Week 7 (31/10) : Project Concept Presentation

For this weeks class we had to prepare a short verbal presentation outlining and explaining the ideas that we had thought up for both the speech based package and the acoustic portrait. 

Speech Based Package Idea: 

An interview with Director and Producer of bmusic Brighton, David Elphick. 

I know David as I used to work for him filming and editing short television segments (including interviews, live music sessions etc.) and he has worked with local music artists for years so he therefore has lots of experience.

I think that he would be an interesting person to interview because he has a lot to say about the local music scene in Brighton.

I would like to talk to him and discuss the Brighton music scene and his experiences/favourite parts about working with local music artists from Brighton and the surrounding areas.

I aim to record this interview in a coffee shop in Brighton as I think it will make a nice actuality bed and wont distract from the interview too much. Also there are a lot of coffee shops in Brighton and I think that using this sound as a background for the interview will really draw the audiences attention and remind them of Brighton.

Acoustic Portrait Idea:

I do not have a clear idea for my acoustic portrait as of yet. I want to come up with an idea that hasn't already been done before and isn't cliche or generic (i.e Brighton Pier, beach, etc.)

I came up with the idea of doing an acoustic portrait of a bus/bus journey and portraying all the different sounds that occur during the journey (e.g. chatting passengers, bells dinging, bus doors opening and shutting etc.). After a while of thinking I came to the conclusion that it wouldn't be practical to carry all my sound equipment on a busy bus as it would become very difficult to concentrate on recording good quality sounds whilst looking after the kit on the bus and being concious of the people around me.

I proposed this idea to my teacher and he agreed that it wouldn't be practical enough to actually record. Whilst speaking to him we came up with the idea of creating an acoustic portrait of the Greyhound Stadium in Hove (which coincidently isn't too far from where I live, making it even more accessible and practical for me). 

In the same sort of style as my idea of the bus journey, I aim to record all of the different sounds that occur at the Greyhound Stadium (e.g. dogs barking, people chatting etc.) and create a portrait of the place and what it feels like to experience being there.