For this assignment I chose to use the treehouse to record my footage. I thought it would be interesting and something unique that nobody else thought of. I didn't really have a defined idea of what I was going to do with the footage after I took it but I knew that I would figure something out. When was collecting the footage I was attracted to the different lighting that was there. It was very bright outside with all of the snow and it was very dark in the treehouse, which lead to some interesting shadows. I thought this was very interesting and made the footage have a creepy feel to it. I didn't want to use too many crazy effects on my project because I did not want to take away from the shadows but I did speed everything up quite a bit. I also added the title and ending parts and had them overlap with the actual video. I feel like my piece conveys a erie feeling in the haunted/forbidden. I feel like my piece conveys this though the actual footage and how fast is goes. It makes you feel nervous like something is going to pop out at you. The windows opening and footprints in the snow make you feel like someone else is there and adds to the creepy feeling. I recorded many sounds and pretty much jammed them all together. Many of them are of windows opening and closing and shuffling as I move around. These sounds make you feel like something is going around me as I am in the treehouse. The random knocking adds a creepy feel because you never find out where it is coming from. This was my first experience making any kind of video but it was very fun and I enjoyed learning how to use final cut pro. In the end my video is about a forbidden treehouse that is said to be haunted and I sneak into it and as I'm looking around and out the windows there are all kinds of creepy sounds going on as the windows open and close. I soon get scared and retreat. I had a lot of fun making this. 

My original idea for this piece was to record the many different sounds that my truck makes and have the piece portray a road trip. However, I was using my phone to record the sounds so I could not pick up on many of the little sounds. So instead I recorded what I could with some other random additions of sounds that I felt were interesting. I was drew to playful sounds and sounds with patterns and repetition because I found them interesting and fun to work with. To create the piece I first found some background sounds that could be played throughout. And from there I simply added sounds in between that I felt sounded good together. I arranged the sounds very symmetrical when it comes to the end and the beginning. I like patterns and organization so thats how I made it. I tried to stay with the idea of a road trip but I feel as though it is more whimsical and fun. It reminds me of when my best friend and I go places. Theres many sounds around us and the radio is up as we yell over it to talk to one another. The mood is very happy and playful and thats how me and my friend are when were together. Its not exactly what I was going for but for my first sound arrangement, I like it.

First sound by Angela