SHIFT IN APPROACH

Ok, so I've finally realised my original idea was too subjective; to really gauge whether or not my original proposal of whether images can replace text in reviews, I need a wider spectrum of views. Be that in varying artistic skill, different tastes in music by the interpreter etc. - I think it would be more interesting to analyse how different people 'visualise' music in their own ways.

Exhibition Ideas

Sideways Looks, the exhibition featuring students from my course's work, is coming up on May 15th. I was just thinking about how I'd like to display my work (in mid-panic over impending essay deadlines - 4000 words in 2 weeks, and I'd totally forgotten!) and thought that it might be nice to have a monitor with the images in rotation, as well as an audio dictation of the original text. Then I was thinking that this could apply to my website as well. I could have a clickable link to a popup of the original text, but have the audio reading playing by default (unless switched off.)

I was thinking of asking my brother's advice on how to lay the website out, as he is a graphic designer and may suggest things I haven't considered. A fresh perspective would be nice.

Sleigh Bells Review - Wordled

Lots of demonic imagery. I can't imagine it stems much more from the album's title alone, 'Reign of Terror,' but that's the entire point of this project. To see whether or not the images/words are actually that relevant to the piece.

I have had an idea - on the completion of the collaborative experiment, I may try and find a way of getting users of the website I create to determine which image corresponds best with the text/makes most sense of the actual audio itself. I am conscious of overdoing the whole survey thing though, and asking too much of my Facebook friends. I will select a few closer friends to 'BETA test' the website, perhaps, so I can disguise the fact that really, it's just another survey. Haha!

Experiment Correspondence Update

Pretty self explanatory. I just chose one of the newest reviews on NME.com's reviews page. As with the others so far, I haven't actually heard the record. I decided on choosing this review because I know it would have been one of the highest featured on the website. The writing, thankfully, is full of strong visuals and should provide a nice variety of work in response. I am particularly looking forward to Eilish and Alex's hand-rendered pieces. I plan on spending all weekend working on my image and giving the website a complete overhaul, converting it into a Flash format, hopefully.

Survey Update

It's been a hectic couple of weeks. I have had to work on my dissertation for a meeting this Thursday, work on a group presentation for Games, Simulation and Media, and there has been a death in the family over the weekend. Endless distractions. I have managed to gather up 31 responses to my survey so far though; the results are as follows...