Sodum, South Georgia

(Image courtesy of www.ironandwine.com)

Sodum, South Georgia is featured on Iron and Wine's second album "Our endless numbered days". It is another track that gives inspiration to making a short film. This song is a good representation of themes such as life, death, loss and time elapsing. Through its simplistic sound it has a strong country feel which is where I want to base this short film. I feel lyrically and musically there are so many avenues I can take with this track.

To build a home

(Photos curtsey of: www.thecinematicorchestra.com)

It is a requirement whilst studying Digital sound and video to create and shoot a short film as a final assessment. For my inspiration I will be using The Cinematic Orchestra's track "To build a home". This song which is beautifully composed also exudes a controlled element. The songs explores themes of love and loss through its poetic lyrics. It also explores the themes of living and death as well as escapism from the natural world.

These are themes I plan to look into whilst I go through the process of creating my short film. Another important aspect is the photography displayed on the singles covers. As this is a photography blog. I want to use still life photography within my short film. This will make it very me and incorporate some new works that I can explore. It always pushes me to explore new themes such as the ones above with my photography. The album photography has a beautiful warmth to it, with its natural components and organic colours. I want my short film to involve nature and the photos these covers display are inspiring.