Heavy Metal Outcomes DAY 3

Today I decided to develop the experiments, creating outcomes which i could potentially go in to use in my final piece. I wanted to create something that strongly represented heavy metal, so i picked out strong experimentation to work with and develop.

I began creating Gifs to explore the ideas of movement

I was not very happy with how this GIF turned out however it was my first attempt to create a sense of movement in my pieces. To improve these they must be smoother transitions, as well as better use of composition. Also the quality of the image was not of high quality.

I decided to create my own shapes and create an explosion, while exploring transitioning. As an outcome i'm not too impressed, based on the duration and the visual look of the piece i feel it needs some more work on composition, however i do like the minimalist approach in which i took to this piece.

I was much more pleased with this outcome as the transition was much smoother than the previous attempts. I decided to make it swirl into distorted forms as with heavy metal, it consists of a wide range of sounds all played at ounce to create a loud noise. As you listen to it it gives off a distorted sound. I wanted to replicate that sound and visualise it. In terms of composition, i wanted for the empty space to be white, as i noticed in heavy metal songs, there was a common feature, being that a section of the song would be much more melodic and peaceful as the majority to balance out the intensity. I believe this GIF had presented this well.

To move forward with these pieces id focus on creating a composition which has a longer duration that could last a full song. Also thinking about where and how it would be presented, i have ideas on showcasing them on projections.

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