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What is a songwriter? How are they portrayed? (Process and Material…
What is a songwriter? How are they portrayed?
Process and Material Information
Where will you shoot?
Studio
Sound Studio
Closed Classroom
Who will you shoot?
Non-professional songwriters of any age/ethnicity/gender/religion/etc.
Why them?
I belong to that group
Their dreams and aspirations are shared by all of us in one way or another
They have formed an interesting community
Giving voice to those who may not be heard by most
How will you shoot?
Using studio lights (strobe from Aurora kit) to resemble stage lighting
How will you find your subjects?
All subjects will be from the Meetup called the Songwriter's Cafe, an online forum of songwriter's in Toronto who meet once a month to share their songs and critique each other's works
What materials are you using? Why?
Single strobe from Aurora Kit
To simulate stage lighting
Sound Recorder
To record singing
To record interview
DSLR Video
To videotape singing performance
Sound
A Cappella
Cons:
Not all subjects comfortable singing without music
Some subjects lose their key/rhythm without music
Pros:
No instrumental distractions
Unifies the series
Voice raw and pure
Emotion more easily perceived in voice
Acoustic
Cons:
Less unification (not everyone can play acoustic instruments)
Distracts from voice
Lessens vulnerability
Pros:
Subjects will be more comfortable and relaxed
Less likely to lose key/rhythm
Possible Final Forms
Multi-disciplinary Installation/Exhibit
An installation/exhibit that includes features from all the other forms
Book with photos, interviews, and augmented reality triggers for video and sound
11x17 Prints of a small sample of subjects, those which show the greatest variety (which trigger augmented reality video and audio
Photographic Prints
Photographs as triggers for augmented reality video and sound
Video Installations
Music video style: subject sings the song they wrote
Interview videos that include the subjects answers to questions as well as them singing their song
Book
Interviews
Photographs
Augmented reality triggers for video and sound
Themes/Research Topics
Hobby vs Career
Bernie Taupin: ‘I would say that songwriting is my hobby’
Songwriting in the Real World
Mike Sanders: Turning His Hobby into a Career
Songwriting: A Hobby, A Career, or Both?
Dreams
Fame
Community
Emotion
Before and After a Performance
Black Metal Singers
Privacy
Schrodinger's Cat
Do You Keep Your Songwriting a Secret?
Influences
Behind the Music Scene
Nashville: Behind the Curtain
Similar Modus Operandi
Before and After Concert
Photographer Captures Intense Emotions
Black Metal Singers
In Character
Member of the Community they Photograph
Emma Lee Photography
Billy Reid
Histories
Photography
Photographers
Rock Archive
Behind the Music Scene
The Jazz Era
These Photographers Captured Blondie, Joan Jett, and the Women of Punk
Commercial Photoshoots
Photos of Famous Musicians
Shin'ichi's Professional Singers
Painting
Singers as Having Divine Gift
Choirs (Angels) in Byzantine Era
Portrait of Mac'Antonio Pasqualini
Singers as Themselves
Degas's The Singer in Green
Head of Jean-Baptiste Faure
Portrait of Madame Charles Simon Favart
Caravaggio
Singers as Characters
Robert le Diable
Sculpture
Eva Rohr as Marguerite
Two Opera Singers
Studies
Musicians in the Ancient World
Singers in Byzantine Painting
The Opera
Woodblock Prints
Singers at the Window
A Chorus of Singers