Sensory Detail 3

Descriptive Sensory Observation: Sanding Wood
The aroma of wood chips filled the room, as I sanded. With my right hand I began making quick, rigorous, circular movements on the surface of a piece of wood. The rough texture of sand paper feels dry and gritty and slowly begins to smooth the surface of my wood. After a while my hand felt raw, not only from the course texture of the sand paper but also, also from the itchy film of wood dust residue covering my hands, arms, and face. This fine residue was extremely uncomfortable and difficult to remove from my skin. However, my raw hands and itchy skin were annoying enough there was also a repetitive loud high pitch scratching sound produced from the grinding these two surfaces. Though, I periodically to a break from sanding to sweep my hand across the sanded surface to remove all the gritty dust from the wood’s surface so I could feel the actual smoothness of the wood. This made quite a relaxing long soft sweeping sound.

Shooting Instructions for Descriptive Sensory Experience: From Observation

The first thing I would do to make a film about sanding wood is make audio recordings of the entire process and pair it with some of other action that does not really make any noise, such as sewing or knitting. Also, I think it could be interesting to pair the wood sanding audio with a really peaceful scene like the ocean tide coming in and out to see if this obnoxious sound could be transformed into something calming if paired with something “sold” on its relaxing abilities.