So this project was actually something that was surprisingly difficult for me because I did not know what I wanted to talk about. For at least two hours I was scrolling through my laptop searching through stories and poems about nature, love, and happiness, trying desperately to find one that was long enough to satisfy the time requirements but was yet interesting enough to add sound effects. After wasting my time and efforts on this I realized I was going about this the wrong way. I decided to forget about the story and find an audio I liked. I ended up on freesound.org and found the piece by tictac9 called emotional piano. The sound of the song was very soothing yet captivating to me so I set my heart on their creation as my background music for the project. Next I went to the various sound effects created by the past and or current students in the multimedia department and chose different audios that I found appealing and not at all harsh or dramatic. After that I cut the clips and strung all the audios together. During this time I simply listened to what I put together and tried to come up with an idea that allowed my creativity to flow. Interestingly enough I ended up thinking even further into myself and realized that the easiest thing to do was not necessarily coming up with my own narrative but telling a story or realization that most people can relate to.
Moments. The one thing in life everyone has experienced.
If there is one thing I am taking away from this is to not be as excited/nervous as I was when first talking because that caused me to speak pretty fast and loudly when I began which causes me slight embarrassment when I listen to the first part of the audio, but I do like what I created and am happy with the overall turn out. For my first time doing this I like what I was able to make with this project and can call this a slight success.
