Week 4 • Emerging

I came to the visuals for this week's video rather unexpectedly. I was doing tests for a 3D idea involving fonts and text, but it wasn't quite clicking so I remained open to inspiration. Early one morning, I was walking my daughter to school when I was struck by the beautiful fall landscape around me. Fog, sun, rain, and all the colours of the rainbow spread out before me. As I work better with restrictions, I created the challenge that I must get at least 26 shots in a small, specific location, namely the Number 6 Heritage Mine park in Cumberland BC. I started filming, amazed at the range of possible views I was capturing. In the end, I had more than 40 shots to choose from.

When I started editing the footage at home, another curiosity emerged. The first half of the shoot was virtually motionless. The shots appeared to be still images. At first I was disappointed but then I noticed the odd flicker of movement. It was almost like a "Where's Waldo" picture. I was tempted to put in one still image to see if people could find it... and maybe I did. :)

'Emerging' has long been one of my favourite song. It has a magical, orchestral quality that blends with a 1950's rock vibe. I love texture both musically and visually and find that I have to be careful that I don't add too much so that the textures become overwhelming. I think this song achieves a good balance. I also like to blend virtual instruments with live ones to increase the depth of the arrangement. This song contains 8 instruments including piano, guitar, drums, strings, celesta, and bass synth.