Production Strategy

After reflecting on my experiences from Drift One, I think I will try to explore places where I can get more city sights and sounds. I would really like to try to make my second drift convey a message. The message I am thinking I want it to convey is a quote by Ghandi. I was originally thinking "There is enough in the world for everyone's need, but not enough for everyone's greed," but I think that quote will be a little too long. So I think I will try to convey his quote "You must be the change you wish to see in the world." This quote means a lot to me because I've seen it work firsthand in the places I have traveled. To find the sights and sounds I'll need, I think I will start on Brady Street for images and venture into the neighborhoods for sounds. Hopefully this will give me enough visual and audio footage to convey my idea!

My drift strategy for Drift 2 is going to be much different from my strategy for Drift 1. For Drift 1, I didn't really have an idea of what sounds I wanted to get, so I was able to wander wherever. For Drift 2, however, I have to find specific footage. For this reason, I have to make my strategy less random and more choice. I am going to explore down Brady Street and into the neighborhoods there. I'm hoping that the shops on Brady Street will have the words in the quote by Ghandi that I was to put in my Drift 2 video. Another strategy for Drift 2 that I want to try is simply to always bring my camera and my recording supplies with me in my backpack wherever I go. This way, if I find anything that looks or sounds hopeful for my Drift, I can capture it!

So that I am sure to get enough quality images to work with, but also to make sure not to get crappy images of things I won't need, I will limit my image capturing to only images that I could imagine being in my video. For instance, I need to capture every word in the quote. I also need to be sure to get some other images/videos that can be mixed in with the words (the video can't be all words)!! For other footage, I would really like to capture birds, because in Drift 1 I had a really cool sound of birds' wings flapping, and I'd like to try to capture that sound again somehow. I'd also like to have the sound of birds chirping, because I don't want ALL harsh city sounds- I also want some calming and relaxing sounds. Somehow, I'd also like to portray my journey through the city, perhaps by showing people walking or driving. So now I have a sort of checklist in my head of the types of images I need, and I will stick to it in order to limit my image capturing activities!!