Changing ideas about editing and sound

Having ended up with shadow shots as well as water movement, tree and rock reflections, I've re-thought how I treat the footage and sound for the 'us' film.

I found a great site, The FreeSound Project - a YouTube for sound - where, once you've opened an account, you can search for and listen to whatever people the world over have uploaded. I listened to a lot - for the pleasure of it and to reflect upon what would work with the footage and the story the combination might then tell.

So, here's what I think I'll do. I've downloaded a variety of water, bird and office equipment sounds. I've chosen files that feature sound that comes in very discrete bites eg a hawk calling, or that builds and dissipates, eg a PC booting. In combination with the shots and the conversations I've taped between Mark and I, I want to build in a sense of escalation and dissipation and a movement between natural and built environment. This reflects not only the conversation, but also how much of our identity ('our' in the general and specific to Mark and I senses) we invest in the so-called natural while we spend so much time hooked up to technology.

Editing escalation/dissipation: build to shorter and tighter shots and then reverse (Hitchcock's technique).

Image in frame to show a movement between natural and built environment:
- no ground - or less and less ground, perhaps?
- no 'real' objects ie us, only reflections and shadows upon 'natural' surfaces
- move from slime shots, to tree reflections, to us reflections, to water movement, to shadows and back again

Sound tied to frame showing both escalation/dissipation and a movement between natural and built environment:
- start with quiet and slow rhythms eg water lapping, creaking office chair, pen writing, exchanging ideas conversation
- PC booting, Printer booting, typing, paper crumpling, (parts of the sound that show movement, get louder, faster)
- sighs, coughs, sharp comments, hawk crying, phone rings, sticky tape
- rising din of birds and typing, conversation becomes lost
- PC booting, Printer booting, typing (parts of the sound that are even and repetitive)
- end with quiet sounds and slow rhythms: magpie carolling, water lapping, pen writing