Analysis of own sound project

When I first received the assignment, I was nervous as to how I was going to portray events that were over 20 years in the past and in a different setting than what is readily available to me. Through some scrounging of old photos and luck with the melting of the snow, I was able to patch together some type of successful visual for the featured story while still maintaining the mystery by not showing a literal reenactment. I think my piece is successful in that it shows the love I have for my parents despite their quirks and the important relationships I have with them. Though they are opposites, they complement each other and provide me with plenty of stories about "the old days".

There are some things that frustrate me, however. My father's narrative fades in and out despite hours of normalization and playing with the sound balance. The tone quality of his voice is also quite schizophrenic and it bothers me. Upon watching the finished product, I realize that some ambient sounds were lost along the way, such as my father's shout of "hey what are you doing!" in the turning point of the story, a detail I didn't catch until just recently. I also would have liked to employ a Ken Burns effect on the old pictures to distinguish them from the modern ones.

All in all, despite the flaws, I am fairly pleased with the final result. I wanted to capture the essence of my small, three-person household and I think I was successful. In the end, that's really what the story's about anyway. I could have chosen any number of my parents' stories and still would have come out with the same message at the end. I still haven't shown this to my father, but I'm hoping he'll see it as a symbol of my understanding and acceptance of his introverted nature.