Final Project

I enjoyed doing the final project a lot. We were asked to create a narrative about something we are passionate about. Immediately I told my professor, "The Beatles." However, I was shutdown because we had already done a music project. But, black and white photography was something else I could do.

I am not a photographer. It is an expensive hobby, but I greatly admire the work done by others. My friend, Danielle, is a great photographer and I love her work. I gathered her photos and put them into Powerpoint (which is not necassary, but I was able to make black backgrounds and alter the title slide).

The most time consuming part of the project was the audio because I made it harder than it had to be by using 2 different types of music, my narrative, and ambiance. I spent hours cutting audio and placing it in places to match up with the photos. I did not have myself talk through the whole thing because I found that constant voice can become droning and almost annoying. I let the pictures speak for themselves.

I learned how to fix sample rates during the project. I had an aggravating time in the beginning because my narrative was much, much, slower than the musical part. I am most proud of the overall project and have it be completely about the photography and very little me. I mean, I am in there, my voice is, but I rather have the photos speak for themselves. If I had more time, the part of the audio where the background music for "New York State of Mind" fades into the 1920's music, I could not get "New York State of Mind" to be silent there without messing up the 1920's part. So, some piano peeks through the other track. It is not a big deal, but if I had more time I would have liked to fix that.

Overall, I am very, very happy with it.