Sound of a Gun Shot?

 

Here is my Sound assignment. My intent on this assignment was to capture the sound of a gunshot. The initial sound of a gun is very loud and inside gunpowder is being forced at nearly 4000 rpm, the shattering of glass correlates to the gunpowder because to me, glass has a very unique shape when breaking. This type of action or various things that happen to glass relates to guns. The ground in the picture is the earth tearing away, because a gunshot is so empowered and strong as whole that it should have the potential to break the earths crust, because as humans we have created this machine and  it could potentially tear away at what we live on, whether it is because of war or nuclear activity it is still a weapon.

This is my Photomontage that I have made using Photoshop, it is abased on the song New York, New York.

Photomontage

Photomontage:

The photomontage piece that I have made using Photoshop, is a representation of the song New York, New York, utilizing the choreographed music and words to make an inspiring song is attempted in the photomontage. Taking bits and pieces, such as the main theme of the song, New York, finding out that it was essential to ensure that a city back drop or some area that would best represent New York was incorporated. Another theme of the song was the chorus starting off with waking up in a city that never sleeps, and a place that you would normally wake up would be a bed, so a bed was used in the picture as well. The last major significant theme from the song was when he said, “This...little town.... blues are...melting away” it makes you think that the city itself was actually melting away.

                The song is titled New York, New York; the overall piece has been focused and extracted into a piece that inevitably will relate to New York. Since the song is so centered on how great New York is, why not show it in its greatness by placing it as the center of attention in the photomontage. Having a large picture of the city was essential in order to capture the true essence of what Frank Sinatra was trying to spiel in his song. Overall, he was saying that New York is a big place that proves that you will be somebody if you’re capable of handling it alone. The photo that was chosen in the photomontage is a perfect example of how big and important New York is to people that want to be a part of it.

                The bed that the city is upon is representing waking up and always being in that city, it’s not about being anywhere else, its only about waking up in that city. The only way to truly experience that feeling of wanting to wake up in a city that never sleeps is by being in a bed that has the city in it already. This is why the photomontage consists of the city being on top of a bed, this has to happen because it is the only true way of capturing Frank Sinatra’s meaning of, “wanting to wake up in a city”. The bed is symbolizing what is said over and over again in the song, it is the foundation of the picture and truly hones to the picture.

                The melting away of the city is done because of a line that was found in the chorus, he says, “This...little town.... blues are...melting away”, this part of the chorus allows inquiry to the meaning of it and how it should be portrayed in a photomontage. Taking the city, which is filled with music and essentially small towns would have to represent New York, and these things are melting away. Because they are melting away its only right to portray it as the city itself actually melting, and not just blues or other things with in the city.

                Overall, the photomontage is portraying New York for what it truly is, and because this is his perception of New York, you manage to feel and get a sense of how much he likes this place. He wants to wake up here; the first thing that he sees is New York, and how he sees it melting away before his eyes.  The photomontage truly captures New York as best it can; it shows you how New York would be in the eyes of Frank Sinatra, and because it is his song you get a true understanding of how important it is to him.

Lyrics to New York, New York....Photomontage.

Theme from new York new York
Frank Sinatra

Start spreading the news
I'm leaving today
I want to be a part of it
New York, New York

These vagabond shoes
Are longing to stray
Right through the very heart of it
New York, New York

Bridge 1:
I wanna wake up in the city
That doesn't sleep
And find I'm king of the hill
Top of the heap

This little town blues
Are melting away
I'll make a brand new start of it
In old new York

If I can make it there,
I'll make it anywhere
It's up to you,
New York, new York

Bridge 2:
New York, new York
I wanna wake up in the city
That never sleeps
And find I'm a number one,
Top of the list,
King of the hill, a number one...

This...little town.... blues
Are...melting away,
I gotta make a brand new start of it
In old New York

And if I can make it there,
I'm gonna make it anywhere
It's up to you,
New York, New York...
New York.