Rough Clip #3

November 23, 2007
5:00 p.m.










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Rough Clip #2

November 10th, 2007
4:00 p.m.










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Rough Clip #1

November 23, 2007
1:00 p.m.










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Production Strategy

The production strategy that will dominate my Trek 03 project will be starting and stopping spinning.

Ten Questions

1. What time of day would result in the best pictures/video?
2. Are there any interesting monuments I can see?
3. What bodies of water are in my Trek area?
4. Are there any great views I can find?
5. How can I move the camera to record interesting video?
6. How can I simulate spinning?
7. What textures can I find to create interesting pictures/video?
8. What areas on my Trek will best create a mood?
9. How will pictures/video look taken at night?
10. What kind of animals could I find on my Trek?

Assessment #4

My favorite place that I visited on my Treks is the one I described in Assessment #2. I appreciated it so much because of how peaceful it was, and how meaningful. Considering that I was surrounded by about a hundred buried reverends, I couldn't help feeling that I was in a very holy place as well. I always felt better walking away from that place than I did before I got there.

Assessment #3

One unexpected situation I encountered on my Treks is rain, which cut one of my sound recordings short. Something else that I didn't expect is how many people stared at me when I was recording sound, and even when I was taking pictures and video. I was afraid to get too close to kids at a park because they're mom kept looking at me strangely. Finally, I was surprised at how happy I felt after getting out and going on my Treks. Before I went out, I wasn't looking forward to it, but I always felt better when I got home.

Assessment #2

A situation in which I felt unusually peaceful during my Treks was, firstly, when I stopped in a small cemetery by the St. Norbert Abbey. I sat on a bench that faced about one hundred reverend graves. Paths for walkers and runners ran by, but no one was on them. It was eerie but at the same time peaceful to be surrounded by so many graves. Another time I felt at an unusual peace was not far from the cemetery. I laid on the grass underneath a tree by the abbey, recording sound. Cut off from traffic and other city noise, all I could hear were geese nearby.

Trek Assessment #1

The only aggravating situation I experienced during Trek 01 or 02 was wind interference. Many of the locations I recorded around were very open, which ruined many of my recordings. Otherwise, I found both Treks to be very relaxing and uneventful.