Production Strategy for My Third and Final Drift

1. While attempting to narrow down the area in which I would investigate through my third and final drift, I knew there were certain things I would like to explore. I wanted a area that was not too large but would provide a variety of both natural and industrial or urban environments, and I decided to go with a small section of the area I trekked on my first drift. On the East Side of Milwukee it provided a variety of parks, the university atmosphere, the lake front and some beaches, and some factories and warehouses.

To see a GoogleMap of my designated drift area click here. The shaded area within the circle represents the general area I was interested in for my drift.

2. While on my drift, I also had used two strategies to help me look at the surrounding area in a new way and find interesting images. It was important for me to come up with two image capturing strategies that I would try to stick to throughout my drift to ensure a variety of images that will have some kind on commonality. My first strategy was to count to ten over and over again as I was walking and to take a picture on every number 10 and whenever I felt like it to take ten or more rapid photos or video with the camera addressing one item. My second strategy was to stand in one spot and shoot everything in my view for five minutes. I would switch off between these two strategies to ensure a variety of images, but tried not to let these strategies restrain my artistic vision too much, exploring certain subjects more in depth when they interested me.

3. To try and narrow down my sound recordings into a loose but clear focus, I needed to try and limit somewhat what I would record. I decided that a prominent theme I have discovered while on my drifts is the conflict between the city and nature and it is one I would like to possible explore further. Therefore I will record only sounds I can classify as either natural sounds (coming from some kind of living thing or environmental event) or industrial (coming from some kind of machine or man-made object). This should already head me into the direction of having a good juxtaposition to work with and think about while going through the drift process.