Having shot the film and started to edit, i needed to make sure that the video would sync up with the audio. This i felt could be achieved through exporting the edit from Final Cut as a Quicktime file and the using Ableton 8's video handling capabilities to arrange the clips into a carefully chosen BPM structure and gridding. This worked perfectly as the Ableton arrange view enables you to set a click track for a tempo and then arrange the video via the gridding system and time-line. This in turn makes syncing up audio to the visual easier and means i can experiment with disguised rhythms and grooves pulsing through the drones for added dynamic.
Having recently seen Chris Cunningham at the Manchester Opera House, his video for Aphex Twins' WindowLicker really captured the essence of the crime fiction, Miami Vice, decadence i was looking to create and really helped move my ideas of abstract editing and syncopation of audio/visual forward. He used interesting tones, made inanimate and life like, musical and unmusical objects come to life, with impact, and unbelievable emphasis on providing a challenging experience.
Modeselektor have been a staple part of electronic music for years and have always had an influence. But it was only more recently that they started working with Pfadfinderei. Already the progression in their work is unbelievable.
Pfadfinderei had a surreal way of visualising Modeselektor's music but i loved its innocence and naivety. It feels like experimentation and exploration.
My video i wanted to try as many different things as i could to learn as much as possible, without loosing the continuity and narrative so integral to the video. Although they used a lot of Flash in the early days, their work has progressed onto much greater and grander things, they will also be appearing at this years Sonar festival in Barcelona.
Anti Vj in terms of influence have opened my eyes to a whole new world of possibilities. What they achieve with projected light is extraordinary. I have loved every installation and light experiment they have done and have been engaged with their work for the best part of a year now. They just illustrate the potential that audio/visual content actually has to offer and its minimal aesthetic draws me in further. If done nothing else for this project, they have definately inspired perfection and clinical finishing.
Out from our Final Crit it arose that i needed to think about aspect ratios and start working on the sound.
Having planned ahead and exported my video to Ableton, t afforded me the time to finish the film before even thinking about composing a soundtrack as it is already synced. This in turn means i can make the audio as an emotional reaction to the film.
Having the theme of peace, tranquility and prosperity running through the film in terms of colour and shot theme, and then the research into John Cage, it lead me to look at how he composed his music.
He used the I - Ching to create harmonious, spiritual compositions.
Using this as the initial foundation, i will find the I - Ching symbol for peace and tranquility and attempt to compose the soundtrack using this information....
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