Synopsis: This story follows a songbird, born with a beautiful voice, and the price she must pay for people to listen. Desperate for people to hear her song, she allows herself to become trapped by those who say they love her, and each time she is caught, she’s left with scars of the encounter until she sets herself free.
With the exception of the image on the title slide, I filmed all video/image assets used in this project. I used my iPhone 15 Plus and two different Sensyne tripods (one of which had a ring light attached) to film each asset. I enabled a Bluetooth remote to pair with my phone, and could manually start recording while in the camera frame. For audio assets, I used Audacity for macOS to record my narration. I also had a friend compose the background track of the video, which is titled “Songbird.” Finally, a friend had recorded the final snippet of my audio one Sunday at church and it is a live recording. The video was produced using Adobe Premiere Pro 2023 for macOS and exported as H.264. Each clip was individually manipulated in the editing program and all audio clips were also edited with the same software.
Citations (in alphabetical order):
“Many Birds singing in the woods” by AmbienceMeaning is licensed under CC BY 3.0. (Downloaded from Freesound)
“Clouds” by Erin Crawford is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED.
“Door to bright light” by Erin Crawford is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED.
“Fading” by Erin Crawford is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED.
“Gifts for the Songbird” by Erin Crawford is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED.
“Left Behind” by Erin Crawford is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED.
“Silent Conversation” by Erin Crawford is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED.
“Songbird Silhouette” by Eric Sonstroem is licensed under CC BY 2.0 DEED. (Downloaded from Flickr)
“Songbird” by Jeff Adkins is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED.
“Staircase” by Erin Crawford is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED.
“Window” by Erin Crawford is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED.
“Woods” by Erin Crawford is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED.
Snippet of final song – sung by Erin Crawford, filmed by Ashley Dowd (no visuals) is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED.
