I want to recreate my high school exams in the project. The college entrance exam, for me at the time, for other students around me, and for most Chinese students, had a life-defining significance. Any good or bad score can affect the future.
My college entrance exam was held at a high school in Shanghai. In such an important and serious exam, the exam room was a silent competition. In an awful silence, you could hear the soft sound of pens rubbing against the paper, the sound of someone scratching his head. The sound of the pencil falling on the floor became extra harsh, and the movements of the person who tried to pick it up were filled with panic. The sound of turning over paper was prominent and caused upset for those around. The walking of the invigilators is disturbing and unsettling. As you watched the time pass, you could even hear your own heartbeat in the ticking of the clock.
In the mixture of the oppression, tension, and anxiety, the exam came to an end with the bell ringing, then came a variety of different emotions: an overwhelming, a release, and a strange panic.
In my work, I wanted to not only recreate the sound of the exam room, but also reflect my inner emotions through different sounds, and to recreate a tense, oppressive environment.
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