MAS110 Everday Aesthetic – Road Signs

The theme of our original photos is “road signs”. As Murray(2008) claims that the everyday aesthetic as the discovery of the mundane, common things are able to represent people’s daily lives. Road sign is a great example of that. Every road sign is an important part of a city that directs people to their everyday destinations. They ensoul boring streets and help lost people find their ways home. In this perspective, they keep a city in order. We have taken these photos of different road signs in Sydney. They are attractive with various shapes and surroundings like new one, old one, broken one or one at corner. All photos were taken by digital camera and iphone and edited by iphoto.The piece of music we have chosen is “Tron Jeans long” by imovie sound effects which is suitable for the “road signs” theme. The beats are fast which makes the video like a roadmovie.  As Frith (1984) states, music and sound effects are responsible in setting a mood which can affect the audience deeply.

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References:

Frith, S. (1984) “Mood Music: An Inquiry into Narrative Film Music", Screen, Vol 25:3, pp. 78–87.

Murray, S (2008) Digital Images, Photo-Sharing, and Our Shifting Notions of Everyday Aesthetics. Journal of Visual Culture, August 2008, Vol. 7(2), page 147-163.