Critique Response

I was really excited to see how my video was received since it was so fun to create, and I am overall content with critique.  Everyone was really involved with the idea, which I loved.  Everyone's comments reflected the smaller details, and whether I agreed or disagreed, I appreciated this attention to detail.  Each sound was attempted multiple times in order to choose the one I felt most appropriate, so it was interesting to hear how others' experiences shaped how they felt about my choices, in both the sounds that were represented and not represented.  My sound choices aren't finalized, this study of sound with the violin can continue infinitely, and classmate's comments helped.  Critique made me realize how personalized the idea behind my project is; each person would execute the project differently, represent the sound differently, and I could redo this project in 10 years and it could sound completely different from gaining more musical knowledge.  Sound is really personal to people!  Everyone's comments were valuable, but because of everyone's unique relationship with sound, it was easier to digest or disagree with feedback.  I thought about the comment regarding how, without knowing all sounds came from one source, the viewer couldn't pinpoint every sound to the violin, and I don't mind that.  Whether the viewer goes into the video knowing the soundtrack is a single violin, or whether he doesn't discover until afterwards, there is an element of surprise either way, so I don't feel it drifts from my project's purpose, because this video isn't meant to be played in a context where it isn't accompanied with explanation.  While the goal isn't to confuse the viewers, I want to surprise them, which is why I felt just using the strings to imitate sounds was too predictable and limiting, since I don't want the viewer to automatically recognize the violin.  Based on some of the comments, it would be fun to further explore the abstract vs. literal rendering of sound.