Video Projection

       For this video projection project I wanted to create something that could work with and be displayed in pretty much any space.  Because of this detail I knew that I had to chose a design or picture that was relatively simple, and yet it would still add to the space.  I love the Mehndi (henna) cultural designs that are used in India for ceremonial purposes, but it has become popular as a form of a temporary tattoo here in the States, so there are many different types of designs to choose from.  The three designs that I chose for this projected video were found on the internet and hand drawn by me, as well as being slightly altered from the original.  It is a stop-motion video, meaning each time something appears it is a new photo, each being created in Adobe Photoshop and put together in Adobe Premiere.  Although I created something that I knew could be put almost anywhere, the spot that I did choose was a more secluded area, but I knew that people still went by and through that area all the time, so even though this may not be a place that is out in the open for everyone to see and notice, I knew that it would still be seen because of how many people actually walk through this secluded area.

Haunted Audio Tour

This Haunted Audio Tour will begin on campus next to Morrill Hall on the opposite side of the Sarah Fleischmann building and end in front of Lincoln Hall after walking along the east side of the campus.  This tour will take about 10-12 minutes.

Before we begin:

Take a look at the map in order to learn the route of this Haunted Audio Tour.  We will be beginning this tour on the west side of Morrill Hall near the Honor Court on campus.  Listen to to the audio to learn where to go next, when to stop (and listen), and where the tour will end. Specific directions will not always be given as to where to go next, so it is best to learn the route well in order to know where to go when you are told to continue moving. This tour is meant to be walking, at a normal pace, most of the time with only a few stops before reaching the end destination.

There is a round of screams at at the end of the tour in order to signal that the tour is over.

Diptych Video

        For this diptych video project my final soundtrack ended up having more of an up-beat sound to it, as well as every day sounds.  So for the video to match the audio I took snippets of my life in which I listen to music the most and put that in the video, this mostly included listening to music in the car and in my room doing daily chores and other activities.

Mixed Sound Piece

This is the complete audio mix that I created using the found sound audio loop, voice sound, Marclay cut up pieces of vinyl record and my homemade musical instrument.   Unlike others I didn't want to distort the sounds too much to where they couldn't be made out as individual pieces that still work as a whole.  The voice sound was distorted the most in a sense of changing each quote to have either a higher or lower pitched sound as well as being slowed down or sped up.

Marclay Cut-Up Records

     My Marclay cut-up records consist of one off-balanced played record and one cut-up and glued/taped back together in order to create my own mix of the songs from two vinyl records.  This mix only consists of two vinyl records that were cut up and then put back together in a different order and intermixed.

Musical Instrument

       The musical instrument that I created is a thumb piano, or a Kalimba.  This homemade instrument is made out of half a shoe box and popsicle sticks hot glued to the top.  At first I wanted to be able to tune the instrument but due to the popsicle sticks not being flexible enough and possible because of how thick they are, it became to complicated and I had to simply glue them on at different lengths.  It also became hard to tune them in any way because when plucked the note shown on the tuner wasn't consistent enough to say that that was the note. or pitch, being played.  So there is a noticeable change in tone on each stick when plucked, but it isn't tuned to any specific note.

       After watching multiple tutorials on how to make this instrument i finally decided to follow one and do the best that I could with the materials that I had.   Most people would make their thumb pianos out wood for a base and small pieces of metal from an old rake and tune them to specific notes, there were some people who had also used popsicle sticks, which are the ones that i paid attention to the most because I knew that they were what I wanted to use. 
       This project at first seemed like it would be difficult, but once I knew what I wanted to make and what materials I wanted to use, it became pretty simple to do.  I do think that there could have been some changes made to how I prepared the box before gluing on the popsicle sticks in order to give it a better sound and possibly more volume when played.

Found Sound

       These found sounds are just a few examples of what I hear every morning once I leave for school. You'll notice the car making noise once the key is in the ignition and keys on a key chain being rustled around, as well as a couple other recognizable sounds.  I was able to record and put these sounds together by using the app Musaico for IPhone.

Photoshop

I really like the idea of using many words/phrases to create a single image, whether it be a simple outline, or it includes some shading and definition.  I decided to try it by creating a simple outline of Bugs Bunny's face.

Graphic Design Class

These are some examples of works that I created in a Graphic Design class that I took in high school.  Many of these were created by finding tutorials online and then we would be graded for how well we followed and executed the tutorial (I believe).  These tutorials could be of typography or how to digitally paint something using Adobe Illustrator.