reading response #3

1. Identify the article you have selected and why you chose it.

I chose the article "Deep Listening: Bridge to Collaboration by Pauline Oliveros. I chose this article because I like doing projects with people and collaborating ideas. Also as a musician, I enjoy 'deep listening' to songs to find complexity in the song.

2. What are the main points of the essay?

The main points of the essay are about what Oliveros accomplished as a music producer/composer. She also talks about her experiences with collaborating with other artists and how she really enjoys getting other opinions. As a teacher, and afterwords, she really focused on teaching people to truly listen or 'deep listening' to songs and sounds. She mainly focused on this with music and performance students.

3. How are the ideas or arguments in this article relevant to your own practice as a media artist?

As a media artist and as a musician it is really important to deeply listen to a song or sound. As a musician I once took a summer class on jazz listening, where everyday we would sit and listen to jazz music. We would listen to a song over and over and focus on different parts of the song. It gives so much more complexity and makes the song more interesting. After that class I have never heard a song or sound that same again. As a media artist, sounds create half of the work. If you neglect the sound, the project will not be as complex or interesting. A work also feels incomplete if the sound isn't as complex, or simple, as the video/visuals attatched to the sound. That is why 'deep listening' is crucial for a media artist.

Video Hardware/Software Repsonse

1. How was your experience with the Olympus digital camera? How did it compare with other still or video cameras you have previously used? Were you able to successfully implement your Image Capturing Strategies using the features of this camera? In an ideal world, how would your still/video camera of choice function?

I had a good experience with the digital camera. It was slow functioning, but it works for the project. The camera was older than what I normally used, but a camera works as a camera. I had no problems with using the camera for my film. If I had a choice I would like a better camera that works faster and gives better picture, but the camera I had worked.

2. Discuss your choice of video-editing software and describe your history with this software. If you used this software for the first time, explain why you chose this particular application and how you think it helped you to accomplish your creative goals (or proved detrimental). Will you use this software again for future projects?

I used Corel Video Studio 12 a downloadable trial program. I liked it. It was easy to use and had many effects that I could experiment with. I downloaded this software when I was ready to start putting together the visual portion of my drifts. I chose this software because it seemed like it would be decent and not overly confusing. It had effects that I didn't have that I experimented with, which was a lot of fun. I will use this software until it expires, I don't know if I would purchase it, but it worked well for this project.