Crowdsourcing

I think crowdsourcing is a really good way to harness different creative styles to create one final product. It’s always great to have more than one person to do the work, especially in films because it allows for different thoughts to intermingle, which can create really great end products. Film is a collaborative business. Websites such as Kickstarter that use crowdfunding have always been fascinating to me because it’s such a surprising way to have a movie be funded. It’s also a great resource for smaller start-ups that cant afford big budgets but still have great ideas.

The fact that Wikipedia started as just a small group of volunteers is so interesting especially because of what it’s become. However, I think there are also downsides to it because sometimes the information is unreliable because anyone can go onto Wikipedia and edit the content. Even though Wikipedia is an amazingly useful source of information, it still comes with cons.

Acoustic Ecology

Acoustic ecology is such an interesting concept. We’re surrounded by sounds all the time and don’t really notice or pay attention to them. Sometimes, when I’m reading a book and I have the television on in the background I can tune it out and then it’s always so fascinating to me how I can focus my ears in on the sound again.

I think if I lived where the man in the video “Listen” lives, I would lose my mind. I absolutely hate silence so I couldn’t deal with how quiet it is there. I always have to have some kind of sound, even when I’m going to sleep, so there’s just no way I would be able to function in a place that’s so quiet.

The article we read refers to cities as “sonic sewers” which I think is an interesting term. I find city noises much more comforting than noises you would hear in the country. I also thought it was absolutely crazy that some people are copyrighting sounds. I just can’t believe that that’s a thing that people can seriously do. It seems so silly to me. Overall, I liked this topic because I’ve always thought it was really cool how even when we think we’re surrounded by silence, we’re always hearing something, no matter what.