In one of the first audio production courses I took, way back when we were still cutting and splicing 8-tracks, I chose to do a short feature that I thought would be a challenge. I would take a visual spectacle and translate the wonder of it into sound. On February 16, 1980, I had experienced for the first time a total solar eclipse, with my hometown of Hyderabad on the rim of the band of totality, enabling us to view it through used x-ray films , makeshift keyhole cameras, and reflected in steel basins. The eerie silence in the middle of the day, the mysterious shadow bands, and the shining diamond ring, were all phenomena that at the time affected me deeply. I thought it would be a challenge to take something so dependent on
Listening in the shadow of the eclipse
Listening in the shadow of the eclipse
Listening in the shadow of the eclipse
In one of the first audio production courses I took, way back when we were still cutting and splicing 8-tracks, I chose to do a short feature that I thought would be a challenge. I would take a visual spectacle and translate the wonder of it into sound. On February 16, 1980, I had experienced for the first time a total solar eclipse, with my hometown of Hyderabad on the rim of the band of totality, enabling us to view it through used x-ray films , makeshift keyhole cameras, and reflected in steel basins. The eerie silence in the middle of the day, the mysterious shadow bands, and the shining diamond ring, were all phenomena that at the time affected me deeply. I thought it would be a challenge to take something so dependent on