Some thoughts on multimodal campus video

I know I'm not supposed to be working on this until the writing is out of the way, however I had half an hour in a cafe over lunch so thought I might as well put it to use. Some thoughts on how the 'campus exploration' video might work:

• Outside of university entrance. Sound of the outdoors. The door opens, with pseudo effects (but not hackneyed or forced).
• We've now gone through the corridor. There's the sound of footsteps, possibly echoing. The impression given is of moving down the corridor. This might be by zooming forward or perhaps merging photos - a bit like google maps street view - that progress further down the corridor. There's the distant sound of speaking, through an open or closed door, that gets progressively louder as we move down the corridor.
• We arrive at a door that says 'architecture crit room'. The door is either open or closed. The sound is louder again.
• We enter the room and see students participating in an architecture crit exercise. Or perhaps it isn't architecture and is a different area of art. In fact it doesn't need to be a crit room, it could be students producing some other form of multimodal work. Anyway, we can see and hear what they are doing, perhaps across a couple of different photos, perhaps an image that shows students working followed by a close up showing an example of multimodal work for assessment e.g. sketches, model, notepad, photos.
• We exit the classroom and move out into a different corridor this time. As we make our way along the corridor (signifying a different part of the campus and a different discipline) the sound from the first class fades and instead we begin to hear the sound of music playing. The sound of footsteps is constant, however.
• Now we enter a studio or music practice room or space. The music is louder now. Across the two images we see a student composing (on sheet music) and then playing music. Or perhaps the other way round, to be consistent with the previous visit i.e. activity/still work. When he is writing, the sound of music is replaced by pen or pencil on paper (or perhaps nothing).
• We exit the music room and the music gradually begins to fade as we make our way down a third different corridor. Again we hear the sound of footsteps. We begin to the hear the sound of a student speaking in a more formal way. This time we enter a more typical classroom or seminar room where students are delivering a presentation. Across the two images we see the team presenting and then a close up on the computer screen, with PowerPoint slides displaying text and image (or maybe text is enough). Perhaps their cue cards or slides are also in shot, although that's purely aesthetic. They are also communicating through their formal dress and their body language. The content of what they are saying is relevant to the subject of my dissertation and maybe I select the relevant slide from their presentation to feature as the second image.

What follows?

• It would be nice to have arty style notes included at the end explaining the significance of each scene, for instance that the music student completes Phd assessment without accompanying text. This would be small white type on black background but maybe with a different image from that scene  in the bottom right corner of the screen (almost like end credits). Within this I would refer to specifics i.e. the programme and university, just to show that its real rather than conceptual. I'll have to think about what the background noise would be over the credits - if there's any at all.
• But why would I go from shots around campus to graphics on a black background? Maybe it would be more interesting to continue with the idea of photos on campus. Maybe I reuse idea from the SWOP video and have them as notices pinned on a board. Although why would this information be pinned on a board? it might though appear on screen. That's it! In each of the venues where I set one of these multimodal scenes, I take an additional image of a computer screen with limited accompanying text displayed. For instance, I would take a photograph of my laptop displaying the explanatory information for the musician, with the musician in the background out of focus. Or maybe just his empty chair and music stand can be seen in the background. And this would the same for the other scenes - an empty lecture theatre with spoiled presentation notes and a references slide. An empty studio space, perhaps no longer with any work on display. In each case the background will be blurred but still identifiable - achieved either using the close up function on my camera or in photoshop. 
• Do I include a quote from the literature to be a part of each explanation. Hmm, danger of overlapping with the multimodal definition video?
• Maybe the video ends with the lights being switched off in the final classroom, as used to good effect in the SWOP video. This will be distinct from my final technologies video where I will log off or shut down.

[Lunch ends]