Lesson: Emotion Through Sound

I chose to explore my second potential lesson: 


Objective: Through recording a sound they hear in their daily lives and depicting a memory or event that relates to it personally, using an audio recording device, students will learn that the sounds of their everyday can be experienced in different ways when put into other contexts. 


My Sound Clip: Nightmare


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About My Process


I used two sound clips I hear in my everyday. The first clip was of the water faucet running and the second was of my footsteps. It was really good to try out this lesson because I realized more closely the restraints and freedoms it would give students. In reflection, I know my motivational dialogue and association need to be refined in a way that will guide students  imaginative and creatively. 


The memory or event I chose from my personal experiences, was a series of dreams that I've had since my adolescences. I've dreamt many times about finding myself in mysterious places where I'm running from something. I don't ever quite know where I'm going and I'm running from different things all the time. In these dreams, I often feel anxious, scared, nervous, and excited all at the same time. I wake up with my heart beating as if I were running. I still remember specific moments in the dreams vividly. 


I combined the faucet running sound with the steps. The faucet sound clip had a crescendo effect that created a climatic sensibility. I felt it evoked similar emotions as those I've felt throughout events in the dream. I really liked the relationship of the rhythm of the steps  and the faucet sound, and the way they emerged together creating a suspensful stage.