Song of Stonehenge: Experimental Multimedia Archaeology
This is a short film, exploring a 3D model of Stonehenge.
It was made by Rupert Till, Ertu Unver and Andrew Taylor of the University of Huddersfield. It features a digital model of Stonehenge made using photographic scanning technology, linked to digital audio models of the site, so that it sounds as well as looks accurate. The instruments you hear are all experimental archaeological reconstructions of archaeological finds, of clay TRB drums from Europe, the Wilsford Flute, bone horns, bullroarers, all with the acoustic impulse response of Stonehenge at various points approaching and inside the site, added in.
You will notice this is work in progress, the bank and ditch is inaccurate, and the ground has gaps in it. The stones have been placed on accurate LIDAR ground data. Future work will include making the stones sit accurately on the LIDAR ground data (some 'float' a bit); adding photographic textures to the stones; adding grass and trees in the right place using landsnail data; adding clouds, weather; making the bank and ditch more accurate; making the avenue more accurate.
The film begins moving along the avenue, the ritual approach to Stonehenge. It is dusk on the 21st December, as the stones slowly approach over the horizon. You slow as you approach the Heel Stone. As you pass this you begin to hear the echoes and reverberation present in the central stone circle. When you get to the centre your spirit leaves your body and flies up and around the space. At the end you return to the centre and leave the way you came in.
It was made by Rupert Till, Ertu Unver and Andrew Taylor of the University of Huddersfield. It features a digital model of Stonehenge made using photographic scanning technology, linked to digital audio models of the site, so that it sounds as well as looks accurate. The instruments you hear are all experimental archaeological reconstructions of archaeological finds, of clay TRB drums from Europe, the Wilsford Flute, bone horns, bullroarers, all with the acoustic impulse response of Stonehenge at various points approaching and inside the site, added in.
You will notice this is work in progress, the bank and ditch is inaccurate, and the ground has gaps in it. The stones have been placed on accurate LIDAR ground data. Future work will include making the stones sit accurately on the LIDAR ground data (some 'float' a bit); adding photographic textures to the stones; adding grass and trees in the right place using landsnail data; adding clouds, weather; making the bank and ditch more accurate; making the avenue more accurate.
The film begins moving along the avenue, the ritual approach to Stonehenge. It is dusk on the 21st December, as the stones slowly approach over the horizon. You slow as you approach the Heel Stone. As you pass this you begin to hear the echoes and reverberation present in the central stone circle. When you get to the centre your spirit leaves your body and flies up and around the space. At the end you return to the centre and leave the way you came in.
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