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Sculpting a mobile musical soundtrack

Hazzard, Adrian; Benford, Steve; Burnett, Gary

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STEVE BENFORD steve.benford@nottingham.ac.uk
Dunford Chair in Computer Science

Gary Burnett



Abstract

We present an in-the-wild project to design and study a mobile musical soundtrack that enhances the experience of visiting a sculpture park. As with soundtracks for films and games, the goal was to enhance the emotional and narrative aspects of the experience while remaining in the background. We describe a compositional approach in which we first established a broad musical landscape before treating specific exhibits with detailed musical trajectories. Our study reveals how our soundtrack dramatically shaped visitors’ experiences while they remained largely unaware of its operation. We distil seven experiential factors to be addressed by mobile soundtracks alongside ten compositional guidelines.

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Hazzard, A., Benford, S., & Burnett, G. (2015). Sculpting a mobile musical soundtrack.

Conference Name Proceedings of the 33rd annual ACM conference on Human factors in computing systems
End Date Apr 2, 2015
Publication Date Jan 1, 2015
Deposit Date Mar 18, 2015
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/988411
Publisher URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2702123.2702236
Additional Information doi: 10.1145/2702123.2702236

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