This project is a video comprised of an original guitar composition alongside rain sounds recorded in my backyard. The goal for this was to create a calming, ‘slow media’ video, designed to give the viewer a stronger sense of control over their attention, rather than fighting to claim it. I decided to go with music and rain because It’s often what I turn to in terms of ‘slow media’. I routinely listen to videos of music set to rain, either to fall asleep, to help me focus while studying, or simply for slow media.
I wrote and recorded this guitar piece explicitly for this project, and designed it to be quieter and slower than usual, so that It would fit nicely among the rain sounds and provide a calming element while still giving the viewer something to be attached to stimulus-wise. The video accompanying it is from under a tarp/canopy outside my house in the rain, with a view of the forest where you can see the leaves swaying and the clouds moving. Both of these elements come together to form a video designed to restore attention span, while still providing entertainment and value to the viewer.
(hyperlink to the video, in case of video player configuration error 153)
