Assignement Write-up

Amanda Willoughby

Project #1

Sense of Place - January 26, 2011

We see a character get out of bed, go to the restroom, and then move to the kitchen to get a cup of water.

I wanted to show an individual in their living space and moving about it in a normal way; however, I am drawing focus to the smaller details of each space instead of giving a full view of a room. My intent was for the audience to identify with and get a sense of each place to which the character moves as he travels from one mundane day-to-day event to another.

My main idea started with how places are identified by people through our senses.

This was my first time using Quicktime to edit video and I would like to learn more about using transitions and sounds in using this program. I would have liked to have added certain sounds to certain clips; but, I'm not sure of how to take sound out of a clip and add another

Statement

What is a sense of place? Being in tuned with one's surroundings by means of memory, sight, sound, and touch. Moreover, the place we connect with the most is usually home or places within.What exactly one perceives, when exposed to a place, differs with every individual due to all that one has encountered up until that point.There are things that we are aware of which we don't usually give much attention. This is why I have chosen omit factors dealing with the subject's identity- to draw attention to the place rather than the actions of the person.

Story Board

A Sense of Place

When a person is in a place, everything that has occured to that person up until that point will affect that individual's perception of that place. What occurs to that individual in terms of what they see, hear, feel, smell, and think makes that person in tuned with their surroundings. This is a sense of place.

A sense of place can also mean that a person enters into a place and it draws their mind to another place. For example, when you bite into a York Peppermint Patty you get the sensation that your on top of a mountain. This would be an extreme example but I think you get the idea.

-where things are located
- what smells are there and where are they coming from
- what does the temp feel like
- what does this place remind one of/ what other places remind you of this one
- what is the mood
- what do we come in contact with
- How do we change/affect what is within a place
- How would one recreate this place in one's mind/ what is most important?
-where is the place located in relation to other places
- what is the significance of a place at a particular time

A Sense of Place

Place
1. A particular portion of space whether of definite or indefinite extent.
2. Space in general
3. A specificf portion of space normally occupied by anything
4. a region or area

Place is basically a set of surroundings. When involved with the senses this includes what one can see, smell, hear, and touch. Place can also influence what one thinks. What associations can one draw when in contact with a place? Physical places can take one's mind into thinking about areas that have a common ground with one's physical surroundings. Moreover, these physical places can take one into a mental place; however, the mental place changes from individual to individual because one's own experiences shape what we percieve and how it is interpreted.