WEEK 3: Initial creations

This week we began making our audio clip for Trixie.

Sybil and Samara had both written poems for Trixie, prior to me being in the class as I had an exam that morning. I read the poems and edited them to suite a greater narrative that we were creating for Trixie.

 Here is one of the completed poems

I want to visit that safe place in the unknown, reside in paradise, be in a euphoric zone.

Taken to a higher place at my own pace or when you’re ready in the arms of my saviour, saving me from drowning in bad behaviour, trying not to stay under.

I think I know where I’m going

I’ve been good enough to secure my place, behind Heaven’s gate.

Small hands, small feet, big minds, trying to find, information pawing at the books filled with holy words hands cheeky nerve. Your maternal nature keeping them from danger, kissing grazed-knees and tear-soaked cheeks.

Dominos to teach, 1,2,3 counting along merrily, tricks of the trade, tender tone we are not alone the lord is with us now, She tells the children stories from the good book, they sit crossed legged ready pleading and look, listening to her every loving word, she cares for them so much or so I have heard

three times on a Sunday you’re taught by god. Three times on a Sunday in church pew, three time on a Sunday listening to the good book, three times on a Sunday sitting silent, looking up to him, your heavenly kin, who one day you will see, and live with for eternity.

this was a combination of both Samara and Sybils poems that they felt were lacking in something. I feel this poem will be an effective part of our community arts project as it utilises information that Trixie has shared with us, but is also sentimental. The edits I made were to add repetition so "three times on a sunday" this was because of two main reasons, 1, Trixie often repeats her upbringing and how frequently she had to visit the church, and 2, Will mentioned the effectiveness of repetition to show the importance of something. I think this was indeed a good idea and will add to the project as a whole.

A problem we faced this week though is after recording the poems and selecting the appropriate music for transtioning between clips, our editing facilities were limited and our audio file would not save properly. The main issue with the audio editing facilities was it was hard to manipulate the different clips we were piecing together, so for music to transition into poems it wasnt as smooth as it could have been. We received feedback from Will in the end of lesson sharing that highlighted the look of smoothness in audio transitions. I will rectify that. The other issue of the file not saving meant that we would not be able to edit the file from where I left of, next week. This was a negative to our creative process