This surprising narrative really added a much needed dynamic to this particular sound.

After going on Trek 02, I really didn't think that I had enough good material. Once I loaded it all onto my computer and looked over it again, I realized that much of what I thought was 'bad' material on the actual trek appeared to be much better upon second viewing. There things that really went together well, things that I previously didn't think would amount to anything. For example, I wasn't all that happy with some of my 'blowing in the wind' videos. It wasn't really until I edited them that I saw there were much better than I had earlier concluded. That was a nice surprise.

Also, with Trek 02, I almost inadvertently took several picture of light posts or poles at a very slanted upward angle. This wasn't even one of my light capture strategies. I just happened to take these types of pictures every so often when I came across such an object. I really didn't think I was even going to use them. But once again, when I looking through my footage on the computer, I saw just how many I had and found out that I could string them together to make a pattern in one of my silent films. It's always great to find uses for things that you previously thought had none.