Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Trek Assessment #3

Describe three surprises or unexpected situations you encountered on your Treks and in the days that followed. The surprise could stem from your expectations that conflicted with "on the ground" realities, cultural or social issues of which you were previously unaware, feelings and reactions that you did not expect to have, appearances and soundings of things you did not expect, good or bad outcomes of "on the spot" decisions you had to make, or the discovery of "deeper" realities in the materials you brought home. (Again, skip anything technology-related!)

One of the most surprising moments was when I was shooting photos and video for Trek 3 and it was raining. The rain made all my shots look like they were popping out at you, because I was distorting the light with the camera to make it look as if it was floating in the air. The other moment would be when the police came up to me and wanted to know what I was doing, when I told them they got interested and stuck around while I took a few shots. Last but not least would be when I dropped the mic in the sewer and recorded sounds of the water draining into the sewer and it sounded like voices.

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