Author: Alfie Wall
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Sound Design Analysis of “Annie’s Possessed Scene” in Hereditary (Week 9A)
I decided to analyse this scene from Ari Aster’s Hereditary to analyse. It is in the climax of the film, and and is one of its most unsettling moments in the context of its entirety. I chose this scene as it is rich with sound design that fills many purposes. My aim here is to…
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Personal Statement (Week 2)
The ‘acrocorps’ project has been something I’ve been working on for the past few years, It’s essentially a culmination of my identity in terms of gender expression, emotional expression, and worldbuilding. My vision is to create a conceptual world with its own lore and history, with most of it’s available material being audio. Some of…
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Listening to bearded seals in Holmiabukta: A Reflection on Place and Sound. (Week 10)
For this blog, I chose a field recording of bearded seals captured with a hydrophone submerged about 5m deep underwater in Holmiabukta, Svalberd. I was exploring Radio Apree, and this recording in particular caught my attention because of it’s haunting, otherworldly qualities. I listened a few times to try and gain some understanding of how…
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Words related to Sound Arts (Week 2)
Experimentation Experimentation to me is about pushing conventions and boundaries, actively disobeying the prescribed ‘norm’ and exploring new territory. It is a journey of trial and error and error and error and error and often success does not lie at the end of the road, but that is part of the beauty of it, it’s…
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What am I doing here? (Week 1)
Sound has fascinated me since I was young. I would often find myself marvelling at noises in the world around me, sound in media, music, etc. especially synthesised sound. I have strong memories of my dad playing Jean Michel Jarre’s music, particularly Equinoxe in car journeys, and I always found the soundscapes fascinating and would…
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