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this is the unedited sound I recorded in the Pinnacles. It was slightly creepy, in certain areas we filmed there was a constant and quite loud buzzing. It appeared to come from all directions and it sounded like thousands of bees/flies, but we couldn’t ever see a source of the sound. It’s possibly an underground hive.

After a while the sound made me very disconnected, it added to the already surreal landscape and honestly it felt like we’d stepped onto another planet. I’ve edited the sound and used it as a background for the poem.

Photos I took whilst filming in the Pinnacles (WA), a desert filled with naturally formed sandstone pillars. I believe that they were once larger sections of stone submerged in sand, which at some point was blown/washed away leaving the stone exposed, the wind then did the rest of the erosion.

Like I said in the previous post, it feels strange being there and its a very alien place. Some of the pillars appear so deliberate, looking animalistic (bottom-middle), or like a deliberate circle/cluster (bottom-right).

I set out the shots I wanted and then my dad would film whilst I wore the costume.

After we finished filming and I reviewed the footage. I made the decision to limit the setting of the poem to just the Pinnacles as that seemed to make sense from a narrative perspective. The place is so otherworldly that it felt wrong to me to then teleport the god into Fremantle harbour, or a suburban riverfront. I decided to use other types of footage (including found) in the green screen instead of the setting

Some photos from Cottesloe beach, that I’ve used as base images for the green screen (in between key motifs)

The whole of the beach is on top of a fossilised forest, as the ocean rose it submerged the forest which then became encrusted with centuries worth of corals, until the ocean retreated again. It’s been very stormy recently which has removed a lot of sand, exposing the whole forest floor (top right). You can also see bisections of the ancient trees as you walk along the beach (bottom row)

This is something really interesting to have incorporated into my work, the natural forces of climate change and the layers of history that surround us. I think it’s a good reference in a work that considers the spiritual impact of the anthropocene. A lot of the imagery I’ve used is of natural formations that have echoes of man made religious sites (e.g. standing stones). This to me feels like a beacon from the past offering a glimpse of the future

Over the past couple of weeks I’ve been learning how to use Processing and the basics of coding. These are the first sketches I coded completely independently of the book. The top sketch correlates to a plan in my sketchbook.

As i’ve now made more complex animations and am learning about colour etc. I hope I can use this software to make animations for the video

I’ve been looking at possible locations for filming on google maps as it’s a long drive to some of these places.

I’m trying to keep a mix of landscapes so I have as much to edit with as possible. There’s Fremantle port (top) and Kings Park (left) which are fairly local and I can scout out a bit more myself. Kings Park is a botanical garden with some bush area that could be ideal. There’s also the Pinnacles and some landscapes on the way (last 3 images), but that is a very long journey so I would need to give it a lot of thought. Filming there would definitely help with the setting though.

Very quick experiment to see how well the green works. Overall I’m happy with it as in principle it seems to work. I took the photos directly underneath the light to see how the shadows would effect things and I definitely need to film under a ‘flatter’, more frontal or less saturated, light. As it was I had to use the wand on the several different areas of shade.