The idea for the project has changed. We have now ditched the fast paced 'Arctic Monkeys' style story as it was thought that this approach was without enough artistic merit and would merely be an exercise in collecting sounds and compiling them. the new idea portrays a character and his world. The piece consists of a backing track of ‘tram noise’ overlaid by the characters dialogue to the audience. The character in question is a pensioner who likes to ride the trams, frequently we assume, in order the get away from things in his everyday life (he alludes to this in dialogue). The man shows a kind of melancholy attitude to the modern world and a penchant for the past. The man himself is only portrayed through his own dialogue, the world, of the trams, is there as backdrop and to compliment the creation of his character.
INFLUENCE: Many of the influences from the initial project have carried over. Mr Scruff's music has been of particular interest. His tracks 'Shanty Town', 'Fish' and 'Ahoy There' specifically. These tracks use a mix of backing track, in this case music, and dialogue snippets to create storeys. These storeys are often quite melancholic and calm sounding, which is something we would like to achieve.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQH3nFmaIFk
Recordist Paul Williams has also been of notable influence. His 1999 collection of recordings, 'Santa Pod', have had a great influence on the idea for the backing track of the track. William's recordings are of a day at the races, drag races to be specific. The what you might describe as pure documentary in that they purely record the sounds of the day at the races. I intend to record the tram backing track in much the same way.
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