SENSE OF PLACE: SOUND IDEA

After our first exploration of Sheffield & listening to various sounds, I sat down with my partner and discussed more about our ideas.

We agreed on the idea of wondering, more like wondering aimlessly without a plan. We considered using a women walking in high heels and she’s wondering in different places all across Sheffield. She has no final destination or objective in her wondering. As she’s wondering in different places we thought of the kind of sounds we would be able to get from those places.

Possible Locations

• Café (atrium, Starbucks): getting the café machine, people talking, drinking or eating.
• West street: as west street is mostly a busy road we thought of capturing some sounds during the night when there’s a lot of things taking place like traffic, clubs, restaurants and people.
• Construction sites: construction sites make a lot of noise generated from the heavy machinery they use and the workers.
• Cathedral: the silence you get inside the church creates a peaceful atmosphere.
•  Park: a park is a nice relaxing place full of nature and peace. We chose Weston Park because there are wonderful sounds we can get like the ducks in the pond, the fountain, and trees swooshing and people having some quality time.

In these locations we also thought what the sound will be like if the woman walked in high heels on the surfaces. In the church the sound would have an echo whereas at the construction site it might be hard to hear them because of the noisy background of the machines.

We also came up with an idea for our film which involved the same concept of wondering but this time it maybe in the persons mind. This is not the main idea yet as we still have to think and research more about it.

For this project, we chose different roles. My partner Danayet would be the sound recorder and I would be the sound editor. But at certain points we would change roles so that we both know how to use the equipment and tools.