Drift Assesment #3

One thing that surprised me was the discovery of how the lights of the city can look so much different when your looking at them from a filming point of view. I never actually looked at the city lights like I did during my drifts. When looking at the city I never thought it as art. Just the city. There were so many opportunities for good shots to capture with everyday occurrences. Ex: A car parked in an alley way with its lights on at night. From a distance down the alley, the headlights of the car lit and exposed buildings while the rest of the alley was completely dark, almost like a tunnel with beam of light coming from the end.

I never expected to be able to make my final movie with filming of the city. I didn't expect to have enough things to film. Cars and the lake were the only things I figured I would have captured for my final and third drift. The only car that appeared in any of my films was a quick flash of headlights in an intersection, but the lighting settings, speed of the cuts, and the sound effects make the recording of a car simply crossing through an intersection, look like something not of this world.

Its amazing how any kind of sound is rare and unique. Footsteps, wind chimes, an idle car, can all be used to make any kind of sound you can imagine. Most of the sounds I had recorded could be used to make sounds that would never naturally occur with no effects added to them. I realized everyday sounds can be used without being edited or had any effects added to them and still make some of the most unique sounds.