I brainstormed some ideas for my individual media piece and wrote them down.

IMPRESSIONISTIC:

• ‘Ghost tour’
• POV of walking around the building. Hearing something coming from one of the rooms, opens the door. While the noises get louder with the door opening, nobody is there visually.
• Primarily and audio piece, no people are seen during the tour, but the sounds of history are heard. They change to represent times in history and what was happening in the space at that time.
• eg: courtroom sounds, people chatting, cases being heard. Entrance sounds, horses, people milling, footsteps.

• Additionally, this could be built on top of, by including visuals. Having the ghosts of the past actually there. Walking past ghost people, somewhat transparent. I don’t like this idea as much as just letting the sound tell the story though.

HISTORICAL:

• Documentary focusing on the architecture.
• Obscure angles and extreme close ups of elements of the architecture. Not highlighting the wide spaces, but the little unique elements, textures, decorations, etc.
• Conventional interview with architect, taking about the architecture and design.

SITE INTERVENTION:

• Photo collage creation.
• Interview with architect recounting the history of the space as a timeline.
• Photo collage is made and destroyed to reflect the timeline.
• Highlights the construction of space.
• Extreme close ups of different elements of the collage construction. Construction to be done within Building 20.
• Visually experimental. Close ups of the collage construction can appear quite abstract. Really about showing of the construction and the physical aspects of it.
• It is almost like the documentation of a performance, that is, the construction of the piece.

At this stage, my favourite idea is the photo collage. I am most excited by it and am continually thinking of ideas and angles and imagery I could use. However, I also really like the ghost tour idea. I feel it could be really effective and communicates the idea of ghosts and history well.