Sound of Sadness
A sight-and-sound sequence / 2’03”
TSANG Tak-shun, Gabriel 曾德淳
Student of SM2105 Narrative Strategies and Aesthetics of Time-based Media
Abstract
Living under clinical depression is a struggle for millions of people in this world, myself included. In this project, I explore the state of a mentally unstable individual (me) in his worst state of mind. In this picture sequence, I have added grainy static effects and background noises. Pun not necessarily intended, there are always noises in your head, telling you negative things. People always ask, “Why don’t you just think of the bright side?” Truth is noises like “No.” and “You can’t.” — they are constantly blocking, suppressing any type of positive thinking that has the slightest idea of cheering you up in a desperate situation. In the last picture, the noises in the head get louder and louder, taunting and haunting the individual.
