Bibliography

I've started to put my bibliography together using the Harvard Referencing System to keep all my reference's together as they were all in separate files before.

Karlheinz Stockhausen

"Helicopter String Quartet"

This is a piece combining both naturally recorded sounds and musical instruments which I plan on my pieces to involve. although this is not audibly pleasing I still believe this piece works really well as he wanted to create a 'concert like no other'. I hope to surprise my audience with my juxtaposing sound piece.

What does water symbolize?

As I plan to use water in one of my pieces I wondered what it symbolized as I could use this to aid my juxtaposing sound piece. I started to search and found a few meanings, here are the most relevant.

Water is often used to symbolize things in literature. Since water is often a sign of life, many times water represents life. Water can also be broken up into two categories: fresh water and bad/polluted water. Fresh water can represent good health, and bad water symbolizes bad health.

Rivers

The river is a sign of ease, grace and fluidity; as expressed by its meandering form. Often times it is used to represent the calm beauty of nature. In Feng Shui (the ancient Chinese art of placement to improve qi flow), certain types of rivers are often described as auspicious and healthy.

A fast-flowing river can often be used to symbolize strength; sometimes calamity. Calamity can be represented through rushing, chaotic rivers that tend to flood.

The Ocean

The ocean is a sign of power and strength, dominating all other symbols of water--due to its immensity. All life was ocean-born and life still exists in the ocean; therefore the ocean represents life

http://symbolism.wikia.com/wiki/Water

Time lapse research

When searching the internet for tips on time lapsing I came across a few helpful tips.

http://www.squidoo.com/how-to-create-professional-looking-time-lapse-videos

1. Make sure all your equipment is in good working order and clean (especially the lens)!
2. Prepare a bag that contains all necessary equipment (camera, tripod, timer, lens cleaner, batteries etc.) and fully charge all batteries to avoid disappointments at shooting location.
3. Always use a tripod when shooting a time lapse sequence
4. Never touch the tripod during the shoot - accidental or unintentional movement of the camera will ruin your shoot.
5. If you shoot outdoors check the weather forecast.
6. Try not to shoot when it's windy. The camera will shake very little during the shoot and you will only see it once the final clip is done.
7. If you still shoot when it's windy, keep the camera as low to the ground as possible. The wind gusts won't be as strong and also the fully collapsed tripod is much sturdier than extended all the way.
8. Always shoot in manual mode! Expose your shots properly and manually set the exposure time, aperture, white balance, ISO and focus. Turn off auto-focus!
9. Try to shoot with a camera that allows regular intervals (not by hand). The more precise the frames are recorded the more natural the result will look. Therefore use a camera with a built-in intervalometer, a camcorder/video recording device or a camera that can be triggered by an external intervalometer.
10. Take your time. Time lapse requires a lot of time. Don't shoot if you're on a tight schedule, it's just frustrating.
11. Learn from your mistakes. Rome wasn't built in a day. It does take time and experience to achieve better results.

(I shall follow these tips when shooting my final videos)

Pick a place that is safe for your camera out of the way where people walk past or a bit further away from water/wind exposure. Remember, the camera has to remain still at all times of the shoot. Otherwise your time lapse won't look good

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(I have already chosen my locations to shoot from thanks to my test shots but i may need to think about different camera placements to avoid people walking past my camera)

cloud research

So I've been looking at what clouds form in certain weather conditions I wish to capture cumulus clouds in one of my pieces as they are mainly seen in Colin Prior's work.

Cumulus clouds:

Often form in fair weather

fair weather ;

light winds (less than 10 knots)

less than 0.4 sky covered in low clouds

Symbolic meaning of clouds

Ive found a few meanings online I shall take this into consideration when creating my project as this could be a big part in my pieces.

'In the universal language of mind clouds represent the separation between the superconscious mind, which is a self contained unit, and what is below, which is the subconscious and conscious minds which work as a unit or marriage, as an ideal. Awareness of clouds in a dream for instance, will indicate the dreamer has some awareness of this separation and it's significance. Further exploration into understanding mind woud be in order.'

- wikiawnser -

Clouds hold the symbol meaning of revelation. Consider out of the mists of our deepest thoughts suddenly an epiphany comes, a bright idea comes out from nowhere - this is the basic cloud symbol meaning. Depending on the card, clouds can also symbolize confusion or clouded judgement. Primarily, clouds represent higher thought and messages from the divine.

- Tarot card -

Inspiration

Ive started to put a collage together inside my sketchbook of photographs by various photographers, so then I can compare what the similarity's are and try to show this in my work.

Please see pages 19-22 in my sketchbook for the collages

I have also started to research the optimum weather conditions for clouds to form so I can start planning which days are best to film on by keeping an eye on met office weather reports.